Honda CRV Mk1 Auto - Any Good????

[gadgetgricey]

Always liked the look of these, and thinking about getting one for the upcoming winter months. Not really, just fancied a change.

 

Has to be Auto just in case the wife wants to drive it.

 

Any thing to look for, be aware of, but looking sub grand prices.

 

Cheers

 

Dave

[Rocket88]

I've got a manual '99 HRV, and apart from it being a bit thirsty, it's excellent

[AlabamaShrimp]

Bugger read it is a mk1 CRX then it clicked.... I know nothing about the CRV, which is useful

[brickwall]

It's like a reliable Freelander.

[phil_lihp]

Very good, quite thirsty for a 2.0 but goes well, will never break down and has a small amount of off-road ability.  The rear wheels kick in automatically when needed so there's no manual control but it seems to work quite well.

[Asimo]

Rav 4 is more fun.

[crapcarcollector]

My CRV is a champ. 170000 miles and drives like it just left the showroom. Only real thing to check is the heater blower works, they like to eat resistors otherwise, happy days.

[crapcarcollector]

Oh mines a mk2, but my sisters mk1 was everything mine is until her son rolled it last week. Held up very well. Verdict. Recommended!

[Lukas]

Friend of mine has an early one. Drove it a few times. She is very happy with it, absolutely reliable and has been a great car since he ownes it. Definately a recommendation from her.

[PiperCub]

Bugger read it is a mk1 CRX then it clicked.... I know nothing about the CRV, which is useful

 

Ha, that's what I did! Love old CRX's.  

And likewise other than a ladyfriend of mine had one for years and nothing much seemed to go wrong with it, her only complaint was that is wasn't too economical.

[crapcarcollector]

 

 

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[stephen01]

Have a 2007, 2.2 diesel, manual. so nothing like what your looking at but it's the best car I've ever had. Genuine parts can be expensive (like all main stealers) and it likes a drink knocking about round town! did 60MPG on a 330 mile round trip to london. very good in the snow if you like that type of thing.. 

[doobietoo]

Judging from the replies its a girls car so your wife will be happy to drive you home from the pub ... buy it 

[Lukas]

What he says! Good car, buy it!

[twosmoke300]

Juicy but as reliable as night follwing day. Bits are dear if you do need any

[Doctormop]

Am I right in thinking that these have a column shift for the autobox?

If so you must buy one immediately just so you can sit at a red light nonchalantly chewing gum and talking into your 'cop' radio before flipping the shifter over to D and pulling away like any self respecting American PI from the golden age of television.

Back in the real world my Brother had an R reg CRV automatic, bought for a grand 2 years ago in preparation for another arctic winter that never actually arrived it was amazingly grippy in the little bad weather we had and proved pretty faultless over the 7 months he had it, he sold it for 600 in the middle of summer and bought an Astra convertible (Yes I know, I did tell him but he wouldn't listen)

[stephen01]

Bastard car, Heated seat packed up, making a clicking noise, will follow up tomorrow..

[gm]

I had a mk1 crv which I bought for the impending OMGSNOWKAOS that never came a few years back. The plan was to sell it in the spring but I ended up liking it and keeping it for three years. Mine was the ES model so had leather and toys and amazingly everything worked. All it ever needed was a couple of front springs (we'll blame the state of edinburghs roads for that), a pair of rear brake pipes and consumables. I would have another, the only reason I sold it was the mpg was never great and I moved to a job with a 60 mile a day commute.

 

The four wheel drive system is based around a viscous coupling so most of the time it's only the front wheels being driven, good news for tyre wear and mpg*. I had a spare set of wheels with proper winter tyres on so when the snowkaos didn't happen, I went looking for it up in the hills. I was mighty impressed with the way it hustled along the back roads at 50+ on several inches of snow, most impressive was the control I had when I hit the anchors - it took quite an effort to lock the wheels.

 

And there's a picnic table in the boot

 

[twosmoke300]

Dual pump system on the crv . no shitty vicious coupling here. Good system but does need a fluid change /flush every now and again