Fecking hell its not meant for the Paris Dakar or Land Rover challenge. Its a reliable, safe, family car with the ability to get you unstuck in snow or wet grass, all of which it does very well.
I went from a fiat panda to this, and no one wants to drive me off the road anymore. And no one is pulling out on me forcing me to brake all the time. So much more relaxing.
Love this car. My 2005 CRV is going at 301k miles. Only major replacement was a catalytic converter at 250k miles. Kept up on my scheduled maintenance and the car has been running like a champ. I take it to the snow, off-roading (nothing crazy), tow things, etc. This car is great - I'm so glad I bought it. Good review.
Honda will be Honda. I bought this car and I can't fault it. Mine is a 2.2 cdti and the fuel consumption is not that bad. A car this size gives you between 42 to 44 mpg on long distance drive. The boot space is a plus. It is roomy. It can accomodate 1 keyboard sythesizer, 1 bass guitar with case and 1 acoustic but you can still close the boot cover. It has a folding shelf which is very handy. It does not have a 4x4 or 4x2 switch like the xtrail but when the vehicle skids, all wheels will automatically engage. Very smart looking SUV. Leg room at the back is plenty. A person over 6" wont have a problem. Front and back. Front seats have arm rest. And the gear is located just well below the middle dashboard which means that you have extra space to put thing in between. It is a 6 speed manual. All in all this car lives to its standards. And thats Honda.
2:20 How many 4x4 owners go off-roading? Hardly any. The CRV is made for getting through snow covered streets. It's everything the normal motorist needs.
I’ll try to avoid it but over recent years seem to need to more often and got my A4 stuck on the school run. There have been many times I’ve had to make 15 mile detours because I knew my car wouldn’t cope. Hopefully now I’ve the CRV I won’t have to green lane it.
Great car. Lots of room front and back for tall people, ample room in the boot for my large German Shepherd who's nearly 40kgs or numerous guitars and an amp, plus rear visibility is no problem with the reversing cam (on the ex version) which is very handy indeed. A very impressive and satisfying car to own
Unfortunately, the Freelander's base price is $ 7000 more than a CRV EX-L AWD with a whole stack of extras. So - yes, the Freelander would have a better finish. I would hope so. Unlike the Freelander though, Honda has one of the highest ratings for build quality and reliability.
they always make one fatal mistake, when talking about the interior. They always call it hard, and plastic - however, they fail to realise, the hard material is NOT brittle, and will wear MUCH better than most. Plus, comparing it to a corsa? dont make me laugh, corsa interiors literally fall apart. Glovebox anyone?
Lmao did u see the compilation of corsa gloveboxes falling off 😂😂 would never happen on a CR V but reviewers just don’t like hard plastics cuz they don’t give as good of an impression
The reviewer is a moron, he whines about hard plastics in loads of his car reviews. More concerned with touching random parts of the car rather than driving.
Regardless of what was being reviewed, the host is sensational. Flawless, comfortable presentation - one of the best I have seen. I love the CRV, by the way.
I have had a 2011 diesel automatic for a year and find it is the easiest car to drive that I have ever owned. It is so car like to drive and a Freelander feels truck like compared to it. There is a bit too much wind and road noise at speed but not enough to put me off the car.I have two friends who have them and won't buy anything else.
Thinking of buying a 2007-2009 petrol automatic. Or would the manual be better? Any feedback of any kind (good/bad) from people who have them would be gratefully received! :-)
Petrol automatic all the way. As long as you flush the gearbox along with regular servicing it’ll give you no problems. Mine has clocked 166,000 miles and drives amazingly well. Always buy genuine Honda fluids.
I've had an 07 plate for a year now and its the best type of car in its class for me. I had to get rid of my trusty Frontera after me and a deer had a fall out so I got a BMW X3, what a crock of $hit. I took it back and got the CRV, all leather, 6 speed box, SatNav and all the rest of the toy's where as the X3 had nothing the CRV has it all and I keep finding new things on it (I never read the manual, cos I'm a bloke) My CRV averages 47 mpg but I have managed to get 52,mpg out of it. Its a great all-round car and when I'm done I will just get another one. I don't know when though as the original CRV's are still out there and still driving along
Funny how there's always some loser like this to defame other brands in videos like this. Specially German ones in videos about competitors from other countries, specially Japan and the U.S. And its also funny how you never see this type of cheap behavior from german people in car videos. They're too educated and civilized, they have too much moral, to do this shit, to be so pitiful It really shows how much better you are than the concurrence, when they need to try to promote themselves by insulting and defaming you Serves you right for buying a car without researching. BMW X3 isn't a "croak of shit" like you put so eloquently (sarcasm), it's you who are. Your brain that is defective. BMW X3 serves its purpose well in the BMW lineup, it's made for a certain purpose, and if you bought it and got disappointed it was your own fault for being so dumb. Actually it would serve you right if this bullshit was true, but you made up this shit in order to defame BMW. Fucking pathetic
I wander why honda did not design the crv boot to be like the civic with the seats folding flat in the back ??? Went to view crv turns out the civic has better boot for loading . What was they thinking ?
Dtec are bullet proof however honda auto transmisdion not xo reliable, they have trouble with torque converters plus solenoid problems too, manual transmission is the way to go ( Im a big honda fsn BTW )
speakers not playing sound check connector inside door to speaker rust on connector so you will lose a speaker or all of them watch video to take door card off its 4 screws and pull inside door off unclip 2 connectors 7mm nut to speaker and a small flat knife to unglue speaker from door frame . the 2 pin connector will be orange with rust a bit of a nightmare to pull apart but you can get apart clean up with a small file and hey presto sound. takes 30 mins per door as getting conector off te spesker is no easy feat. but door interior is easy anyone can do it.
Them thick pillars in a honda is a roll cage plus air bags and its a honda,go and check out these things off reading in Poland and russia with road tyres. A freelander is no comparison to this.
لدي مشكلة في تسريب الكهرباء في سيارة الهونداCRV2008بدلت البطارية ولاذال تهريب الكهرباء دينمو السيارة يشحن بشكل جيد هل حصل مع احد مثلي وماهو حل هذه المشكلة وشكرا
@swimmachica There is very good reason going back to the days when the Brits used horses to fight their battles. Unlike the weedy foreigners who drive on the right-hand side of the road. (i.e. the wrong one)
@niveasunshine As an owner of an 02 CRV and an avid Honda fan, I would say there's some bad sides: the low fuel efficiency is most notable. The car is EPA rated 24MPG Hwy and, frankly, you'll be fighting to get that -- I drive like a freaking old man and I typically get 26-28MPG. Plus, it's also hard as fuck to accelerate up a steep hill from a low speed because the acceleration pedal is too soft. You have to slam it all the way down to the floor just to get the car to actually accelerate!
@swimmachica LOL! First they should realize that to drive on the right side of the road the steering wheel should be on the left side of the vehicle. However, since they put the steering wheel on the right side, they consider that they did the correct thing, even though they keep on driving on the wrong side of the road.
This car is okay. Has nice aesthetics but the roof is too narrow so there's much sun intrusion. Roof is too high also makes it look like an egg. This gen kept the general shape of the previous gen.
