My 1st another SUV thread...

I.am.Sam said:
you dont buy sedans or SUVs for the consumption unless its the 320d or 1.4 or 1.6 tdi motors

those things are light on fuel
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Hence me not owning one. We drive large annual mileages, so fuel consumption is an important aspect.
 
Toxxyc said:
I have a 2013 model, 2.0 Manual. I've heard the 2.4s are nice, but they're heavy on juice, specially in the auto. However, it'll lack that power I crave. I have a 2013 base model but man that thing is specced!
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Yeah your consumption is good cause of the 2.0 ..friend told me its abit underpowered and I aim at loading it one day on holidays and stuff
 
Well I've taken mine with a full trailer and 5 adults on a road trip earlier this year. It's not terrible, but you can definitely feel it. It was there where I missed the little extra power. It really struggled uphill with the cruise control, and I had to row at some places.
 
i got an 2007 2.0 crv. its nice. but i want to sell it. i find it sluggish, and i dont find the ride as comfy as other suvs. lets not get started on the parts. mine had a bit of an accident, so basically selling my kidneys for the spares. from one thing going to another. ive reached a point were i dont care for it any more, will just sell it, take what i can get and looking at a new Rav4. need reliability, not headache
 
cool_gi said:
i got an 2007 2.0 crv. its nice. but i want to sell it. i find it sluggish, and i dont find the ride as comfy as other suvs. lets not get started on the parts. mine had a bit of an accident, so basically selling my kidneys for the spares. from one thing going to another. ive reached a point were i dont care for it any more, will just sell it, take what i can get and looking at a new Rav4. need reliability, not headache
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tell me more about the parts
what went wrong and costs please
 
Also, as echoed throughout this thread, the CRV is the most expensive to maintain, and the RAV4 the cheapest to maintain.

This is a very good resource:
http://www.kinseyreport.co.za/2017_kinsey_report.htm#Crossovers

Take a look here. It basically gives a break down of common parts and their costs for popular vehicles, albeit its a 2017 survey. 2018 should be released soon.
 
I was given a 2010 CRV 2.4 Auto as a loan car for 4 days.

That car was extremely heavy on fuel and I didn’t drive it hard at all. I must’ve averaged at least 14 l/100km in it over the days I had it. This included traffic in the mornings and evenings but with mixed driving including highways during the day. I must’ve done about 100km a day in it.

Other than that, the car was really comfy, spacious and nice to drive.
 
I.am.Sam said:
tell me more about the parts
what went wrong and costs please
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suggest you check the price of shocks- cant remember, but it was definately much more than normal. also then the aircon compressor went and they wanted like 7000 for a replacement.
 
I.am.Sam said:
10l/100 is normal for bigger engines in town driving
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That's what I get with town driving with a heavy foot on my 3.0d X3,but that said it's quite powerful and fast compared to the other options mentioned here.160kw/500nm of torque if I remember correctly and most importantly it has a proper ZF Autobox that can actually put that power down so 0-100km/h in around 7.5 seconds.

Open road driving it's much much lighter naturally. I've seen 6,5lt/100km's driving at 120km/h.

Common problem is the transmission cases need to be redone every 140 000k's or so at a cost of around R13k(this is on the 2007-2009 shape and earlier,issue is sorted out on newer versions but they'll be out of your budget).Other than that the engines are pretty much bullet proof.

I haven't redone the transmission case on mine as I don't need 4 wheel drive ever so I just disconnected it and I'm driving it in 2 wheel rear drive mode for the last 80k km.I'm thinking of selling it soon to upgrade to a newer x5 with the same motor though so I'll probably have to finally redo the transmission case before I sell.
 
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Also the ride isn't the smoothest but handling is much better than the average SUV.

I've driven the newer 2010+ X3's and the ride is several fold smoother.But this is still fine for highway driving none the less.
 
You really cannot compare servicing a Jazz and a CRV. I have owned many Hondas' .

They are not cheap to service or fix. The CRV Brake pads and discs are very expensive.
 
Global sales figures.




1. Honda CR-V – 3.5m
2. Toyota RAV4 – 3.19m
3. Ford Kuga – 3.07m
4. Nissan X-Trail – 3.01m
5. Hyundai Tucson – 2.78m
6. VW Tiguan – 2.67m
7. Honda HR-V – 2.06m
8. Nissan Qashqai – 2.04m
9. Kia Sportage – 1.98m
10. Great Wall H6 – 1.8m
  • Global sales,
    Jan 2013-Dec 2017
Note the CRV has sold over 9m cars in total
 
silver6933 said:
You really cannot compare servicing a Jazz and a CRV. I have owned many Hondas' .

They are not cheap to service or fix. The CRV Brake pads and discs are very expensive.
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My CR-V was quoted R11k for discs and pads a few months ago. Went to a local place who skimmed the discs for me and installed new pads all round. R1,600. Good as new.
 
ahoudet said:
I was given a 2010 CRV 2.4 Auto as a loan car for 4 days.

That car was extremely heavy on fuel and I didn’t drive it hard at all. I must’ve averaged at least 14 l/100km in it over the days I had it. This included traffic in the mornings and evenings but with mixed driving including highways during the day. I must’ve done about 100km a day in it.

Other than that, the car was really comfy, spacious and nice to drive.
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I test drove it as well ...really enjoyed the space and comfort

Thats the only concern is the consumption ... 10-11 is fine but over that is crazy
 
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