Honda CR-V Mk 1

Advantages: Comfortable and Spacious
Disadvantages: No exciting gadgets in the cockpit

...I have owned my CR-V for about 8 months, and have covered over 11k miles already. Its one of the older models, 1998 and is the base model. I bought it because it fits in well with my leisure activitys, camping, mountain biking and windsurfing, as well as owning a dog. This is my third Honda, and to be honest I would be retisent to buy any other brand of car in the future! The interior is comfortable, and functional, not packed with loads of gadgets but has got all of the things you need. Thi being the basic model, has got no A/C but has got an enormous sunroof, which is electric, and far more fun than A/C. 4 x Electric windows with one touch drop on the drivers door. Central locking but not remote on this model, but that suits me, as I can put the key in the pouch of my wetsuit with no worries! Comfortable hardwearing fabric seats offer...

spongebob32 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Honda make a Jeep.

Advantages: Nice looking car with practical benefits
Disadvantages: Rear visibility

...I would not think of Honda when it comes to 4 X 4 jeep type off roaders. Landrover,Suzuki and Chrysler Jeep yes! it now seems every motor manufacturer wants to jump on the offroad bandwagon and build a 4 x 4. But the Honda CRV is a nice little car as well as an off roader. I compare it to the Rav 4 and BMW or Mercedes offering. Special edition models of popular cars usually add a number of extra equipment items for little extra cost and that's exactly what Honda offers with its HR-V 'Special Edition'. It comes in 2 flavours of Jeep. A 2 Wheel version and a 4WD version. The difference in Price is only £500 to. Exterior. --------- It looks like a high wheel base car with its 16-inch alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, integrated roof rails and body coloured side sills. Add to this a solid Spare Wheel cover coloured to the car...

andycharger 09.01.2002 · Read review
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No, I don't know what CR-V stands for either.

Advantages: Spacious, economical to run with good handling. A fun ride.
Disadvantages: See text of opinion.

...I’d better warn you now that this isn’t going to be one of those very technical reviews that are done about cars. My technical knowledge ends roughly where the ignition key goes in and certainly doesn’t extend to putting petrol into the tank. When people talk about “overhead camshaft” I gaze upwards and wonder where it is. I’d simply like to tell you why we got the car, the good bits and the odd niggle. We’ve got two big dogs. When we had one dog and a Honda Civic the dog would get into the back of the car, and sit there quietly, until she was sick that is, but that’s another story. We then acquired Rosie, who’s a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and she decided that sitting on the back seat wasn’t such a good idea, when there were all sorts of other places that looked so much more...

SueMagee 25.07.2001 · Read review
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I Love my CR-V

Advantages: Lovely drive,good alround view comfortable seat
Disadvantages: haven't found any yet

...This is the best car I have ever owned ,it's my dream car. We were on the look out for a good family car.A few times before we bought our honda CR-V my other half would go and look around the forcourt of the Honda Garage which is 2 mins away in the car from our house and admire them. I couldn't see what he saw which was a good classy family car with a good boot space etc. We talked about what we would both like .He liked The CR-V and I wanted the Jazz.We couldn't make our minds up so the only thing left was to go for a test drive in both. I drove the jazz first but not as first thought seats gave me back ache and it was modern but very basic inside.Drove well maybe the sort of thing to get you from a to b like popping to the local shops ,so for short journeys.It didn't rock my boat at all. I then looked forward to what was...

1pinkpear 02.08.2005 (09.08.2005) · Read review
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Honda 4x4

Advantages: Lots of space
Disadvantages: Would you use it to 4X4

...better if it was a split boot with one part moving up and the other part down. This car can be very expensive if you are buying new as all Hondas are but I would advise you to get an ex model car as these have been driven by a lot of people but have a lot of extra features and are usually priced well, and if you can haggle you will be able to get the price down a nice bit. This handles on the road; the speed really kicks in after 40, but no idea what it would handle like on a 4X4 track. Very good safety rating. Now for the specifics about the car, I have had to do some research into this as I feel if the car goes when I want it to go and stop when I want it to stop its good enough but here it goes. Fuel- Unleaded Miles per gallon- 31 6-disk CD change Price- customer paid £13000 but had some extras Model: Honda CR-V 2.0i ES...

lukemillo1 05.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Honda CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC

Honda convert?

Advantages: reliability, solidity
Disadvantages: a little 'dull'?

...You may have seen my review on my last car... or maybe you wouldn't be looking at Alfas! I have make the perhaps unusual switch from an Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon to a Honda CR-V. Perhaps unlucky, I had constant suspension problems with the Alfa. The What Car Customer satifaction Survey, however, was the final straw. I decided it was time to get away from a manufacturer who was at the bottom of their chart to one close to the top. I deceded to go Japanese, and '4x4' so it was something completely different! I read all the review and am delighted. The Honda has not turned a wrong wheel! Its 148bhp makes it faster than the Alfa (but admittedly doesn't corner like one), and it uses no more fuel (29mpg) on my short journeys. It is as roomy as a Discovery inside. The paint work is perfect (though it's two years old), although some...

shonah 08.06.2004 · Read review
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I love my CR-V

Advantages: Bigger than estate car, not a full blown 4x4 off-roader
Disadvantages: Fuel econoemy not good

...I won't go on about the technical stuff, as I'm sure you can get that from official sources but I will quickly tell you what I know about the car. It has a 2ltr engine, it's front wheel drive but somehow intelligently engages the rear wheels when front wheel slippage is detected. There are two models that I'm aware of LS and ES. The ES has better features as standard i.e. Alloy Wheels, Air-Con, sun roof, roof bars etc I've had my CR-V on a S plate for 3 years now, and I absolutely love it. I drives like a nippy run around, around town, but on the m-way it's as comfortable as a family saloon. The air-con is effective for such a large car. It's brilliant for those out doory types like myself, I've added a bike rack that attaches to the spare wheel, and just to impress my friends a picnic table makes up the boot floor, take this out to...

eFreddy 09.03.2004 · Read review
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She just could not stop grinning

Advantages: Lovely drive, VFM
Disadvantages: Still very expensive

...lucky day) and she got a wonderful deal from our local Honda dealer, Riding & Co, who did everything right. They gave us an excellent price on a brand new Honda CRV (£18,280, but she only told me much later that she forked out another three hundred quid on all the goodies inside), a great trade in price (all of the three grand she expected) and then just let us get on with it and applied no pressure whatsoever (thanks be to you, but you got your commission anyway ? cheers to Richard Edge, the salesman you really want to deal with). Now that?s a formula that works with Mrs D every time, and after she?d done all her soul searching the die was cast and a decision was taken ? the Family 27 was getting a new car? The beast in question was Honda?s brand new CRV, a real snip at a very reasonable £18,280 (say it fast, it hurts less...

dave27 15.08.2002 · Read review
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A decade old but unlikely to be decayed

Advantages: A successful much loved vehicle
Disadvantages: New models cause eyes to wander off to showrooms

...seem good for 120,000 + without incurring any major repairs. Just as well as Honda main dealers are not the cheapest. Of course the good thing about getting an older 4x4 is that you can forget about dings, dents, paint chips and scratches and start enjoying life - using your vehicle to the full to support your hobbies and interests. Most CR-V owners would probably agree with me that buying an older CR-V is likely to be a very safe proposition....

Oldfogey 25.03.2008 · Read review
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CRV wins again

Advantages: Good solid motoring
Disadvantages: rear view when parking

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gripper714 17.09.2005 · Read review
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