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Originally Posted by BadNick
Still loving mine, too. But no drag strip yet, now it'll have to wait until Spring.
I was reading posts on a Toyota forum, other RAV4 owners discussing their et's, and some were talking about experiencing a delay between stomping on the gas and the initial acceleration which was adversely effecting their 60 ft. times. Mine doesn't do that, it really jumps out of the hole when I stomp on it. How's yours in that regard?
damn, those turbo diesels are torque monsters to the max!
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I'm in the same boat as you. I've had to train myself to feather the throttle to avoid jackrabbit starts. My other car is a jetta GT, but it requires some fairly heavy stomping in comparison just to get it moving.
They must be having some unrelated problems. The speed that I "jump out of the hole" sometimes has me looking at the gas guage, but even in this regard I am constantly pleasantly surprised.
The recent snow (Friday 30 cm or 12 inches, today another dump that size) has shown that the traction and stability on the Rav4 is exceptional. Yup, still loving it. Plus, I had my MP3 player plugged in the other day, and had some 70's Prog (Focus) blasting on the JBL sound system.
