Would you consider this latest generation RX to be an improvement over the previous gen?
Any nonrepeat Hybrid Buyers?
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Debatable. I think it is a very different vehicle than the last generation: better (market competitive) tech, better fuel economy, more powertrain options. More sporty. On paper, the 0-60 times are actually better than the prior generation, even if the engine note sounds otherwise.
Modernizing the RX, by default, will always alienate it from its core audience. It is truly a situation of ****ed if you do, ****ed if you don't.
It's a little better, but the rubber-band effect is very evident during hard acceleration.
The '21 RX45h F Sport has been a great choice; the non F Sport is too Lexus squishy for me. This one is not.
The RX has been the number one seller for Lexus and the hybrid system is as good as it gets.
I'm sure the new model is pretty great as well. It will sell like hotcakes and owners will love 'em. The other plus about Lexus is their dealers take care of you, at least as compared to most others. That's my experience.
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Toyota quality is not what is used to be.
Its a numbers game, just like everything else in life. Have a good weekend..
I intend to Go Rav4 Hybrid in 3 years.
Gonna be non repeat buyer if all I can get is a GDI hybrid as they fuel dilution kills the oil.
Is it an issue with Toyota? they have both DI and port injection.
I change ours every 5k. No short trips. Oil seems normal coming out.
It’s hit or miss with Toyota from what I can tell.
Current Sienna Hybrid doesn’t appear to dilute at all. However our previous one (totaled in wreck) started to show signs around 40K and mostly in colder weather.
I’m using Gumout every oil change in the new one and will be using VL R&P at some point soon to try to prevent it from happening. I’m thinking about waiting until spring though to use R&P just to see if it dilutes in the winter without it.
I moved from a 1/2 ton truck + hybrid SUV family to a 2 truck family. A 1/2 ton and a mid sized truck.
If there were a hybrid mid sized truck offering at the time that wasn't a giant compromise, I'd have gone that route.
If there were a hybrid mid sized truck offering at the time that wasn't a giant compromise, I'd have gone that route.
It's not as bad with port and DI.
Since it seems like auto makers are only concerned about how cheaply they pump out trash I'm wondering if port and DI is here to stay or if they'll "fix DI" where they go back to straight DI just to save money when it hasn't really been fixed at all, just slightly improved, but all the old problems are still there just not as bad or hidden better.
As of now our next new car is going to be our 2008 Hyundai sonata v6 with 270,000 miles. We're the original owners and it had a 70,000 mile engine put in at about 260,000ish miles. Now it has a transmission problem.
Mazda seems to have figured out DI with the Skyactiv engines.
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I had a prius for 12 years and every day after the 10th year I worried about the hybrid battery dying and getting rid of it before it did. I like to keep my cars until the wheels fall off so I went with a regular gas car this year. The gas savings with a hybrid isn't much and it's one less major repair to worry about down the road.
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Still driving my old 2013 Prius C and would buy a new one if still made. Still going on original battery and averaging 53mpg.
I bought a RAV4 Prime and won't own a hybrid again.
1) ICE and EV is compromised in a hybrid.
2) Maintenance is ICE+EV
3) Problems are ICE+EV
4) Acceleration and performance is worse than EV or ICE.
5) Toyota makes poorly engineered vehicles currently, so I would pass on that, anyway, unless you like leaking roofs, corroding cables, damaged airbags from water intrusion, fire risk if charged below 39*f, etc. My Kia is much better designed than my RAV4 Prime was, and what WAS poorly done, was just a reflash away from being fixed.
