Our RAV4, 4cyl, auto trans, has a sport mode. If not mistaken, the owners manual states to slide it into sports mode and use it like a standard transmission on steep grades. It gets used that way every time I descend OR 66 into Ashland. I don't know the percent grade of that hill, but I know it's more than 6% and likely closer to 9% in a lot of stretches, with 20 MPH corners thrown in for fun. At times I'm in the 2 gear instead of "drive".
I'd prefer not to burn up a set of brakes every 6 weeks on my trips over there.
Last edited by Valsdad; 07/12/21.
