Originally Posted by sherwood
no but the x-runner pulls upwards of .9 g's
it says the rav4 has a lattteral of .83, i'm sure with some summer tires it handles better than fine
Lateral G's is one very small measure of handling. Like you said, better tires make a huge difference in this number. Anyway you put it, RAV4 = high CG = higher roll axis = higher body roll = slow transitions = more difficult to drive.