Running the wives Matrix into the ground (over 300k km now.. 2007) as my commuter. Typically commuting 2-3x a week, 50 km one way from Cochrane. Just planning for the future that will eventually show up
- want to use it for commuting to and from work.
- ideally also useful for hauling MTBs to bragg creek/moose (not shuttling)
- winter use for backcountry skiing (smith dorrien and hwy 93N). Do have my tacoma for the really bad days, but would like to move towards using a smaller vehicle if its just me and one other.
Have looked pretty hard at the Rav4 Prime. I could probablyplug in at the office and essentially commute for "free" on the way home every day, which is pushing me this way. But the primes are ~10k more, and then worse on gas for bigger drives than the Rav4 Hybrid. Does the prime make sense for winter use if most trips for skiing are ~200-300km? Sounds like the Prime wait isnt really a thing anymore.
- dont have 240 in the garage currently. Looks like can charge w/ a regular ol outlet just takes forever
- prime is 10k more, but get 5k on the rebate
Any other vehicles worth looking at? We're essentially a Toyota family now after having essentially zero issues with over 600,000km on our two combined vehicles.