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Adam I bought my mates 2nd hand 2003 CRV Sport (at trade price!🤭). He & his wife had it from new. Serviced its entire life with Honda I bought it with almost 200,000km on it for my then teenage kids to learn in. I only sold it some two years ago to my daughters boyfriend. It’s now nudging around 300,000km & doesn’t leak a drop of oil. I had only two issues with it. A left hand rear wheel bearing & the indicator stalk which I got dirt cheap from a Honda wrecker & fitted myself. I still say to my kids & daughter’s boyfriend, it was one of the best cars I’ve owned. For practicality, yep loved that picnic table, the fold down console & ease to drive & live with, a bloody fantastic little runabout!👍🏼😎
My wife and I took one of these around Namibia and Botswana in 2023. Almost 15000km of mostly offroad and sand - no drama’s and really easy to live with. Came back to Oz and bought one 👍
My wife had one of these for 12 years, sports version with cruise, sunroof and colour coded exterior. It was the best car we have ever owned. The auto gearbox was replaced under warranty due to a torque converter fault, but apart from that, the only things that were replaced were tyres, brake pads and rear struts. We traded it in with 249000kms on it and it still never used a drop of oil between 10000km service intervals. We found it very comfortable and loved driving it. They don't make them like that anymore.
Haha, no wonder you were throwing out the ash tray and pulling out the side light. Great video, we had a 1st Gen CRV, it also had the column auto, table and cup holders in the front and of course the picnic table. 🙂
Just replaced the original clutch on mine after 340,000 k's. Never had a single mechanical fault & it's a great drive in a manual. Sooo much practicality (looks better with body coloured bumper). Way better imo than the bloated practicality compromising curves of todays designs.
Mine is going strong at 380K kms! @redriven, I started following your channel because you guys talked sense and told the truth about all cars without bias. Seeing that you personally own and drive the CRV, I now have more respect for you👍 You guys are doing a great job. Keep it up!
In my side of the world, the answer is always "Corolla". They're everywhere here, and despite prices of used ones going up constantly, people are still buying them.
Very true, but we would then say "RAV4" in Australia people want some more space in cars, hence why our car market is literally 70% SUVs@@damilolaakanni
Got a 3rd gen CRV myself and honestly these cars are utterly fantastic, cute trick they have too is that you can remove the headrests in the front seats and fold them down flat into the rear seats to make a psuedo flat chair/bed. Excellent little car
An unbelievable car. My 2006 Sport model has a sunroof, leather seats, heated seats and a TON of space in the front and the back. People are always amazed that it's nearly 20 years when they get in. I bloody love it!
I’ve been waiting for this video haha. Had a 2006 Sport in Cosmic Grey (best colour for the CR-V/CL9 imo) with a 5 speed manual transmission and full leather interior. It was clean. Learned how to drive manual in it, unfortunately got hit by a roo and totalled it after only a month of owning it. I didn’t have the funds to fix it :( I miss it so much so I did what any normal person would do. I went and got another one! This time a 2005 in Silver, also with a 5 speed manual transmission. It has been my daily for almost a year now. It has been reliable to say the least. With almost 300,000km on the odometer now and the K24 is still going strong. The only things that break for me are the light bulbs lol. Recently had to replace the A/C compressor tho.
Great video, and always fun to see a model from another country! I just purchased a dead '05 EX with manual 5spd transmission 7 months ago. I paid $1,200 for it. 271,000mi on it at the time of purchase, 1 owner. It had been sitting for 3yrs due to a failed starter. It cost $16 for a starter rebuild kit on Amaz 0n. I can do my own wrench spinning, so I did all the service work to it, had the broken windshield replaced, then had the roof and bonnet/hood repainted. I love the silly thing, and I think it's the best car I've every owned. It's a good idea to adjust the valves on them, because the exhaust valves tend to loose their adjustment gap, and then you risk having a valve burning because it doesn't cool well. Mine were all tight. They're prone to the front bushing in the lower front control arms being torn away, and the bushings in the upper rear adjustable tie rods being compressed sideways. These 2 issues create tire alignment issues, and the front control arms will clunk and pop as you make a turn in and out of a driveway ramp. Both are easily replaced, and then have a 4 wheel alignment done. Having a quality set of shocks on them will return the ride to being very nice, so spend up on good shocks. It's worth the extra. They'll run better if you put a can of SeaFoam in the fuel tank, and let that clean the injectors and the backs of the intake valves. Not a bad idea to do this once a year. I purchased mine solely as a road trip tool, and it's been absolutely fantastic.
I remember when the 4WD kicked in for the first time during a really bad snowstorm going over Lookout pass (Montana/Idaho border). When I got down to Spokane a few hours later and the snow was really deep my little 2002 CR-V just plowed through it like it was nothing. I've decided I'm keeping it and started shoehorning in upgrades after running it almost completely stock for over 20 years.
Bought one for $2,000 a few months ago at 410,000 k's, use it for pizza delivery in a rural town with lots of dirt roada. Now on 450,000 k's and have'nt spent a dollar on it apart from tyres so far. Prooving pretty bulletproof
Fantastic review! I love my CRV for so many reasons mentioned in this video! Had a oil leak when we first got it and it was a $3 part that fixed it completely. Reliable and practical. The fact that you ended up buying it is legendary!
Knew it had to be yours AK. You’d never treat another person’s car like that. What a little nugget. These things are great! Much contemplated that these are the perfect 5th or 10th car for car enthusiasts that just need a nugget that does everything with little care.
my wife asked me why I was watching redriven videos non stop and I ended up having to buy a 20-year-old yaris because I couldnt tell her I just wanted to watch Adam
Got an 2006 big model and I’m at 423000km and I’m in Quebec Canada 🇨🇦 and at -40 the neighbours can’t start their brand new car and a quarter turn on my baby and VOILA !!! Never selling that truck it’s WIFEY MATERIAL 😂❤❤❤
Mine one is 170,000 miles last week. You may find under seats storage in some model. Also, there is a little box below the bottom on the right side. A hidden storage and I find out when someone break into my car 2 years ago (nothing being stolen as I never leave anything valuable in car).
I had 05 crv and loved it. Sadly I got in a crash and it got pretty much destroyed. the crazy thing is as the front end was pretty much destroyed and the coolant was running down like crazy from the crash the tow guy asked “do you think it’ll run” I said idk let’s see the damn car did turn on and kept running I was like whoa no way obviously it was a bit rough but we were like wow god damn Honda. one of the best little suvs ever. Worth the 3k I spent.
Hi Adam. So how long have you owned this car? Also this car looks like it has had an accident on the left side going by the colour difference between the front and rear door.
Hi, great video. Im currently torn between crv and a forester both 2nd gen, having experience in both which one would you pick considering my priorities are mostly carrying mountain bikes and skis (which involves driving through mountains, often on snow). I like the subaru for its drivetrain but honda seems to win with touring comfort and reliability. Will be grateful for any input :D
Im looking for a new car and Honda CRV is one that im looking for. I have also had a rule in my cars which is no smoking allowed since Im a none smoker. Everyone else in my family smoke but they have been really respectful and understanding over that rule.
I am on my third CRV, my latest is the 2.2 diesel 2006. The diesel gives far more mpg. I have had a problem with mine that happens now and then, the VSA light comes on and it goes into limp mode. I plug my cheap fault finder in and it shows that the throttle position sensor has a problem. I clear the code and it usually rights itself. I recently got fed up with doing this and so bought a genuine Honda sensor at £350 it cured it for a while then started playing up again. No on on the internet or any mechanics can tell you what the problem is. Its so bloody annoying. My mechanic has a customer that has the same model and same issues.
I do find your pricing is very high. Still seems to resemble covid inflation. Prices have dropped significantly if they want to sell. Perhaps marketplace is a better representation. It would be great to hear about towing in all your cars.
people who think a 2nd gen cr-v feels too truck like need to drive an 80's f350 lol. the rear door strut is supposed to have a plastic locking bar with it (seperate item easy to loose)
Seeing some of these with half a million miles and still running great. So they must be really good. Meanwhile a friend’s range rover has endless problems
iv owned a 2002 CRV Sports for about 3 years now, sold my 08 wrx due to raising insurance costs paid $2400 with a rwc, 300,000kms iv since replaced most the cooling side of it, the ac is dead, but for a cheap run about with 3 kids. I have no care of dints or scratches. gets me to a to b and was dirt cheap (third party only insurance) has been a great purchase! especially with its party trick of the table btw: changing the head unit gave those speakers so much more life!
Ours sucks. We bought it brand new and can’t even get 17mpg out of it, we’ve tried and replaced everything, nothing has worked. These things are massive gas guzzlers in the real world.
You guys are so good, thank you! We just bought a 1-owner 2005 CRV SE with 225k miles, and we are still trying to figure out how it still looks and drives like a new car. The first owners teared up when we paid them and drove it home. We will fix sway bar links, but other than that, it needs nothing. That's right, nothing!
My partner drove one for a while, from roughly 200,000 to 260,000, I did all the maintenance. This thing was neglected, not serviced (it did 30,000km on an oil change before I picked up on it), and the motor was very strong, however all the shock absorbers, thermo fans, radiator, intake air hose, ball joints and tie rods were all screwed. It had a slow coolant leak after to add to that, very noisy a/c compressor, quite heavy on fuel and major oil leaks from engine. I would definitely recommend a good example, but a crap one will be mechanically totalled in parts and labour costs to get it up to scratch.
Lack of oil changes on the k24 will adventually reward you with a timing change replacement, it will tell you when it's ready when the engine light comes on and the code is for the sensor. Awesome engines, combined my 2 k24 powered cars have done over 800k. Looked after they do just go
Hmm...I had the displeasure of driving one of these CRVs for 2wks recently. Column shifter in the 2000s, an 'interesting' choice. [I'm not a fan, the handbrake is ok.] Tbh, it would be easier to list what did still work & which warning lights weren't always on. _For reference, it was a 2007 & had a rough 180k. PS: the Jimny feels sporty vs this CRV._
You should do the ZK/ZL Outlander. With a manual transmission (don’t you dare use the C word). I dare you to find a better value, more reliable, medium SUV.
I just bought a 2004 AWD from our mechanic at work. It's my first Honda and I'm rather blown away by the driveability of it. It's one of the best driving vehicles I've driven. Over my years I went from a 65' Ford Fairlane (not a 64 or a 66, this was the year you couldn't find parts for it), more Fords, some Chevy's, Buick, Plymouth, Toyotas, and even a Saab (I know why they call them saab stories, lol). I can best describe my CR-V as the perfect vehicle for a youngster to take his/her drive test in. Visibility is awesome! Now to be honest, when I was driving it home after buying it, about 15 minutes down the road, the power fell out and I had to limp it the rest of the way. It threw a code for the spooler valve- which was an easy fix- changed the oil using 10W30 fully synthetic and an OEM Honda filter. Cleared the code and runs like a raped ape again. You don't wanna race anyone in one of these, but that's because they're known for their low end torque (K24) and they pack a lot of torque! I also had to replace a caliper and the master cylinder. Since I did all the work myself, the total bill is still less than $200. At 216,002 miles for only $2500 I think I did better than fine. Used cars are a great way to save a chunk IF you can handle most of the work yourself.
I have an 05 with a stick shift! I love it! They were manufactured in Japan and the UK as well. Mine was manufactured in the UK. Difference is the UK cars had the same style wheels as this car does and they also had the beige interior among other things. The ones with the dark interior and the wider spoke rims were manufactured in Japan.
We bought my former 2004 with 6 miles on it. It ran to 300k miles without a single engine component changed! We simply changed the fluids and filters regularly. Only reason why we dont still have it is my sister totaled it. 😔
I am not a SUV person at all but we owned a 2005 Kia Sportage V6 petrol when we bought it, it had 180 thousand on it we had it for about five years put about 50 thousand on it and apart from usual service costs and a few light bulbs it was rock solid and great build quality and so versitile there was one small problem it had a drinking problem. I think around 2004 to about 20010 maybe was peak SUV when you could use them for what they were designed for. Now they are over priced boring generic rubbish in my opinion.
Love these cars but here in the UK we pay an annual road tax which is supposed to be based on c02 emissions and these CRV's cost hundreds of pounds to tax each and every year. Oddly though if your car is built before 1983 you pay zero tax each year and that would even be for a high c02 emitting gas guzzling V8 ! If it wasn't for all of these shenanigans I would have one.
Had a 2006 sport model for 5 years. Great car and engine but I had to fix the aircon 3 times very expensive money pit overall $7000 to buy and $5000+ mechanical repairs😂
I bought a late 2005 auto model for $9500. Not sure on the exact trim but it has the unpainted bumpers with side steps and no sunroof. Anyway, it has full service history from new, one owner and very well maintained, I raptor coated the bumpers, put some cooper all terrain tyres on and just drive it around. It has 170,000 kms, recently had its vtec solenoid replaced and I replaced the serpentine belt (which is an absolute pain I might add). In the large chasm you mentioned under the stereo mine has a flap door, the interior of mine has the same fabric but with a blue tinge to it (reminds me of the old buses when I was a kid) mine has the original stereo and 6 cd changer under it with the codes etc in the book, I ended up keeping it original and ordered cds for it and I love that retro quirk. The rear parking sensors in mine leave a lot to be desired as they love to beep when nothing is there at times. I never knew the rear had an inbuilt picnic table and that’s gotten me super excited. I bought mine as a cheap adventure car because 4x4s are so pricey and I don’t plan on doing any extreme four wheel driving. Mine gets me to where I need to go through snow and ice, up dirt and sand and steady on the road. My next plan for mine is to add fog lights, get some slotted rotors, and redo the undercoat/rust coat in the wheel wells. Our daily driver is a 2017 kluger glx and coming from, a car guy I’m loving the suv life. The crv just feels like a more built and lifted civic to me and is nice when you want a smaller suv (the kluger dwarfs it in comparison). I am extremely happy with it as the car guy in me used to dabble with a lot of civics. I plan on taking my little family on a tonne of picnics and just use it as a very practical all rounder that’s reliable and capable of what I want it to do.
1st off: great channel. Love it. 2nd, is that a Casio watch? Looks tits. 3rd, I’ve driven a 3rd gen CRV for the last 12 years and it’s been a great car. Buy one.
I had a white CRV with black leather and it was a nice car. The one thing I didn’t like was the part time AWD which always seemed to spin the front wheels easily. I can’t say I felt the AWD ever engage. Maybe I expected too much as my previous car was a Subaru.
