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Old 07-21-2012, 02:34 PM   #443 (permalink)
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RAV4 - '16 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Limited
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I had my first (definitely not the first, but the first I noticed) exasperated tailgater today.

The 2006 Highlander Hybrid's electric-only power is 167HP front, 68HP rear but acceleration is pathetic without the gas engine. Probably to avoid draining the battery very quickly.

I was driving about eighty feet(!) across an intersection to the next left-turn lane and noticed the "hands-up-mouth-open" annoyed look in my rearview from this lady behind me. No, I'm not going to gun it to cover eighty feet after which I have to stop and wait in the left-turn lane like everyone else...
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