Comments on: 2008 Honda CR-V review

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?

By: BoggedAgain

BoggedAgain — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:04:02 +0000

To Chris R and above Mr T, I was told many yrs ago that all australian vehicles are adjusted to pull to the left, it is a safety measure if you let go of the steering wheel.

Give this a try, get the speed up to 60klms, let go of wheel, if it is aligned correctly the vehicle will steer to the left, same goes for english vehicles.

If you were in another country, driving on opposite side of road, the same thing applies, only it pulls to right, that is away from traffic.

This is NOT a design fault, it is built into all right-side driving in the left lane

By: Chris R

Chris R — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:52:17 +0000

T Nguyen CRV ‘08 pulls to the left:

Your car was built before June ‘08 – after that time the LH road spring was altered to balance the car.

This mod cures your ‘problem’ and is well known in the UK.

See Honest John website for details (just type Honest John UK into Google and chack car by car details.

By: t nguyen

t nguyen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:02:49 +0000

I owned the honda crv08 for 5 month but i bring the car back for wheel alingment 4 times because the car pull to the left but the problem still not fix i don’nt know why the honda can’nt fix the problem they blame the the road

By: Carl Magrath, Taree

Carl Magrath, Taree — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:05:59 +0000

Don’t forget ppls, a black vehicle is 30* degrees hotter inside the cab with windows round up, during summer, than a white vehicle.

All you mums and dads out-there, please don’t leave your children in the vehicle while you are just ‘ducking’ inside for a minute.

On average, 5 aussie kids will die this summer inside vehicles, don’t let your kids be one of them.

There is no logical reason for ppl to buy a black vehicle in Australia, apart from undertakers.

By: serjohn

serjohn — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:50:26 +0000

Greetings all,it’s been 6 months.
For the 5 year warranty to be valid, according to the service manual, a service needs to be carried out every 6 months or every 10,000kms whichever comes first.I have only driven 3500kms in 6mths. Is it worth forking out the $200 plus parts every 6 months even if the kms are not there? I purchased Honda for its reputable reliability so I would not have to service a car every 6mths. Do i really need a service @ 3500kms? I don’t think so. what do you think?
Could Honda afford to give a 5 year warranty on every new car if it was not over confident on its reliability for the first 5 years??? Hence service at every 6 months becomes an oxymoron unless you’ve done the expected kilometres.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:24:04 +0000

Am i the only one who thinks it’s the best looking car since the Lexus 400h hybrid? I don’t understand how you can think it’s ugly????

By: MC

MC — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:18:38 +0000

it looks a lot like the Lexus 400h hybrid – i love :)

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:38:05 +0000

Forget about the look as it’s totally in the eyes of the beholders. Something beautiful to you may look f-ugly to me.
I have always been admiring Honda build quality and now time for my next SUV has come. I took a hard look at this new CRV and a bit disappointed with the features.
Where are the GPS and the reversing camera? What about bluetooth handsfree? Should there be a power-lift tail glass door?
In other words, my search for the next car is still on: I want Honda build quality, feature-packed like a Nissan Murano, and perhaps a diesel engine like Toyota Prado’s

By: CRV_Owner

CRV_Owner — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:00:21 +0000

I got mine approximately 3 months ago (CRV-Luxury)and started to have some problem. The aircon constantly making noise (coin tossing sound) for bout 2-5 secs of each occurance and will be repeated every 2-5 minutes. This noise only occurs when the vehicle on high rpm above 2000. I tested under heater and normal aircon operation. I had brought in to the dealer attention and they reckons it’s normal, apparently the compressor that making that sort of noise. Does anyone have similar problem? I’m yet to bring this attention to Honda but wouldn’t mind if anyone out there have the similar situation.

By: DR CT

DR CT — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:16:13 +0000

am looking to buy a new car ,,, was happy with Nissan Dualis,,,, but am aiming towards new honda CRV and over stylish mazda cx -7 … any thoughts… have young kids (3.5 yrs and 20 months ) and a third on the way in the next yr or so hopefully…, thanx dc

By: Dave Vipond

Dave Vipond — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:18:05 +0000

Purchased my 4WD, top of the line, CR-V in Dec 07 in Thailand (assembled here). I am an ex petrol head from wayback and now (in my very active twighlight years) wanted something more refined, comfortable, safe and practical.
The vehicle is nothing short of fantastic. and fulfilled vitually all my expectations. The Thai assembly is faultless (and I am bloody fussy) and the Honda Bangkok dealerships service amazing. Economy exceeds published spec. Initally 10.5l/100km and now after 2300km is 8.5l/100km.My reactions to the negative comments ” Drive One !” Looks /design…. in a few aspects… are an aquired taste, but totally nullified by driveability, quality and spec.

By: serjohn

serjohn — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:05:19 +0000

the more i look at my 08 model the more it reminds me of just a big van or jeep, especially the back round shape.I preferred the shape of the previous model without the spare wheel sticking out at the back. The handling compensates for the look. Handling is very very smooth and quiet.