Comments on: 2008 Honda CR-V review

By: Old cars

Old cars — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:39:21 +0000

It has been absolutely trouble free. The engine performance is what you’d expect from a 4-banger in a vehicle this size: a little underwhelming. Still, it handles brilliantly for its size, has a crazy-good turn radius and is surprisingly short in length (making parallel parking in the city a snap), and gets solid fuel economy. We average about 25 mpg.

By: Pat Olmstead

Pat Olmstead — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:33:21 +0000

I have a 2008 honda CR-V, with a built in GPS.I am happy with the vehicle except for recharging the battery.
The dealer claims that if the car sits for any more than 10 days the battery will be dead. He claims that with GPS it’s too much of an electrical drain.
Does this sound reasonable. It’s very inconvenient.
I should have been told before the purchase, or Honda should have a better battery.
Sincerely Pat Olmstead

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:34:45 +0000

That gave me a laugh, Maneesh. I wonder if he realises the sides are crook, too.

And, as for those who bought the previous model Camry…have ANY of them woken up, yet?

By: Maneesh

Maneesh — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:30:00 +0000

lol at Curt “I just got one and the front is ugly”!!! Good one Curt!

I would rather buy a decent looking car/4WD instead of this ugly one, even if its got less features/quality or buy the previous model which looked allright…

By: albert

albert — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:04:43 +0000

have one almost a year now, but the suspension is not as good as expected.

By: david

david — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:40:52 +0000

Thanks for the thoughts. Have ended up with a Suzuky Grand Vitara turbo diesel – great reviews on & off road & 7l/100k’s – pick it up in a couple of weeks.

By: Lin

Lin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:24:51 +0000

To BoggedAgain. Please don’t make stuff up. Roads in Australia have a natural camber to allow the water to run off. If you are driving to the left, then your car will follow the camber and drift left. It has nothing to do with “drift” being built into the car.

By: Miker

Miker — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:43:22 +0000

I can’t answer David’s request re off roadability; but having sold my Landcruiser Sahara 100 series this month and bought a CRV Luxury I can give him some thoughts about comparing both vehicles.

Little surpasses the smooothness of the Toyota V8 and gearbox, but the not yet run in CRV performs seamlessly in the city and appears to be pretty swift, though not startling.

It feels light and airy and space wise it has loads of room, in fact better than the cruiser for second row passangers. Plenty of capacity in the load compartment too, though not matching the albeit huge cruiser.

Ergonomics are excellant everything comes to hand and has a quality feel. Seats are great, very supportive and with a wide range of adjustment.

For a city dweller, like me, the big advantage is parking, agility and fuel consumption. Honda quality is also second to none, including the luxury Sahara; panel and plastics fit are very high quality.

Cruisers,even 200 series have many good features, but it is now yesterday’s vehicle for city drivers anyway and the CRV feels like it will be at home on the beach and not too far off the road.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:46:35 +0000

I love the new design and don’t think it’s ugly at all. I can’t wait to get mine in Jan.

By: David

David — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:34:24 +0000

After working in the Sahara in Libya I am a died-in-the-wool Landcruiser fan. The only 4wd of it’s size range to return constantly good behaviour in all types of desert.
I’m now looking at a mid-size but nobody is talking about the ‘real’ raison detre for a 4wd – how does it perform offroad? I live in WA and sand is a major part of going offroad here – especially when surfing north of Perth.
Any thoughts on how it rates offroad?