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Took Ravage on the first road trip this past weekend. From the Washington, DC area to the Outer Banks of North Carolina ( an Atlantic ocean beach ). I did all driving.
My satellite radio trial ended the day I left. I tried to negotiate an acceptable price to renew. They would not give me the service I wanted at a price I felt was worth it. As such, I used my phone to play both streamed and local content via Bluetooth for the trip. That worked well except for the 3 quick disconnects pointed out above.
I will be driving it to Canada next month. That trip will be about double the distance but, I will be splitting driving duty with another. I am looking forward to that trip now that I have some long-distance experience with Ravage.
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- Distance one way: 464km ( 288mi )
- Trip time one way: 5:12
- Fuel efficiency: 6.1 L/100km ( 38.5 MPG )
- Average speed: 73.22 km/h ( 45.5 MPH)
- Occasional heavy traffic ( there and back )
- Nav unit lockup ( once )
- Bluetooth audio and data connections dropped ( 3 times )
Automatically reconnected within 15 seconds
BT audio was used the entire trip - Very heavy rain and thunder storm after dark one night
Safety systems made driving in heavy weather more comfortable
- LED headlights are great!!
- RADAR cruise control is awesome!
Although it is annoying it shuts off at slow speed - Nav routed me around traffic once, not that successfully
To be fair, there were no good alternate routes at the time - Ride was comfortable
- Good fuel efficiency
- No major mechanical issues ( it's a Toyota! )
- Fabulous beach weather
My satellite radio trial ended the day I left. I tried to negotiate an acceptable price to renew. They would not give me the service I wanted at a price I felt was worth it. As such, I used my phone to play both streamed and local content via Bluetooth for the trip. That worked well except for the 3 quick disconnects pointed out above.
I will be driving it to Canada next month. That trip will be about double the distance but, I will be splitting driving duty with another. I am looking forward to that trip now that I have some long-distance experience with Ravage.
:wink