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They sure didn't have much to lose. Very poor sellers.
" Hopefully they will deliver on thier promise of the Diesel CR-V with 6 speed manual"
Ah, what promise would that be? I sure wouldn't hold my breath!
I agree that Honda will probably never again offer the CR-V with a stick in the North American market. But I've had no trouble selling my MT Hondas privately in the past.
I'm still quite a few years away from replacing my CR-V. But when that time comes, I'll put a fair price on it & sell it privately. It probably won't take much longer than a week to find a buyer.
I don't know why Honda continues to use the noisest tires they can find!
As for tires, my OEM BF Goodrich's wore down extremely fast & had to be replaced around 20,000 miles. They were ok in snow at first, then forget it. Then I got a set of Uniroyals that were awful in snow - I fishtailed constantly and kept getting stuck. The real great wanna' be AWD system hasn't met my satisfaction at all. I was ready to dump the CR-V ..... then, "bluiedgod" suggested the Yokohama Avids. I considered them, but I just put on a set of Dunlop SP-60's. I am in heaven!!! These things kick butt!!! Absolutely the best tire for the unimpressive AWD on the CR-V. I wish there was a button to lock-in 4-WD, but these tires have made a huge difference. I enjoy snow driving once again. The Dunlop's saved the CR-V from being traded-in! I love my CR-V again.
Whenever the time comes for a new car, it will once again be a 5 speed manual. As long as my knees keep working, that's the vehicle of choice. Options are limited though - Subaru still sells a lot of them, and I think Jeep makes some, but that's about it in the SUV world. Mechanically, there have been zero issues with my Honda since buying it brand-new in February 2005. No squeeks, rattles, or break-downs either. Great value for the $$.
Even the Forester dropped the manual option from the XT (turbo) models, and from the Limited models as well. Can't get leather or Navi with a manual, for instance.
Match the lit up indicator to the one in the OWNER's MANUAL.
It can be a Check Engine Light, Alternator/Battery, OIL, Maintenance Needed.... There are about a half a dozen malfunction lights.
My trick for going in stop and go is to leave it in gear and just play with the throttle. Usually, the right lane is the best lane because all of the "bumper-riding-don't-want-to-shift-myself zombies are riding each other's bumpers in the middle and left lanes.
You will find you self crawling at a constant 5-10 mph in the right lane with the big rigs. Even though it may seem like you are moving slow, you will end up ahead of the "others." As they say, "Slow and steady wins the race"
CR-V's 1st gear is perfect for 5 mph crawl at about 1000 rpm.
Yup, I'm another big advocate of std trannys. I'm coming from an 05 X Trail AWD 5 speed.
I am finding interesting differences between those two cars.
One thing I am curious about. How many of you stop fueling as soon as the nozzle kicks off? For anyone who nurses it fuller in order to check for a more accurate fuel mileage figure, does anyone know how easy it is to contaminate the charcoal vent filter with raw gas? How many litres or 10ths of a USA gal do you add after the first kick off? I can think in both metric and Imperial and US
Thanks
I don't see how adding more fuel will make calculations more accurate. I just assume that when the system shuts off the fuel has reached the nozzle. Anything you put in over that is going to the charcoal canister.
Kudos on being an active driver, rather than a "stomp and steer drone."
When I'm refueling out of town, I stop when the system cuts out.
I've never had vent filter problems.
Does it apply only if you have a stick shift?
but let me guess...they are saying the demise in the manual tranny is inevitable?
And will be replaced with CVT's I suppose?
I urge anyone who considers buying a relatively high miler used CVT car.
You think automatics are expensive to rebuild?? You better be sitting down when you price out the CVT rebuild..
And like it or not, the news will spread, once we encounter a few high miler CVT vehicles. It is just now starting to happen.
And when the news spreads, this will have a direct affect on the depreciative value of your used car/trader-in.
One of the reasons they want to pursue CVT's is because it just makes their use, easier to integrate into hybrid systems. Yet again another sham until we discover a far far better battery technology than we have so far.
Just my 5 pennies..
Also, thanks to those who replied about how far they fuel it up when refueling.
Ok, so the clutch fluid reservoir is just to the right of the brake fluid one. It is mounted on a steel bracket bolted to the side of the shock tower. It has a grey plastic screw on lid, about 1.5 inch dia (approx)
It's not hiding at all, right up easy to see. I didn't have my glasses but think it said to use DOT3 brake fluid stenciled on the lid, same as brakes is my guess...someone here can confirm.
And we tend to be lazy, and we tend to not want to take responsibility for our inadequacies, so look for ways to lower the bar and ease of admission. (ease of acquiring a licence/entitlement to drive).
Personally, I think if it was mandatory to get/be tested your licence, using a standard tranny, then our roads would automatically be a lot safer, because then we would have true drivers, rather than just people being behind the wheel. If, after getting their licence, they choose to drive an automatic, then so be it, but at least they would have indicated the skills necessary to really know and appreciate true friction and it's relativity to what is going on under them and with the tires to the road.
Like it or not, there is a very real visceral difference between the communication of a car and it's operator, dependent upon which tranny it has.
It's always hard to compare new vs. used, though. Is the used one certified?
During normal air bag deployment, passengers are protected from violent collisions with the vehicle itself. The air bag will often result in some injury to the passengers but that is preferable to the much greater injury that would result from their bodies violently striking the vehicle. If the air bags were to deploy during a roll over, however, the need for protection from the bodily collision is much reduced (the change in velocity is much less) but injury from the deployment would remain a risk.
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
If I remember correctly, only Gen 2.5 (2005-2006 model years) have curtain air bags.
Also, if the severity of the accident was not enough to injure them (I know sounds bad) the air bags would have done more damage than help. Having exploding black powder in your face is probably the least of most people's desires. Air bags only deploy when the severity of the impact exceeds the threshold for the predetermined deceleration value.
Air bags are secondary restraint system, hense the SRS (supplementary restraint system)
If the impact is strong enough to rip a person whole from under the seatbelt, the air bag will slow down the flying body parts, but they will have already been detached from the body, and won't help this person much.
The seat belts should prevent ejection in a roll over. I suppose an air bag could provide some protection from flying glass but setting them up to deploy in a roll over would also have them deploying in minor side impacts where you probably don't want them to deploy.
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
The G3 CRV was rolled 5 times according to the owner.
Everybody WALKED away.
http://www.hondasuv.com/members/showthread.php?t=37842&highlight=rollover&page=3-
Go here and file a report while the incident is still fresh in your mind:
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/recallsearch.cfm
Could be a malfunction with the cruise control. Was the pedal physically stuck in the down position?
What are the differences in the years/models. We have a 5 year old (safety is important) and other than that reliability /safety/budget are primary issues.
I have a prospect with a 03 cr-v EX with 93,300 miles and he's asking $9,000 (private party). It seems to be well taken care of but he said the check engine light just went on. Of course we'll take it to our mechanic to get a good check up (and do a carfax) but is this a good enough deal to bite on? He has all service records and it really does look to be well taken care of. He also said he had the ac flushed (or something to the fact, looks to me they tend to have compresser issues?).
Many thanks!
Try at your own risk...
And while I am NOT suggesting this, I wonder if they just need to be 'seen'.
Have key on, then connect the connectors. I would not just try things until I confirmed the correct procedure with the dealer. It might just be a code process that you push and hold such and such while you turn the key on, etc.
I really wish I knew how safe or unsafe it was to work on and around airbags. Are they all just two conductor connections? If so, one would assume that the sensor sw closes and completes the circuit of the two wires and whammo? Or are there other parameters that must also be met, like speed sensor feedback?
You say that your CR-V has a manual transmission. What happened when you pushed in the clutch pedal? Did that slow you down?
I don't have my owner's manual (lost in the last move). Is E10 safe to use in my 2002 CR-V?
I think there is a concern over E15, which is being debated for use right now.
E10 should be fine.
Help anyone.
I had to replace a sticky caliper on my Miata once.
I should know, I bought an 04, whereas my wife got the 05