[Closed] Honda CRV owners ...oh deary me

CRV isn't AWD.

Dont confuse the poor lad kingocelot 🙂

Zokes' annual retelling of the big truck rescue story!

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Meh. I don't do much posting these days so just save the better stuff for re-telling 🙂

It's still a damned sight better at being both a car and a 4wd than most things mentioned above

trail_rat - Member
Dont confuse the poor lad kingocelot
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He reminds me of the guy opposite me at work, who came to driving quite late and is desperate to be part of the petrol head club, he told me he didn't like my new car as he found v6s "too woolfy" I tried to explain it was a straight not a v and the difference between them but I gave up. It turned out his experience of v6's was a quick test drive at a dealer...

I think we get too hung up on awd ability when looking at 4x4. It's only part of why you buy cars like the crv

Slab sided forks mean the crv doesnt handle well in cross winds ....

Oh wait thats a different subject isnit it.

Mikewsmith I missed your post. With that thinking you'd be happy on any bike in the market.

Yesterday I took a detour off the M62 due to snarl ups and drove over the A640. I wouldn't have considered doing that in a Golf. Not that they aren't capable on winters, I just feel relaxed and at ease with the way Subaru's drive. Guess that's why I always return to the marque. I've owned and driven many Golf derivatives. I found almost all of them abit vanilla. Mmaybe a better drive on the motorway but hey that's opinion. My bro in law however is a VW Golf fanboi. Loves em. Its all personal preference.

"marque" 🙄

"Get set...."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jJGURnBNQ

seemed to work in this vid

Does mine work I do not know and I most probably never will because if the conditions are that bad I will not drive.

So why did I buy a CR-V because it is a comfortable mile eater and suits our needs

Mine's worked well for 8 years, very reliable, only issues in the snow has been stopping not getting going (and that's down to my driving not the car). Worked well offroad as well. Only issue we've had was putting new deep tread tyres on the front and leaving the old fairly worn tyres on the back. The transmission did not like that, very noisy, new tyres on the back and all was fine.

It's not a proper 4wd but doesn't pretend to be but works well when 2wd cars struggle. Now our old long wheelbase Vitara, that was a proper 4wd, low box and everything.

Seems pretty clear, there's a front torque bias under normal use. Rear axle cant handle full torque on its own.

Hora, if you stuck one wheel of a landy on those rollers without the centre diff locked the same thing would happen. With the diff locked, one wheel on each axle on the rollers would have it stuck.
Should they be remarketed as 1 or 2 wheel drive? Didn't think so.

Or his subaru kenneth - same thing.

Yesterday I took a detour off the M62 due to snarl ups and drove over the A640. I wouldn't have considered doing that in a Golf.

I'm acquainted with the head stalker on a Highland estate, whose house is up several miles of shitty track, and where the winter snowfall sometimes necessitates him driving his kids down to the main road on the snowmobile to catch the school bus. He has a Hilux, but guess what his wife uses after a series of truly awful LRs - that's right, a CRV, which apart from snowmobile days that neither his quad or Hilux can cope with, gets everywhere they need to go and doesn't ever break.

^^^That can't be true ( actually I think it is).
Hora says no way that's possible but if they do get stuck he'll pick them up in his Subaru.

nice vid saladdodger, but although it shows the rear wheels spinning, it also seems to show a car out witted by 2cm of snow.

only issues in the snow has been stopping not getting going (and that's down to [s]my driving[/s] the tyres not the car)

Fixed

It shows a driver outwitted by 2mm of snow. A fully prepped icelandic expolation truck drive like a fud would give similar results as the crv. Yet most 2wd cars driven with some sense would have made t.

The whole purpose f video seems l be to show how the crv rear wheels do work in real world

soobalias - Member
nice vid saladdodger, but although it shows the rear wheels spinning, it also seems to show a car out witted by 2cm of snow.
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Did you read the description on the video?

Yesterday I took a detour off the M62 due to snarl ups and drove over the A640. I wouldn't have considered doing that in a Golf. Not that they aren't capable on winters, I just feel relaxed and at ease with the way Subaru's drive. Guess that's why I always return to the marque. I've owned and driven many Golf derivatives. I found almost all of them abit vanilla. Mmaybe a better drive on the motorway but hey that's opinion. My bro in law however is a VW Golf fanboi. Loves em. Its all personal preference.

Brilliant.

Or his subaru kenneth - same thing.

That reminds me of the Impreza I came across on the A90 during the 2010 thundersnow (yes, that is as awesome as it sounds).

I stopped to see if they needed a tow and got out to speak to the driver. I noticed one wheel spinning frantically. 'Err, has this thing got a centre diff lock mate?'

'Dunno, whats that?' says he.

Following a quick squint at the dash, 'try that button'

*pushes button*
*drives off*

In conclusion, subarus are terrible. Or is it that you should know how the system works and drive accordingly?

Molly, does now also have betterer tyres on, hence the saga with noise transmission. Does make a massive difference though with the right tyres.

Rochdale? That's 11miles from my Victor vector Charlie.

I posted a link then get hungover angry men protecting a retiree's weapon of choice. Marvelous. Take a bow 😆 what next? Humbugs proven not to be soothing and you'll get outraged?

Huh , we aint defending subaru's though.

I don't think anyone's been angry. They are just trying to educate you on different drive systems in cars to counter your opening statement which is poorly informed. It's clearly not worked.

Neither does the CRV in the OP clip. Give up. You'll never win.

Never win what? What is your actual point, Hora?

Win what? Everything seems to be going in one ear and out the other with you not really understanding in between.

So you are saying the car throttles test was a false flag? Why didn't Honda UK pull it apart then? A prime opportunity.

A lockable diff. No offense but Subaru's aren't 4x4's like landies. They are marketed as ALLwheeldrive. Not two spinning whilst waiting for the two rears.

What doesn't seem to tie up with the 'type of 4wd' comments is that, when you read the article, They raised this issue with Honda in the previous years review, and Honda seemingly responded with a software update that solved the problem. If they admitted it was a problem last time and changed the software, then it seems very inconsistent to deny there's a problem now.

Test doesn't seem that unrealistic for snow and ice.

So to sum up - the CRV soft roader doesn't have full 4wd and gnar offroad features.

Is that a big deal? Does their marketing suggest otherwise?

I hate to bring facts to this party, but here's a good article covering the basics.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/4-a-wd-1451744993

Yep i ****ed up , forgot my landies only 2 wheel drive till i ask it to be 4wd .....

Its not 1954 any more.

Ah well what the hell I do not really need a 4wd cos I live in devon not the third world 😉
The CR-V suits me
BTW how can you tell when the er rear axel kicks in ? would I notice? also I guess you would need winter tyres too

Oh I forgot to add Hora's last car was a citroen Picasso

Get out of that Mark 😀

so, im totally lost now
are we all for buying the right tyres and learning to drive
or buying the right vehicle for the job

what is the right job for a crv? Anything cheaper than a Q8 would be a laughing stock outside school. is it how the plebs get to school?

All CRV owners here like them.
Hora doesn't like them. Probably never driven one to comment on real world non internet blah blah blah.
Owners say they are very capable in all conditions they need and are happy, if maybe a bit boring to drive but ok.
End of thread.

...and yesterday Hora described them as AWD till it was pointed out to him.

is it how the plebs get to school?

what, rather than travel in a crv. makes sense i guess

and it helps tackle childhood obesity, nice one honda.

I bought one 2 years ago to replace an A4 Avant which was awful in the snow due to the big rims and 2WD. So far it's been great, extra traction when you need it & relatively economical in normal 2WD driving most of the year, I bought a set of steel wheels for a snip at £50. The idea being to fit them with winter tyres but have had 2 mild winters so far so haven't used them yet.

It seems more than capeable for 95% of the situations it'll ever be driven in

A Picasso that took me to Bruges from Manchester in Aug?.. Apparently uncomfortable on this site from some for having offset pedals and bad seats. It felt just dandy to Me. Heck if drift clearance wasn't an issue I'd happily drive my old Aygo ANYWHERE. oh and I did.

Bruges from Manchester in Aug

Hondas are fine, mine was anyway but I really didn't' get het up about 4 x4 it could do donuts in the snow so 100% had rear wheels driven when it needed it ie donut time..