adammet04
19-07-2007, 02:45 PM
hi all,
here is my feelings of the car after almost 100,000k behind the wheel,
not sure where other people are at with their car, but i get the feeling (k's wise) i am in a league of very few (or maybe on my own :) )
Im guessing this might get moved because it is a review, but it is model specific so lets see where it ends up :)
Chronological (by K's)
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The car has been very good to drive, i still remember the first trip i did in it, which was to the east gippsland (about 300kms) and the rain was terrible and windy . The car handled very well in the trip and ride comfort was great.
After about 3000 ks i had ssues with the steering, this took honda dealership and myself about 20,000ks before i came to realisation that the tyres i had were no good (the tread had warped slightly causing erratic and drifting to one side Alignment was out, fixed then new tires fixed this.
40,000 - replaced rear pads (aftermarket).
50,000-68000 - steering wheel shake issues (on braking) and drifting to one side issues.
70,000 - window motor on drivers side broke (possibly due to vandalism and or cold and or regular usage, replaced tires as well. Machined discs and replaced front pads (aftermarket item)..steering wheel shake gone !!,
90,000 - attempted to replace the parker lights on my car by accessing them via the wheel arches and the black plastic clips broke..clearly a wear and tear thing.
Negatives:
My biggest gripe about the car has been the steeering issues, and moreover probably the amount of time spent on trying to fix the issue.
The other thing (and this is hard to explain) is while i like the paint job the car came out with from the factory, the paint doesnt seem to have weathered nearly as well as a black CRV (02 model) i had prior. i dont know if this is because the car is closer to the ground than the CRV or what.. but the number of chips i have now compared to the number i had on the CRV is astounding (probably in the realms of 6x more on the euro). some people have said to me the paint is 'soft' and more prone to this..
Headlights should have been brighter (bigger) (only have std edition)
Positives:
Handling (unmodded) is amazing as far as im concerned from a vehicle at this price....as of now i have the rsb, strut bar and springs (60,000k old now) and the car has been improved by these modifications (imho).
comfort inside the cabin is still great , the seats still feel like new , the carpet for the mats has worn well
no vibrations/squeaking/shakes in the cabin (unless music is cranked up)..
The engine still feels very much the same as it did 10k ago, 20k ago, 50k ago..slightly louder noises coming from engine but this is possibly due to mods.
The auto transmission still works just as well as it did when i first took ownership, sports shift (tiptronic) or whatever you want to call it, still works fine.
Other:
No (visible) rust that i can see..yay!
cant think of anything else at the moment.
overall im still happy with the car and cant see myself trading in for newer/different model at the moment.
looking forward to another 100,000 in the car :)
cheers
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here is my feelings of the car after almost 100,000k behind the wheel,
not sure where other people are at with their car, but i get the feeling (k's wise) i am in a league of very few (or maybe on my own :) )
Im guessing this might get moved because it is a review, but it is model specific so lets see where it ends up :)
Chronological (by K's)
------------
The car has been very good to drive, i still remember the first trip i did in it, which was to the east gippsland (about 300kms) and the rain was terrible and windy . The car handled very well in the trip and ride comfort was great.
After about 3000 ks i had ssues with the steering, this took honda dealership and myself about 20,000ks before i came to realisation that the tyres i had were no good (the tread had warped slightly causing erratic and drifting to one side Alignment was out, fixed then new tires fixed this.
40,000 - replaced rear pads (aftermarket).
50,000-68000 - steering wheel shake issues (on braking) and drifting to one side issues.
70,000 - window motor on drivers side broke (possibly due to vandalism and or cold and or regular usage, replaced tires as well. Machined discs and replaced front pads (aftermarket item)..steering wheel shake gone !!,
90,000 - attempted to replace the parker lights on my car by accessing them via the wheel arches and the black plastic clips broke..clearly a wear and tear thing.
Negatives:
My biggest gripe about the car has been the steeering issues, and moreover probably the amount of time spent on trying to fix the issue.
The other thing (and this is hard to explain) is while i like the paint job the car came out with from the factory, the paint doesnt seem to have weathered nearly as well as a black CRV (02 model) i had prior. i dont know if this is because the car is closer to the ground than the CRV or what.. but the number of chips i have now compared to the number i had on the CRV is astounding (probably in the realms of 6x more on the euro). some people have said to me the paint is 'soft' and more prone to this..
Headlights should have been brighter (bigger) (only have std edition)
Positives:
Handling (unmodded) is amazing as far as im concerned from a vehicle at this price....as of now i have the rsb, strut bar and springs (60,000k old now) and the car has been improved by these modifications (imho).
comfort inside the cabin is still great , the seats still feel like new , the carpet for the mats has worn well
no vibrations/squeaking/shakes in the cabin (unless music is cranked up)..
The engine still feels very much the same as it did 10k ago, 20k ago, 50k ago..slightly louder noises coming from engine but this is possibly due to mods.
The auto transmission still works just as well as it did when i first took ownership, sports shift (tiptronic) or whatever you want to call it, still works fine.
Other:
No (visible) rust that i can see..yay!
cant think of anything else at the moment.
overall im still happy with the car and cant see myself trading in for newer/different model at the moment.
looking forward to another 100,000 in the car :)
cheers
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