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| Nissan E-Power and 3rd Gen Honda Hybrid vs Toyota Hybrid | 26Relevance | 6 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It seems to me the Nissan E-Power and the 3rd Generation Honda hybrid are very similar. It uses gas to generate electricity. In a way, it is also similar to how hydrogen fuel cells work. For the most part*, electric motors provide propulsion rather than the internal combustion engine. In contrast, the Toyota hybrid System uses either or a combination of the ICE and electric motor across any speed range, which also means a larger battery (but not as large as a pure EV). Assuming the reliability of the systems, which hybrid or EV system is better? A hybrid system, a EV with a gas generator? How do these compare with Battery EV’s? In 10 years, what respective percentage of the new market will be ICE, hybrids, EV with gas generation, Battery EV, and hydrogen fuel cell? Any other auto propulsion tech on the horizon? *The 3rd Generation Honda hybrid ICE propels the car at higher speeds, through the use of a clutch. | |||||
| Answer to: Did i make a good decision about this car trade? | 26Relevance | 4 years ago | arceeprimus95 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... want a car payment but I needed upgrade to an automatic SUV for health reasons because I can't drive a manual anymore. I went to carmax and traded my impreza for a 2011 toyota RAV4 4x4. At the time the Impreza had 40k miles and the RAV4 had 83k miles. Carmax gave me $21k for my car and the RAV4 was $18k. So here in georgia there is no tax on a trade. The RAV4 is basically a one owner. It also had been involved in a minor accident with no airbags deployed. I had 30 days to return it for a full refund and took it to a Toyota dealership for a second opinion. T ... | |||||
| Did i make a good decision about this car trade? | 26Relevance | 4 years ago | arceeprimus95 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... want a car payment but I needed upgrade to an automatic SUV for health reasons because I can't drive a manual anymore. I went to carmax and traded my impreza for a 2011 toyota RAV4 4x4. At the time the Impreza had 40k miles and the RAV4 had 83k miles. Carmax gave me $21k for my car and the RAV4 was $18k. So here in georgia there is no tax on a trade. The RAV4 is basically a one owner. It also had been involved in a minor accident with no airbags deployed. I had 30 days to return it for a full refund and took it to a Toyota dealership for a second opinion. T ... | |||||
| Answer to: Car purchase question | 26Relevance | 5 years ago | Whatchamacallit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I would go with the 2018 Toyota RAV4. For best reliability go with the 2013-2018 generation as it featured the I4 (no V6 this generation, whereas previous Gen had it) along with the true and tried 6-speed AT. And being 2018, usually by then the bugs/issues would be ironed out. The 2019, meanwhile, is the beginning of the new (current) generation along with the 8-speed automatic transmission and newer tech, and jury is out on the long term reliability/durability of this newer generation. Although if you find yourself looking at the new generation RAV4 (so ... | |||||
| Answer to: Which used Toyota model should I buy? | 26Relevance | 5 years ago | etre2244 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... text: It may depend on your country or location in regards to parts for the RAV4. It is the number one selling SUV in America, Cool! so IMHO, I would think parts are available and not overly expensive. Love that. This expands my awareness. Older generation share things in common with the Corolla platform, Very cool... and the latest generation shares things in common with the Camry platform. Interesting. Will keep in mind in case I get interested in the latest generation. Heck, the current RAV4 had three sibling SUV’s: Toyota Venza, ... | |||||
| Answer to: Toyota and Honda Common Problems | 26Relevance | 6 years ago | Kerem | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... if you don't need AWD stick to the FWD as AWD vehicles tend to have more expensive repairs and more expensive ones as well. Toyota seems to improve the RAV4 as the model years progress, the later the better.This can also be seen in their crash test ratings: I didn't include those model years as there wasn't anything really major about them, but rather a lot of small annoyances with the earlier 2013-2015 years. You really can't go wrong but its a situation of 2018>2017>2016>2015>2014>2013Good luck car buying! | |||||
| Answer to: Is this a good Deal? | 26Relevance | 6 years ago | Super Dummy | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It looks like a good deal, because the RAV4 does look it has heavy body damage and has 50,000 miles. However here is the elephant in the room. The photos do not show if the RAV4 suffered any underside and/or frame damage in the collision. The people who buy from auctions are professional car dealers and paint & fender people. They know what their looking for, unless you are paint & fender person. I would buy any car from an insurance auction. The reason the RAV4 is at the insurance auction means an insurance company totaled the RAV4 and now the bar ... | |||||
| Answer to: 2023 COROLLA CROSS OR COROLLA CROSS HYBRID? | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The North American Corolla Cross is optimized for performance and not for efficiency (194 horsepower as opposed to the European version's 122), it get's 1 mpg combined more than a RAV4 hybrid yet costs almost as much. Either go for the RAV4 Regular/Hybrid and get better performance and a much better ride, or maybe consider a Camry hybrid. Or maybe just a regular Corolla, that one's cheaper and you can still get their most reliable engine on it, the 1.8L and for the Price of a Corolla Cross hybrid you can put on all major options (XLE trim, fancy paint, JBL ... | |||||
| Answer to: Should I buy a new hybrid Sienna | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| if you guys were younger, I’d say stick it out with the MDX and save your money. But you guys are older, retired, so you might as well enjoy your money and vehicles while you can! The Toyota Sienna hybrid shares the same platform and engine with the hybrid versions of the RAV4, Highlander, and Venza. The engine has been in use since 2017, so it has had some time for the kinks to be worked out. While I am not certain of the electric components, I suspect them to be very similar to other Toyota hybrids that have been on the market longer. So while the Sie ... | |||||
| Answer to: Best Hybrid SUV | 25Relevance | 5 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... used in current cars is relatively new. It’s actually a very compelling technology because it acts like an EV at speeds below 45 mph, and gas engine charges the battery. Compare this to Toyota hybrid, where both the engine and the electric motor in some combination move the car below 45 mph. Since your parents are in their 60’s, make sure they are comfortable with push button starts. If going with Toyota hybrid, they are all push button start. I know some old people have a hard time with push button starts. RAV4 or CRV if they don’t need anything t ... | |||||
| Answer to: What are some good budget electric/hybrid cars that are worth financing used? And other questions. | 25Relevance | 4 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 1) Good Makes & Models: Most Toyota hybrids. Some Honda hybrids. Prius, Corolla, Camry, RAV4... Civic, Accord, Insight, CR-V… If you find specific ones, let us know, and we can try to tell your the good and bad of each year, make, model. Generally speaking, the above are good lists of hybrids. I don’t really recommend electric if you like to do road trips. On top of that a 10 year old electric car is bound to have lower capacity battery due to age and use. 2) The big thing to worry about with aging hybrids it the hybrid battery. But it isn’t necessaril ... | |||||
| Answer to: High Mileage Hybrid Vehicles (2020+) | 25Relevance | 2 years ago | Glen_stet | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| @scottykilmer If one was looking for a mechanic to do a pre purchase test of a hybrid battery, what should we look/ask for? I came across a web site that indicates that a "stress test" should be performed and that a Toyota or high-end Matco or Snap-on scan tool should be used. Is this basically accurate? " Stress Testing For this test you will need to find a repair shop that has a scan tool that can gather the live data from you hybrid battery. Special diagnostic tools like the “TechStream” for Toyota or Aftermarket scan tool like Matco or Snap-on will provide the data needed to perform the Stress Test. Basically what happens during the test is first is to find a safe vacant back street to perform the stress test, once you are ready to start the test, the technician will need clear the Diagnostic Trouble Codes so the car is not in low propulsion mode or limp mode. The data from your hybrid battery is collected and recorded first. Then turn on live data collection and then accelerate the car at full throttle, up to 30 mph and then shifted into neutral prior to braking, so as to not let the regenerative brakes add energy back into the battery, coming to a complete stop. This is repeated five times in a row, stressing the capacity of the battery. Now with the data gathered from the live test, you will now know the true State of Health of your hybrid Battery. Now you will know when it is time for your hybrid Battery Reconditioning." | |||||
| How many miles would you say is too high for a Toyota or Honda hybrid? | 25Relevance | 2 years ago | BobTheHatKing | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| A friend recently got his license and I’m helping him find his first car. He’s in his 20s and his parents are helping him pay half. His parents want him to get a hybrid, and they’re stubborn and only buy from Carmax. How many miles would you say is too high to touch on a honda or Toyota hybrid? He’s got $5k saved up so budget is like $10k. Minimum price of a car from Carmax around here is $9k. I told him he’s not going to get much for a $10k that’s a hybrid if it’s from a dealer, even if it’s not from Carmax. Carmax doesn’t even have a Toyota/Honda hybrid within his price range within 100 miles. The ones that are from other dealers (since they probably won’t go for a private sale) that are within his price range are all over 100k miles, some over 150k and many 15+ years old. I know good hybrids from Toyota and Honda can still go a long time but I’m concerned for him about the hybrid battery going out. He doesn’t make much money and he’ll still be in school for who knows how long so I wanna make sure that car really lasts for him. We’re in California so gas can get expensive, so a hybrid could really offset the cost of ownership, but it’s just difficult to find a car that will last him a while given the parameters. Sorry for the long post but TLDR the main question is in the title. | |||||
| Answer to: Driving Hybrid Camry Without Electric Batter | 25Relevance | 3 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| In a regular car, the engine moves the car. But something needs to start the engine. An engine can’t start on its on. That something is the starter. A car also needs a way to generate electricity for radio, power windows, lights, and the 12V battery. etc…. This energy generation is through the alternator via the engine. So we have an engine, a starter, and an alternator. A Toyota hybrid and most hybrid car has an engine and an electric motor(s). There is no starter. There is no alternator. But the engine still needs to get “started”. And the car still needs to generate electricity. Those jobs are taken over by the electric motor(s). And guess what an electric motor needs to g eat it self going? It needs the hybrid battery. There is one hybrid car that can function WITHOUT a hybrid battery. Because it has a backup starter built in. And that starter uses the regular 12V battery. And that is the Honda Civic seventh generation (And a few other Honda cars built in this technology. I also think the eighth and ninth may be able to do so too, not certain). Long story short, it needs the hybrid battery. You’ll get signs that it needs to be replaced. | |||||
| Answer to: Buying a previous generation Sienna vs new hybrid? | 25Relevance | 3 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| With the amount of mileage you drive, I am 50/50 on hybrid or not. If you drove significantly less, I would say to just get the gas Sienna. With that said, This is how I would go about the decision, when it comes time. I would research the current generation and previous generation Camry hybrid, and see how long the powertrain, specifically the hybrid battery goes before needing a replacement. The Camry hybrid powertrain uses the same technology as the Sienna. I would also do the math on the naturally aspirated Sienna versus hybrid Sienna, with respect to the potential gas savings and battery replacement down the line. If batteries are failing around 250,000+ miles on average, I may bet on the hybrid Sienna. If batteries are failing just after 150,000 miles, I might opt for the gasoline only version. | |||||