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Zaryl
post Jun 19 2025, 08:52 PM

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to owners of G6 RS owners, can give some insights on your own experience owning the car so far?

1. Hybrid eHEV using e-CVT gearbox means it doesn't have the actual CVT belting? so no issue on broken CVT if kasi tekan minyak kaw2 during acceleration?

2. how is the FC on 100% town driving vs 50% town 50% highway?

3. any issues faced so far? steering rack issue still persists?

4. how much is the annual roadtax + insurance?

5. is it really quiet?

6. how often the hybrid battery will start to generate energy if let say parking for long time? Upon reaching 2 bar, it will recharge automatically until fill up to 4 bar then stop charging, similar to my city hybrid i-dcd?


I might want to trade in my 8 year old Honda BRV to buy this CRV G6 RS eHEV. My Honda SA says honda malaysia got give RM8,000 rebate + RM5,000 service voucher, but it's valid till end of this month only.

i already have a 7 year old Honda city i-dcd hybrid but this is used mainly for going to work & travelling short to medium distance <100km though. Mileage clock in 95,000km.
For balik kampung and long distance trip, i use BRV. Mileage clock in 125,000km so far.

thanks guys.
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post Jun 28 2025, 03:15 PM

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Since CRV RS Hybrid won’t have a spare tyre, would it be wise if I buy a second hand 18” space saver tyre and put at the boot? I frequently travel outstation long distance & balik kampung once a month Kedah - KL. Tyre repair kit won’t do shit if sidewall puncture occurred. doh.gif

Obviously my boot space will be halved but still, I can put my luggage on top of the tyre yes?

I did similar stunt for my 2018 honda city hybrid i-dcd. I put a 16” space saver tyre put in the boot. Can still fit in some luggage but not that much. It’s doable nonetheless.
Except the FC has decrease a little bit. Previously average 21 km/l mixed town & highway driving. Now around 19 km/l FC only but I don’t mind.


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post Jul 11 2025, 10:41 PM

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QUOTE(KingArthurVI @ Jul 7 2025, 01:12 PM)
I went to change tyres to Michelin Primacy SUV+ and the shop told me 240kPA all four sides settle, so I've been doing that... what's the door jamb recommendation again? 230 front and 210 rear?
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how much per donut? for the default size i mean (18" 235/60 103H) ?

perfect quiet tyre for SUV?
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post Jul 18 2025, 10:56 PM

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QUOTE(Cavino @ Jul 18 2025, 11:50 AM)
That's the regen braking paddle, not paddle shifter. Paddle shifter switch the gear, regen braking increase braking levels (for the RS traction motor to both brake AND increase power regen to battery.

These two are totally different functions.

For me, regen braking paddle is a gift, a special feature that our eHev have. Not all hybrids has the this paddle, most EV just set high, medium, low from the screen. A fixed feature where you can't change mid-way coz you are driving and not to be distracted by going thru the menu.

But regen paddle allow you to spontaneously increase or decrease the level of regen braking right there.

There are 3 levels, you can treat it like engine braking. Instead of pressing the brake pedal to slow down, you can use this paddle to increase the level, 1,2,3. Once it slows down to below 10km/h, this regen feature is disabled. Note that traction regen will work at all times at the lowest level. This paddle allows you to increase and decrease the level above 10km/h.

I used it a lot during higher speed cornering, instead of pressing the brake pedal (which makan brake pad), using the paddle allows me more control to the car during cornering. It all increase battery regen at same time. It will make your brake pads last a long time. Now if the paddle wear out...hehe...

I also used it to slow down gradually during tolls stop and and slower traffic. The extra battery regen thru the traction motor helps increase the range of EV drive.
So if you drive RS eHev and not using it, you are missing one of the best and yet somehow not too emphasis feature of brake regen of our eHev.

So unlike most EV that fixed set the level of regen, that is very inconvenient if you switch from traffic heavy traffic to highway drive (where high level traction worked against cruising), use the regen paddle as a gradual slow down speed brake pedal especially during cornering. It cannot replace brake pedal that are much stronger but a very useful assisting tools to both slow the the car and retain control of the wheel.

Also note that this is also especially useful during slippery wet road, rains where regen paddle will using the internal traction motor to pull the wheel back to slow down instead of using the external brake pad to stop the wheel. Reduce the changes of tyre slipping on wet road.

That is my experience in using this not much spoken of great feature. The 2 weakness of using regen paddle,
1. Don't know if it wear out the paddle if used a lot.
2. Very important.....using regen paddle does not activate the brake light behind.....meaning if you slow down a lot using the paddle and the rear car ran to fast or don't notice (coz you no press brake pedal, no brake light), it has a risk of them not knowing you slow down without the brake lamp.

So when I used this, I automatically watch out for the rear car....too close, too fast, I will press the brake paddle to activate the brake light once, to alert them I am slowing down...
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interesting yet comprehensive info. thanks dude.

by the way, is this regen braking paddle shifter only works in Sports mode, or it can work in Econ or Normal modes as well?

i feel this paddle shifter is quite different from my another honda car: honda city hybrid i-dcd 2018. The paddle shifters work to upshift or downshift the actual DCT gears to provide dynamic driving experience.

also another question:

when in town driving, i use Econ mode and it's really fuel efficient as i always try to drive in EV mode.
but when in highway, i use Normal mode instead to get some power for overtaking. I will sometime shift to Econ mode if let say there is long traffic jem on the highway or exiting the highway going to town.

is this practice okay to get good overall FC? But i hardly achieve 20km/l on highways due to sometimes I tekan 140km/h without even realizing it. LEL

i am still learning to understand & differentiate between the i-dcd 2nd gen hybrid system vs this new 3rd gen i-mmd eHEV hybrid system in term of its mechanism. icon_rolleyes.gif
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post Nov 8 2025, 11:08 PM

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QUOTE(auronthas @ Nov 7 2025, 11:57 AM)
Wow, a comprehensive and analytical write up. Thanks for sharing .

We are in the transition stage to move away from fossil fuel to electricity, reduce carbon footprint.  I believe the fuel price and subsidy will increase and reduce respectively.  On top of that, ICE car may subject to carbon tax (to be finalised by government)...

I tends to drive in city more often than outstation, may be twice in a year, thus I am looking at hybrid car with great interest and not full EV in view of the EV charging infrastructure and home charging related issue...

Hardly see hybrid cars like Honda Insight, Toyota Prius on the road , are they still working well ? 

Well, thanks again for all your feedback and sharing.
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i have another Honda car hybrid other than the recent CRV RS hybrid i-MMD i purchased last june.

2018 Honda City hybrid i-dcd, using DCT dry clutch, clocked in 99,700km for the past 7 years till now.
only used to go to work, 20km round trip daily.
average ~22km/l FC for 100% town driving, ~24km/l mixed.
wet market trips, small grocery shops to buy groceries, short distance trips only.

Did went back to my hometown in KL from jitra once or twice last time. Main long distance balik kampung car was 2017 Honda BRV before i traded in at the same Honda SC i bought it and bought the CRV RS hybrid.

so far, no issue on the hybrid battery system, except now i see the max range has decreasing trend year by year:

1st year of purchase, can get ~850km per full tank.
2nd year, ~830km.
3rd year, ~800km.
4th year,, ~750km.
5th year, ~700km,
6th and 7th, ~650km at best.

*data acquired by Trip B reset and left with 1 bar only method

but i don't mind as long as i just need to refuel petrol once every 3 weeks or once every month if i do frequent hypermiling.

but being a DCT dry clutch, common issue among users shared in Honda city hybrid idcd FB group was that the clutch pack getting slips due to aggressive and frequent CREEPING during heavy traffic jams.
a friend of mine had to spent nearly ~RM10k for clutch pack replacement from 3rd party mech workshop who specialized in hybrid repair in Kulim Kedah.
did ask for quotation from Honda SC, they quoted ~RM20k sweat.gif doh.gif

right now, i am quite interested in trading in that honda city hybrid i-dcd with Honda eN1 EV, with RM34k rebate + maybe RM30,000 or less trade in value (last time bought it at RM89,200 in 2018 with the hybrid incentive introduction by government back then).

but one thing holding me from purchase is that, it uses NMC battery type, which prone to fire hazard due to thermal instability compared to LFP battery. Sked kababoom while parked even not charging for long time doh.gif

so to answer your question, don't worry about Honda or Toyota hybrid cars.
they tend to last long, unless you frequent wade through minor floods, liquids spill inside rear bonnet seeping through the hybrid battery and will cause damage, etc

 

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