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Old 06-10-2009, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulC View Post
I drove a RAV4 last year. Unless the 7 persons you have in mind were extras for the munchkin scene in Wizard of Oz, forget it. Engine power seemed acceptable, but the automatic tranmission had to up and downshift itself quite a bit to keep the engine in its powerband.
The optional 3rd row is no doubt for emergency/short-trip use only. That's why I said it had a "theoretical" 7-person capacity.
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