Average velocities for particles inside a sphere of radius 3 kpc, when the Sun is placed at (R,φ,z) = (8 kpc, −20°,0) and for the default bar model. Top row: contour plots in the (R,z) plane, with binsize 100 pc and box smoothing on a scale of 200 pc. Bottom row: as in the top row, but after the application of the RAVE selection function. The averages in the bottom panels correspond to those obtained using 100 random samples of the simulation.