Sharon Grace, Friday Harbor 
2017 Toyota RAV4 SUV XLE 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
Dangerous car at night on unlit rural roads!
 Be forewarned!  Test drive this car at night before you buy.  This car is extremely dangerous if you live or drive on unlit narrow, curvy, hilly rural roads at night.   In designing this car's headlights, Toyota has put form over function.  It has packed the RAV4 with all kinds of safety features, including numerous airbags.  You will need them, since you cannot safely see to drive at night.   The IIHS rates the headlights as "marginal," and states that on curves the high beams are inadequate in all 4 tests conducted.  At night with the headlights on, the lack of illumination is dangerous.  The top half of the windshield appears dark as if it has black frost on it.  You can see through only the lower half of the windshield, which has limited visibility through which you can see straight ahead, but have little peripheral visibility. Going down hills cuts the visibility considerably, at times to as little as 50 feet.  Sharp turns to the left or right are blind.  Toyota refuses to fix the problem, since the headlights are "working as designed."  Great--a design defect.  Wish we had known.  We have had 3 Toyotas previously, which we loved.  We love this one during the day.  Too bad we can't drive it safely at night.