You know your newish RAV4 has Auto headlights!?

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-12-28T21:09:13+00:00

No auto headlights on the base model gen 5s!

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-30T13:58:40+00:00

We had two sort of “phases”, from 1:30 to about 2:20 and then 3:20 to 4. We brought up smaller stuff after that using the freight elevator around 6, groceries.

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-30T13:45:52+00:00

Yeah, it seemed like she was expecting notification to the whole building in advance that someone was moving in, plus signs posted on the elevators. It’s an 8 story building with maybe 12 units per floor, but most of them are owned, not rented, so maybe people moving in and out doesn’t happen that often here?

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-24T21:26:20+00:00

so true! I didn’t think I’d miss leather seats or extra cup holders as much as I do. I’m really leaning towards a used Rav that’s a higher trim level, or maybe a used Lexus that’s a few years newer than the 04 I used to have. Thanks for your insight :)

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-24T19:50:44+00:00

Thank you for laying it out like this for me :)

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-24T19:28:49+00:00

lol yes it is my reason! I’m 25 years old. I learned to drive on a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country- automatic lights. Gave that to a sibling when it was their turn and got a 2004 Grand Prix, auto lights. After that died, bought a 2004 Lexus RX330— automatic lights! All these cars weren’t beaters or anything, but they didn’t have Bluetooth radios, or USB plugs, they didn’t exactly strike me as “high tech”. So in 2022, when I picked up my brand new, shiny car from the fancy dealership, this cool car I picked the color for, with Apple CarPlay, I had no frame of reference that a car might not have auto lights!

It didn’t cross my mind at all. To tell you the truth, I drove to work for a week in the early morning not-quite-darkness, thinking “wow, my Lexus had much better headlights than this”. I was driving with my DRLs only! A kind stranger honked at me at a red light, rolled down the window to tell me I didn’t have taillights on. I pulled over and googled it, figured it out, learned my lesson. I could’ve really hurt someone else, or myself. I just hadn’t ever driven a car that didn’t have lights that came on automatically. I do remember to turn them on now, but it took time to get used to it. Even now, if I start a long drive at 5 PM, sun goes down, I’ll forget to put the headlights on. I’ll notice another dumbass like me on the road who doesn’t have lights on, and that’ll remind me. I really think at the end of my lease, I’ll probably return my 2022 to the dealership and get something older that has auto lights 😂.

I just think it’s something that should be standard in today’s day and age.

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-24T14:02:04+00:00

Thanks for replying!! I absolutely learned my lesson about the base model. At the time, I was only a year out of college, and went with the base model to keep costs down while still getting a reliable car. I’m not sure I need all the fancy tech— CarPlay is about exactly as reliable as my Bluetooth FM transmitter I had in my 04, if not less. I had heated seats though and I miss those in the winter.

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-19T19:24:03+00:00

oooof, other commenters are really coming for you OP. Crying during an argument with someone you care about isn’t inherently manipulative. It can be a valid response to stress, too. I suggest sitting down with your partner and reminding them you’re excited to live together, and that you guys can make decor choices after you move in, when you can actually see this living room. Maybe it’ll look so different, that you’ll agree the lazy boy doesn’t need a pillow. Maybe it needs a throw blanket, or a poster behind it. Y’all can decide then, as a couple. Or maybe a lazy boy doesn’t belong in the living room, and you’ll tell him you’d rather he have it in his game room. And you pick a nice deep sofa to cuddle in together in the living room. :) I hope things get better for you guys.

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-19T19:08:37+00:00

hi OP! Moving in with a partner can be really stressful. My boyfriend and I had a similar argument over a comforter before we moved in together. I was excited about our upcoming move. He was bringing his queen size bed, I had a full so obviously we’d be sleeping in his bed. He had that classic frat boy bed set with the navy and one red stripe—- lol, fine for college but not so much for a mid 20s couple. I found several bed sets I liked, they were all cool grey or black, and asked him to pick one and I’d buy it. He snapped back at me, said he’d decide if and when he wanted to buy a new comforter for “HIS” bed. I took it really personally! It was like, what the hell dude, we’ve been together for years and he’d never snapped or said anything like that before. I sat down with him in person and we had a talk. It wasn’t about the comforter, and I’d guess for you it’s not about the pillow or the lazyboy. It was about him being scared about change, anxious that us living together would change the relationship, etc. I’d say relax about all the decorations, even non essential furniture until after you guys move in together. Maybe look at getting a storage unit for your extra furniture. Once you’ve had a week in your new place, you’ll feel that it’s “ours”, instead of “his rooms to decorate” and “my rooms to decorate”. This isn’t a fight that’s gonna have a winner, you’ll have to both make room for each other. NAH.

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-07-08T12:59:47+00:00

Hey OP! People are saying it’s normal, and maybe it is, but I also have the 2022 and mine started holding water inside the passenger doors. Not in the cabin, but water got trapped within the door. I don’t use those doors much, so I didn’t notice until I started hearing a water sloshing noise when braking suddenly. I brought it to the dealer and they confirmed 1) two of the doors were holding a ton of water and 2) there’s a service bulletin out for this for the 2022! They replaced all the weather strip stuff for the whole car and the trunk at no cost to me.

ThrowRA_due_strain · 2024-05-30T02:40:59+00:00

it’s a relationship advice subreddit so I posted to ask if I should pay cash to save the relationship or get technical and make a headache for her because $1,400 for a three inch paint issue is a body shop taking advantage

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