The 200,000+ km thread

ronz91 said:
Etios :ROFL:

sorry only saw you replied after my edit on previous response.
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Those Etioses (Etioii?) are quite nippy little rides.

They're usually pretty quick off the line and from what I hear, quite frugal too
 
ronz91 said:
Geez plz tell me most Kia engines aren't this way
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They shouldn't be. At some point I had a Sportage (2.0 petrol) that served me so well that I considered coming back to Kia, but this time to a Sorrento. I sold the Sportage with around 140k on the odometer. I know that was still on the low side.

I only sold it because of a stupid ich I had to scratch using heavy fuel consumption as an excuse. With the current fuel prices, it's turning out not to have been such a bad idea after all.
 
Service said:
They shouldn't be. At some point I had a Sportage (2.0 petrol) that served me so well that I considered coming back to Kia, but this time to a Sorrento. I sold the Sportage with around 140k on the odometer. I know that was still on the low side.

I only sold it because of a stupid ich I had to scratch using heavy fuel consumption as an excuse. With the current fuel prices, it's turning out not to have been such a bad idea after all.
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I had a work colleague who had 320k kms on Kia Sorento (previous shape) V6.
No engine issues, just some regular wear and tear that goes with that mileage, oh and of course poor fuel economy.
 
Service said:
It's fantastic that he managed to successfully claim for so many engines. However, for someone who is harbouring ambitions of buying a Sorrento in the near future; this is worrying me. The average miles he got per engine are way too low for my liking.
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Iirc on the SA passenger car market it's only Mazda that offer unlimited km new car warranty, but I think it's capped off at 5 years. I'm sure it's full of T's and C's though.
I recommend Mazda's to a couple sales guys who do on average 80k to 100k kms a year, but they opted for Toyotas.
 
SykomantiS said:
Hit 200k km in early April, 2010 Civic 2.2 diesel.

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The wife's Q5 30 TDI also hit 200k km somewhere in the last month or two.
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Honda diesels are never spoken about, is it because few people own them or what? A friend is interested in getting a diesel CRV to replace his 2.4l petrol, vey little about thrm on the internet.
 
TheChamp said:
Honda diesels are never spoken about, is it because few people own them or what? A friend is interested in getting a diesel CRV to replace his 2.4l petrol, vey little about thrm on the internet.
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The East isn't really known for their spectacular diesels, I think also everyone who opts for a Honda would want VTEC and not DTEC.
 
PhireSide said:
The East isn't really known for their spectacular diesels, I think also everyone who opts for a Honda would want VTEC and not DTEC.
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Why though, especially on SUVs? But maybe diesel wasn't popular back then, I am just wondering why Honda dropped them?
 
PhireSide said:
The East isn't really known for their spectacular diesels, I think also everyone who opts for a Honda would want VTEC and not DTEC.
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There are two main versions of the Honda diesels, iCTDi (2.2 L) from around 2005/6 to 2012 (depending on vehicle model - Accord/Civic etc)or something, and then the iDTEC that replaced it, 2.2L initially but later that was replaced by the 1.6 engine.

TheChamp said:
Honda diesels are never spoken about, is it because few people own them or what? A friend is interested in getting a diesel CRV to replace his 2.4l petrol, vey little about thrm on the internet.
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I would say they're relatively rare compared to other diesels, but overlooked and underestimated in my opinion. The early iCTDi engines had issues with clutches and flywheels dying, but it was fixed with the later models.

That's more or less it. Most other issues on my car for example (not related purely to the engine) will also be issues across the rest of the range, from the 1.4 L petrol all the way up to the Type-R, so not really diesel issues. The 2 diesel Civics I had were for the most part entirely reliable. I had one turbo die on a car with stock software still, and one thrust bearing failure on my current one (back when it was also on stock software). There rest of my expenditures were service related.

Thumb sucking I would guess there were probably 3 or maybe more petrol engined cars made for every diesel car of the same model. VTEC / petrol engines are just more popular. Like you said, Honda isn't really know for their diesel engines but that doesn't mean they're bad.

Best place I would say to have a look at is Civinfo.com. The forum is mostly focussed on Civics but they have subsections for other Hondas it's UK based so a lot of the models can be found here or in Europe so it's relevant to SA unlike so other US forums. If you want info, that's where you'll get it. There are other UK based forums as well, but I can't remember the names off the top of my head[/I]
 
TheChamp said:
Honda diesels are never spoken about, is it because few people own them or what? A friend is interested in getting a diesel CRV to replace his 2.4l petrol, vey little about thrm on the internet.
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They are great, bag loads of power but as with any diesel when they break down parts are hell expensive + the Honda tax with their crazy parts prices and with so few of them on the road getting anything secondhand may be impossible.

When it comes to Honda I’d always stick with petrol, absolutely bulletproof. Apparently the petrol 3rd gen CRVs are very frugal, you can get 7L/100km, I think that was on the 2.2l engine.
 
airborne said:
They are great, bag loads of power but as with any diesel when they break down parts are hell expensive + the Honda tax with their crazy parts prices and with so few of them on the road getting anything secondhand may be impossible.

When it comes to Honda I’d always stick with petrol, absolutely bulletproof. Apparently the petrol 3rd gen CRVs are very frugal, you can get 7L/100km, I think that was on the 2.2l engine.
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If it's 2.2L then it's diesel. Petrol CRVs had 2L or 2.4L i-VTEC engines.

Agreed about the parts being somewhat expensive, although I've found Honda's engine oil to be on par or cheaper to good oil when I last checked.
 
Greetings all,

I've got a Honda CR-V with about 215k on the clock. Any suggestions on a good workshop that I can take it to for a service? My TSA, VSA and engine light came on recently so somebody who knows Honda with some good experience would be a bonus.

I am in the Johannesburg area near Edenvale/Linksfield.
 
My daily car

E90 , 320D, bought in 2011 with 6000Km , as at today 280 000km.

Consumption currently around 5.8l

Serviced by BMW , beside normal wear and tear , only Fly wheel had to be replaced at around 18500km
 

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Johnny_Q said:
My daily car

E90 , 320D, bought in 2011 with 6000Km , as at today 280 000km.

Consumption currently around 5.8l

Serviced by BMW , beside normal wear and tear , only Fly wheel had to be replaced at around 18500km
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What have been average running costs per year for the last few years?
 
Johnny_Q said:
My daily car

E90 , 320D, bought in 2011 with 6000Km , as at today 280 000km.

Consumption currently around 5.8l

Serviced by BMW , beside normal wear and tear , only Fly wheel had to be replaced at around 18500km
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Shoot, diesel is always better at fuel consumption. I own the 320i of the same model, it averages 8.1l.

Like you, normal wear and tear stuff, serviced by BMW, recently had to have the O2 sensors replaced. Currently sitting at 155 000km.
 
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