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Been looking for a 4x4 and happened to see a Honda crv for sale , its got VTEC engine which he reckons is 1.6 but my son says they 1.8 its sept 2001 reg and had four owners , took it for test drive and drives nice , are they fuel injected or carb , what tax are they and insurance , it needs two new tyres but not sure best to fit , are they chain or belt driven and what needs doing on it - adjustment , new belt and if so at what mileage ?

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mine is a 03 and is 2.0l lovely car drives superb but as above a tad thirsty getting 33 mpg on a full tank with both urban and urban extra

 

colin

 

edit to say again as above it selects 4x4 when it needs it so i don't use it off road wife drives it and i got myself something for off road

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Used to have an 03 plate 2 litre vtec- i am fairly sure it had a chain rather than a belt. was thirsty but the cost of buying a newer diesel version wasnt worth it unless doing over 20,000 miles a year. Only got rid of it part-ex for a van, would buy another if I wanted a car in the future.

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As said we found our CRV thirsty and what's the point of non selective 4x4 if you want to go off road ? We brought it to tow a caravan which was a mistake due to the thirsty drive.

The plus point is the Honda Legendry build quality, had it five years towed all over the UK and France and nothing ever went wrong or dropped off.

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Had loads of them, reliability is a given. The mk1 was a bit van like, mk2 much improved felt like a car, mk3 worlds apart and the latest mk4 is all singing all dancing and decent economy. The 2.0 mk3 petrol don't expect much more than 33mpg the diesel is not a great deal better. They do hold their money so there are probably better and cheaper choices for regular off road. More of a Chelsea tractor than an off roader. As been said boot space for a family car is hard to beat.

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I have a 1997 auto cr-v only done 64,000. Was my late grandads, and although it is thirsty on fuel and the 4x4 system is auto I have never got stuck, even on road tyres. It handles Mud and boggy ground no trouble. I took it up Longmynd the other week, got up carradock no problem. This is the track you see the big 3ft lift discos with all bells and whistles making somewhat of a meal out of it. another big plus is space! no centre console. plus a picnic table in the boot! I am looking to make a change to an X-trail though, but I can't bare the thought of parting with it. Ohhh flipping sentimental value.

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On road better than the Suzuki or the X Trail, off road, well I have never been stuck and that is with road tyres. I did have to wait whist they towed a Rangey out a couple of weeks ago, I sailed through but I suspect driver error by Rangey. Mine is 2.0ltr. petrol, auto. 28mpg around town 36mpg on motorway at around 60mph. Do 80mph and it drops rapidly to below 30mpg. From the front seats backwards, the X Trail was the better vehicle. From the front seats forward the CRV every time. Very reliable motor.

 

Sorry, forgot to add mine is an 08 with 63,000 miles.

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Mine is an 02 plate 2 litre automatic.

 

I must say that I`v never felt it to be especially thirsty.It`s an excellent and comfortable drive which handles well on the road, will cruise comfortably at 100 mph (Abroad.) and, although it is`nt a real 4x4 I`ve never got it stuck even though it has road tyres. Qualify that by saying that I`ve never taken it into any really extreme conditions `cos I know it`s limitations, although it does have an exceptionally generous wading depth.

 

At approaching 13 years of age it has sailed through every MOT with no preparatory work and still drives like a new car. The engine just goes on and on and on and on.......

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my 1999 is thirsty,but very capable in the snow etc,better than I thought,I run O/E tyres as the cheap ones were awful.car slid all over the place,bridgestones I think.with grippy tyres I recon they'd be alright off road,I use mine for decoying and it's been fair,not tried anything too muddy tbh.


apparently the 99 plates are better in the snow than a porsche 911................ :whistling:

that's true,where'd you hear that LOL

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