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Rough road? LOL, my corolla could easily handle that road.

 

A TRD RAV4? Seriously?

 

it is pretty rough. I will admit that video does not do it justice

 

Thanks for the video.

Im sure weve all seen rougher roads but I appreciate the review anyways. Im a truck guy but some day when all the trucks are crap Im sure Ill be driving some all wheel drive hybrid suv that gets 40 plus mpgs and can hopefully rip through the desert

 

Well, truth be told, the RAV4 is more like an All Wheel Drive vehicle than dedicated 4x4. My opinion is the demonstration shows more that it can handle a semi rough road at good speed for the type of vehicle it is. Your comment though reminds me of when I went Mt Biking in Oregon and asked about the access road to one of their 6000' elevation trails. The ranger looked at me after seeing that I drove up in a 79 Corolla, and says, "That road has not been maintained since the 20's, we only recommend high clearance 4 wheel drives on it."

Well me and my Mt Biking spirit just got all the hungrier to get up there and camp and ride that trail, so there I went. I made it all the way up and down, just had to go pretty slow and carefully place my wheels high on the rut ridges. I did bang a slight dent in the gas tank at one point, but it was well worth it.

I'm heading out to look at a 98 RAV4 tomorrow with 120,000 mi on it. I hope to heck it won't ironically turn out to be the money pit between the two.

 

glad you liked, I bet it will come!

 

What brand of mud tires did it run on?

 

those are the stock tires on the TRD wheels it comes with

 

thanks for the video op - great weather where you are at. are you going to replace your tires? or see how things go?

 

thanks! oh this is a while ago, so definitely not the same weather anymore!