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| posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 01:22 PM |
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Honda HRV
Any one driven / own one of these.
A mate is looking at getting the wife a run round - found a 2000 model 4 door 50k Kms for $11k
Any idea on economy, parts, breakages etc etc??
Barry
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| posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 01:38 PM |
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from a resale point of view theyre not a very good choice, the car didnt do well and were going for 15g a few years ago. as for parts, anything honda
is always a little more exspensive as compared to toyota etc.
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| posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 02:41 PM |
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I would pass on that one , get a subaru Liberty or a Rav4 , the Liberty would be of my selection
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| posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 04:04 PM |
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We had one Barry about 3 cars ago before we needed the people mover. Ours was ok because being a Honda you get good build quality, and it cruised ok -
albeit pretty revvy, but it bounced a bit. Took it on many trips to Port Macquarie without any problems. That price and k's looks good - we sold our
4 door 3 years ago now for $15k, so the money seems ok too. It's basically a Civic but you sit up a bit higher, and it has some fangled all wheel
drive system which we never felt it do anything. Stay away from the CVT and go the 5 speed.
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| posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 04:44 PM |
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Hi Barry,
My wife had a 99 HRV Sport for several years. She loved it. Typical Honda quality, although the doors were a bit tinny when slammed.
As squizy says, go for the 5 speed.
We only sold it to get her an MX5. |
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| posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 05:05 PM |
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I had one also (2 door Sport though, not 4 door)...good car as a runabout, and pretty economical from memory. As with Honda's in general,
mechanically bulletproof. Ditto on the opinions re: the 5 speed. Only sold it to put money towards the mortgage, not by choice.
The price and kms sound good, so if it checks out I'd go for it!
Good luck,
Steve
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