I've got a RAV4, all-wheel drive version, 2005. This is the
"second revision" of the RAV, the one just before the latest
version was introduced in '06.
I'll be needing a set of tires soon, not sure which to get.

All:
    I read somewhere on the net that these car reviewers thought that the Avalon was just a step below a
Lexus or BMW.  Any opinions on that?
Keith

Toyota's perky youth brand is adding dealers but losing sales as
2nd-generation models struggle
Mark Rechtin
Automotive News

I have this need to tell on myself.  Most people would not admit to
doing something stupid like this but maybe someone will learn from my
mistake.
Yesterday I took my sons out to lunch and afterwards we were going to

Northrop Grumman got the job to build the KC-135 Tanker replacement
aircraft. Some of the 135's in the Air Force's fleet are 50 years old.
So, why are they having Airbus build the airframes?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-ba-boeing-northrop-eads-tanker-feb29,
0,5774444 ...

I just bought Toyota corolla seca 1995 auto (timing belt has been
replaced already on 148000). it  has done 178000. it is running smooth
except, when pull the accelerator like on 1-2nd gear (auto gear i
assume) a strange sound appears for about 1-3 seconds. I have also

On my 1997 Camry, the reverse lights do not come on.  I checked the fuse,
and I tried different bulbs.  Also, the gear indicator indicates the wrong
gear.  For example, when the car is in neutral, the drive light comes on.
My friend told me, that a switch is bad.  Maybe called ...

For the past couple of months, I have been getting a strange smell
from my 99 camry after driving and getting out of the car. It smells
like it could be burnt coolant. My son says it smells sweet. I only
smell it after driving and getting out of the car (near the front end)

The price of corn has risen so sharply due to the demand to produce
ethanol, that it is not longer cost effective to produce ethanol as a
replacement for gasoline. Plans to build new ethanol plants are on hold,
and two plants under construction have filed for bankruptcy. Even with ...

In about the same place it blew the LAST time!!!! (Roughly 7 miles from
home).
I can't tell if it is or isn't, it was 5 degrees and may have been just
exhaust, but it seemed funny that one moment there was hardly any visible

Hachi,
You apparently use two different newsreaders.  One is Pan and the other
is the new Windows Mail I believe.
When you use Pan your name appears normally in the topic list and

Hello, ye knowledgable people.  I followed up on the thread
http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.autos.toyota/browse_frm/thread/e392c64f76df8eab
with Ziebart's special antibacterial mist treatment.  I also had the blower fan
changed twice, once with a new no-name brand, then the second ...

Some of them actually look practical:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22825024/
Natalie

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and so is Obama.