# 1999 RAV4 -- can it live forever?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** rav4, toyota\
**Created:** [January 7, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304 "2012-01-07T01:38:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304/21 "2012-01-16T03:33:35Z")

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“Why do automakers take a good thing and then feel they have to make it BIGGER?”

My 1981 Accord was a little cutie, not like the bloated ones of today:

 ![](http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/01/11/01/48/1981_honda_accord_lx_hatchback-pic-61036.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304/22 "2012-01-16T18:47:44Z")

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"Why do automakers take a good thing and then feel they have to make it BIGGER?"  
It’s all about car sales and niches. People think bigger means you are getting more for your money. Given the size of the butts cars have to carry around these days, it’s no wonder. I doubt the average Accord owner of today could fit comfortably in “circuitsmith’s” little cutie

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304/23 "2012-01-16T18:50:58Z")

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**“Why do automakers take a good thing and then feel they have to make it BIGGER?”**

This is nothing new. This has been going on for at least 40 years. Bigger car = higher prices = higher profit.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304/24 "2012-01-16T19:55:18Z")

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You can stiil buy a nice, compact Accord; it`s called a Civic!!! And a nice compact Camry is called a Corolla. I remember when the Mercury Comet in the sixties was lengthened and Ford advertized it as`the biggest compact`. The Dodge minivan is now`the biggest minivan`.

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304/25 "2012-01-16T20:01:01Z")

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“minivan”; there is another misnomer !

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**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-rav4-can-it-live-forever/70304/26 "2012-01-17T05:04:49Z")

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What a PURDY Civic man… I sure do miss that generation of Honda’s…They were so well made and FUN FUN FUN to zip around in… My girl had an 83 Accord, I will never forget that car Same color I think also…

Blackbird

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