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| I should have mentioned in my long winded post that the CRV I bought was a 2006 model. EX, 5 speed manual tranny. | |
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Replying to: kosarfan (Dec 14, 2005 6:58 pm) |
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My wife and I made the mistake of buying a fully loaded 2005 CRV some 6 months back. It starts in the cold Canada climate like an old worn out car. The gas mileage is 18-20 mpg. The front end has made a mysterious growl. It is so slow that I feel like everyone is chasing us on the freeway. It pulls to the right and on and on. The car has no interior lights to speak of for night driving and the guages barely light up enough to see anything in the car at night. The lights are poor so we replaced the bulbs with aftermarket bulbs. The engine fan runs all the time even in sub zero weather. But it's a Honda so I guess everything is just perfect! My wife went crazy and had it loaded with GST it was around $35K Canadian. Way tooo much for this type of car. It reminds me of the old Hondas I drove in College. They have not really changed that much except the price.
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Replying to: kamp1 (Jan 01, 2006 10:53 pm) |
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Replying to: dennydimwit (Dec 30, 2005 9:52 am) Same complaint for years, people on "the other board" are adapting Acura's intermittent switches to CR-V. window sill is very hard (sore elbow on long trips) but maybe with my side air-bags I shouldn't be leaning on it anyhoo. That is what the PADDED armrest on the door is for. Window sill is not for leaning on. Last night tried hitting scan and reprogrammed all my presets instead. I thought Honda had user engineers to prevent this type of user-interface mess. They did, Read the OWNER's MANUAL!!! (hit it again to set it back) I'm 6'1" and have 230 lbs on my medium frame Ha ha ha, I am 6' and 190 lbs and considered overwieght... Turn signal/brights and wiper/washer controls on steeering column get in the way of my fingers on the steering wheel frequently (at least this engineering compromise I can understand). Drive with your fingers wrapped around the steering wheel, as if you were making fists, lol. (I like to stretch my legs on long distance cross country jaunts) Seat travel is limited, no stretching for me. I may be putting some weight in the back this winter for better traction in the NE Ohio snow. It is primarily FWD, how would the weight in the back help? |
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Replying to: kamp1 (Jan 01, 2006 10:53 pm) The engine fan runs all the time even in sub zero weather. But it's a Honda so I guess everything is just perfect! My wife went crazy and had it loaded with GST it was around $35K Canadian. Way tooo much for this type of car. It reminds me of the old Hondas I drove in College. They have not really changed that much except the price. The car is no slouch, if one knows how to reap the benefits of a VTEC engine (e.g. rev it like there is no tomorrow). And no, revving a Honda engine to the redline, will not hurt it. Are you sure it is the engine cooling fan running, not the A/c fan runing because the HVAC setting is in the Defog mode? OWNER's MANUAL explains that A/C will come on when Defog is selected. Perhaps someone needs to read the OWNER's MANUAL? As far as interior lighting, why would you want the inside of the car lit up when driving at night? Your main job when driving at night is to see out, so, you want to minimize the interior lighting. I turn my gauges all the way down, so that my eyes can concentrate on seeing the outside better. Sounds like someone likes to light up the inside of the car to see better outside. It is very similar to me asking my dad when I was a kid if I put light bulbs inside the telecsope would it make a night visions telescope. Silly idea from a 6 year old kid. By the way, there are two map lights in the overhead console, and the interior light in the middle, as well as another light in the cargo bay. Sounds like more than enough lighting for people with normal vision. Sounds like it is time to see the ophtalmologist again. 
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Replying to: tcasboy (Dec 31, 2005 4:27 pm) Keep in mind that many dealerships have good prices. Here you can get the '06 EX AT for $21400 which is quite a bit under invoice. And I think we are closer than Wisconsin 
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So we closed the deal on a 2006 Honda CRV EX (auto) in the silver moss last night. We thought the SE was still a little overpriced at 26000 MSRP (24900), leather seats or no leather seats. MSRP on the EX was 24,300. I had an internet offer for 22,200 plus another 400 at one dealer, with cleanups and paint protection (a 600 buck value!!! as they said). Another dealer said they'd match the 21,800 quote, add mudguards. I still think we shoulda gotten more add-ons, particularly the stripe my wife loved so much (me not so much). Was hoping for the fog lights ($537) or rear sensors ($700+) too much? We didn't get them, but I still wonder if I should add them on. Tried to get an even lower apr than the 4.9. When I bought my first car (a pontiac), I got a 2.9 at 60. I can't help but feel I coulda gotten more. |
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Replying to: laocoon (Dec 31, 2005 12:22 am) As of today, like it or not, after one week of using it, your car is already one year old…...and as of today too, its price is in the 17-teen thous… Dan
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Any recent experiences in this area? Horrid experience in 1998 with Mt Vernon Honda (now Browns') and ended up with Hendrick in Woodbridge, not that far from Alexandria. Considering CRV EX Auto loaded, but no NAV or XM (I prefer Sirrius).
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