Honda CRV experience
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mountainpete
Spamicus Eliminatus
How many miles does it have?
mountainpete
Spamicus Eliminatus
111db said:
Our 2005 takes much more fuel then it should
Just don't use it offroad and you'll be fine. We had a '99 back in 2000. It was a fairly economical little machine, but its not-so-loosely based on the Civic platform. Long story short, we slightly mired the poor little Honda in a mud hole coming back from a little fishing expo, and burnt the clutch so bad it wouldn't shift into 2nd or reverse. This was with 22k on the odometer. I have no experience with the automatic versions, but the manual ones are very light duty. Honda obviously wouldn't swap out the clutch under warrantee (or the burned flywheel for that matter), and the repair job was just under $2k...on a 12 month old "truck". Clutch fixed and immediately traded for a Pathfinder. Lesson Learned: AWD IS NOT 4WD.
Spence
Spence
This has 125,000 on it but is very clean and one owner. She said she had the dealership do the maintance on it. So she should have a reciept that has a timing belt replace on it. If not this will change the price in my oppinion. So how much will it cost to have the timing belt changed? This will be just a DD, she said she gets between 22 and 25 MPG . Still it is better than the explorer plus there will be no car payment.
Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
Two things about the CRV: First off the "real time" 4wd is also known as "on demand." What this means is that the rear wheels don't start getting power until the front wheels are spinning. IMO this is too late to be engaging the rear wheels and it's one of the reasons we crossed the CRV off our list when we went shopping for a new vehicle for the GF. The salesperson also said something about the 4wd not kicking in over 40mph but I don't know about that. She was actually a Subaru salesperson so she may have been trying to steer us towards the Forester, but in any case, don't count too much on the "4wd" of the CR-V.
Second thing: Before taking a CRV onto anything other than a well graded road, take a good look at the underside: The gas tank hangs real low off the center-left of the vehicle, in fact, it's one of the lowest parts of the undercarriage (the Element, which I almost considered getting, has the same problem.) It is protected by a tubular skid plate but that's a pretty important asset. Putting a skid plate on it would reduce clearance even more.
I actually followed a CRV for a couple of miles in the Maze District of Canyonlands last month, and I expected to see him high-center any minute. Fortunately he found a parking place at the trailhead a couple of miles from the Hans Flat Ranger station and parked there. If he'd gone any farther I think he would have been in real trouble. There are trails there that a vehicle like the CR-V could get down, but getting back up without a winch would be virtually impossible.
Second thing: Before taking a CRV onto anything other than a well graded road, take a good look at the underside: The gas tank hangs real low off the center-left of the vehicle, in fact, it's one of the lowest parts of the undercarriage (the Element, which I almost considered getting, has the same problem.) It is protected by a tubular skid plate but that's a pretty important asset. Putting a skid plate on it would reduce clearance even more.
I actually followed a CRV for a couple of miles in the Maze District of Canyonlands last month, and I expected to see him high-center any minute. Fortunately he found a parking place at the trailhead a couple of miles from the Hans Flat Ranger station and parked there. If he'd gone any farther I think he would have been in real trouble. There are trails there that a vehicle like the CR-V could get down, but getting back up without a winch would be virtually impossible.
chet
island Explorer
my brother has owned a '97 since new. auto. Never had any problems with it and it just rolled past 300,000 kms! they live in the sticks and his wife drive gravel roads every day and snow all winter. it handles snow amazingly well.
We just changed all the tierods, suspension bushings, ball joints and brake parts due to wear. it now drives like a brand new car again. I have been amazed at what it will pack and how sevice free it has been. I would buy one in an instant.
We just changed all the tierods, suspension bushings, ball joints and brake parts due to wear. it now drives like a brand new car again. I have been amazed at what it will pack and how sevice free it has been. I would buy one in an instant.