don't forget to compare with Mazda CX 8 as well, price + another RM10k,, but worth it due to free maintenance

Almost buy XV or Cross, already taken out the downpayment from fd then daughter say going to stay near her uni until graduation mid next year.

So no rush in buying anymore, keeping all option open.....again. As long as money still with me, can always opt for cheaper car, expensive car or no car..hahaha

I'm truly tempted by this release, the pricing are beyond my expectation. Thought the cheapest is going be a min. of 180K and above. Turned out cost cutting in Malaysia CKD managed to bring it down to "affordable" pricing for a CRV.

The spec of E variant generally fulfilled all my base expectation, want legroom got legroom, want comfort, got comfort, want boot space, got boot space, can truly sit 3 pax at back with comfort. All the necessary specs are there in E variant with only the the lacked 360 camera, a sore point along with BSM. No cool ambient cosmetic light ok coz need 12k to get that in. AWD has both its advantage (stable, better hilly ride) and disadvantage (more fc and maintenance cost) but with 12k increase at my base limit, can forgo.

Honda comes out with their logic of needing lanewatch....can see motorbike, more useful for Asean countries. But BSM can detect cars, both left and right side. which one more important, detect cars or motobike. Is lanewatch cheaper?

Still thinking whether to spend over 210k-220k for a car (including interest) worth it or not. Now got half a year again to see see again. Even if buy, will not buy first batch.
In the end, likely buy City ...hahaha..That one really no pressure in buying....save petrol some more.

That one DEFINITELY above budget....170K also I heart bleed liao, don't know want to get or not. Initially target 140K cross or XV...

Last time almost get the outgoing CRV at 155K but decided too late, no more stock, only red left, wife pantang.

Almost buy XV or Cross, already taken out the downpayment from fd then daughter say going to stay near her uni until graduation mid next year.

So no rush in buying anymore, keeping all option open.....again. As long as money still with me, can always opt for cheaper car, expensive car or no car..hahaha

I'm truly tempted by this release, the pricing are beyond my expectation. Thought the cheapest is going be a min. of 180K and above. Turned out cost cutting in Malaysia CKD managed to bring it down to "affordable" pricing for a CRV.

The spec of E variant generally fulfilled all my base expectation, want legroom got legroom, want comfort, got comfort, want boot space, got boot space, can truly sit 3 pax at back with comfort. All the necessary specs are there in E variant with only the the lacked 360 camera, a sore point along with BSM. No cool ambient cosmetic light ok coz need 12k to get that in. AWD has both its advantage (stable, better hilly ride) and disadvantage (more fc and maintenance cost) but with 12k increase at my base limit, can forgo.

Honda comes out with their logic of needing lanewatch....can see motorbike, more useful for Asean countries. But BSM can detect cars, both left and right side. which one more important, detect cars or motobike. Is lanewatch cheaper?

Still thinking whether to spend over 210k-220k for a car (including interest) worth it or not. Now got half a year again to see see again. Even if buy, will not buy first batch.
In the end, likely buy City ...hahaha..That one really no pressure in buying....save petrol some more.

Me too was looking to get cross but i saw an ads that honda dealer was selling the facelift test unit awd.
Same price with cross hybrid, with all the accessories.
Test drive cross hybrid but Toyota dealer cant guarantee the rebate for end of year promotion.
The waiting list is 4 month.
I choose CRV - bigger space, but test unit, left 2 years warranty.
Then straight away change the tyre to continental premium contact C, much quieter.
Then we had a road trip from miri to Kuching via the pan Borneo highway.
10 hours drive as we made 2 stops.
Done 980km for the whole road trip plus urban driving in kch, FC 13km/l.

Moving off from standstill or traffic light, do you find it slow?

How much is the Continental Premium Contact C tires?

How's the town driving FC?

For fifth gen 1.5turbo, the acceleration from standstill is slow , unless you rev to above 2.5k rpm, it will move very fast after 1-2 seconds of turbo lag.

My FC is abt 10-10.5km/litre when drive on Jalan cheras -KL during peak hour with bumper to bumper jam, some time will go below 10 even accelerate with light foot.

If drive on highway smoothly, can get 13-14km/L with 110kmh and smooth acceleration with light foot.

To me this car is for smooth driving with spacious car boot and rear seats, body roll also quite noticeable, not for handling.

But not sure how is the new gen CRV

Thanks for the clarification. Is yours the FWD or AWS version?

I presume, untill the turbo kicks in around 2000 rpm, the CRV behave like an seriously under-powered NA 1.5 engine with heavy body. I hardly saw car reviewers mentioning this and I guess none wanted to offend Honda.

What is the Oil Change Interval for the CRV 1.5T?

On paper is 10k km interval, but like my agent said, he never see any people can hit that much mileage before the service due indicator pop up.

So far we didn't push the car, always drive within speed limit. When first time change the engine oil, the mileage was abt 8900km, I did both service a and b together. Now the mileage is 14k km, monitor show remaining mileage is 4100.
If always speeding fast like my cousin, like 150-170kmh with fast acceleration, think mileage can only last below 6000km, usually 5800 have to change the oil, the worst he kena is 4400.

Thanks for the info.

Now let me get this right. If you drive it hard and fast, oil change light comes up faster? And if you drive it gently and like in town, the oil change light came up later?

And how serious is tis oil dilution problem I have been reading in our warm climiate?

Guys, I'm looking at the CRV Espec, not sure if this is the best bang for the buck. I am not keen onto EHEV for now, as I plan to sell off the car after 5-7 years.

not everyone wants AWD as maintenance is higher

honda should have provided the 360 for the E and above

not everyone wants AWD as maintenance is higher