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I don't think that there is an interior clue as to the AWD or not.
Someone else here can probably tell you something about the engine to let you know as well, but I don't know that much.
-juice
-juice
I will definately check under the car before I accept delivery. I just want to be sure because you never know. Another thing which might be off subject...
I have a 2004 LX COUPE (42,000 Miles) Leased car(36 Months) due in december. Residual value is about $8,800. The dealership is offering me $500 bucks for it. Should I be getting more?
the turning radius R (m) of the vehicle is calculated by the following equation.
R=(1+KV.sup.2)(L/.phi.s) "
Well, that is a false article for this subject. That is the formula being used by this patent to change the angle of the headlight beams to match the anticipated vehicle turn.
They are not claiming that this is the turning radius calculation for the actual distance needed to turn a vehicle. Here is the correct forumla procedure.
1. Park the car.
2. Turn the wheel all the way to the right or left.
3. Execute a 180 degree turn.
4. Measure the distance required to turn.
Not quite as fancy a formula, but this will determine (100% of the time) how much distance is required to turn a vehicle 180 degrees.
As you can see, the number of times one has to turn the steering wheel lock to lock has nothing to do with radius.
The dealer is paying off the lease, which is considerably more than $500. You should check the blue book prices to determine what the car is worth, then check the residual price set in the lease contract. That will tell you how much you are getting. The dealer is offering you 500 towards a new car - that may or may not be a good deal.
Why would anyone in their right mind pay $14,500 for a 3 year old Civic LX with 42,000 miles, when they sold new for less than that?
The book may say it is worth $14,500, but the real world prices are about $10,000. I would go to "Real world Prices" forum and ask Terry what it is worth.
Have you heard about Honda's VGS or Toyota's VGRS? If you have, tell me about their purpose.
My wife had decided to get a new red CR-V after looking at the brochure from the dealership. When they got one in she went to see it and said it was a dark burgundy wine color. I told her honda always does this - the actual colors are always drab & dull. The colors in the brochure are always nice and bright. She then looked at a black one but ther was no gray interior so she is looking on other lots now. I would buy a Madza CX-7 in a second if the fools had not put a low mileage premium gas turbo engine in it because it looks so much better than the horrid front end of the CR-V. The rest of the CR-V looks fine.
Sorry, I was unclear. The lease payment lists a "residual" value, which is what the company thinks the car will be worth at the end of the lease. You have the option to turn the car in and pay nothing (except any damages, etc), or to buy the car for the agreed upon residual, or trade the car, in which case the dealer uses the actual value and figures out how much to give you based on the difference between residual and actual value.
If your numbers are right, buy the car and resell it - you will make 5K, which you can apply to your new car. That is 10 times what the dealer wants to give you.
and that is why I am no longer considering the CR-V...I have a large dog who is the only one who would sit in the cargo area (rear seats are always down)....however with the rear seats always folded down and flipped up, they form a barrier so that when you go to place cargo in the car from the rear doors, it seriously impedes the room you have to get anything through the doors...and they form a high barrier so that you can't reach in the back for anything..
No, you can't unbolt the seats either...
...and if you just fold them over and don't flip them, they are about a foot higher than the cargo floor and are useless to use given this and the fact that they don't fold flat ...
bad setup IMOP...and poor design...
I am assuming the cold inflation of the tires is correct, and they have checked the sending unit as well as the control module under the dash :confuse:
The other vehicle mentioned was either a DaimlerChrysler minivan or a DaimlerChrylser SUV (couldn't quite tell from the post). Not quite in Honda's league, IMHO.
1 mpg better on city driving and gets 30 mpg highway.
They just have that lousy tailgate door.
Thanks,
Kip
Our 2 fairly large dogs (115# & 70#) like traveling in the back of the CR-V. We like the fact that the seats fold forward. It leaves the floor a little lower. In case of an emergency manouver the dogs or whatever else is back there is less likely to come visit the cock pit.
When folded they are no higher than the back of the front seats. Never much thought about it being an obsticle for loading or reaching back. We usually use the rear hatch for loading large objects. Coolers and such can and do go through the side doors when the seats are flipped up.
For us the CR-V arangement is better than our Pilots with its much higher, or so it seems, floor.
An option for you, since your back seat is always down, would be to remove the smaller one to make more room. In case you ever needed to haul a third or forth person the wider one would still be usable. If you really NEVER use the second seat, remove both.
Another option would be the Element. Lots of room for "Fang", the seats fold off the floor and up against the side. More room for loading thru the side doors than most any other vehicle anywhere near it's size.
The CR-V and Element are really fine vehicles. They do their intended jobs very well. It would be a shame to discount one because of one item that can be overcome.
Of course I remember trading a car because it had too many grooves along the side and was a hassle to wash. At least that is what I told my wife! Just took to long to wash!
Kip
I'm not surprised that noone has copied the idea. It's OK for a seldom used 3rd row, but a 2nd row is used often and should get priority over max cargo space (used only occasionally).
-juice
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Actually, Honda sold a car here with the Variable power steering as well. The 2002-2005 Civic Si had EPS with variable steering. This is not the same as variable power assist on other Hondas, but rather the steering ratio changes with the change in steering wheel angle. Fairly on center or slightly off center the ratio is more like 5:1, but as you approach 90 degree in the steering wheel turn, the ratio changes to 3:1 or even less. It takes getting used to, but it also allows for 3 turns lock to lock steering box.
The only problem I see is that 80% of the CR-Vs available on dealer lots are AWD, and there don't seem to be many EX-L FWD models.