quite pricey for the premium variant

prepare rm3000-rm3300 for 4 tyre

hi guys, want to know how long the car to be collected once booking done? tq

1.5tcp

What is the real purpose having a 4WD in this crossover? It is not like the Subaru Fulltime AWD.. Still in dillema whether I should go for one spec higher4WD

Interesting. I was just telling my sales agent that it doesn't auto lock while I drive. Looks like a customization option!

I have driven the CRV 1.5 TC for almost 5 days. Probably one of the early ones to get the car. Super happy with it. Extremely quiet and the power was good. Handling was nice, stable during corners. CarPlay and Siri is the future but wish Waze supports CarPlay. The audio systems lack bass. Love the digital dashboard, very nice. The LED light too bright at night/basement parking. Love the Auto Walk Away lock but hate that the car does not automatically lock when you start to drive. Overall, it is a great car. Highly recommended.

I donno how u guys get such a good rate. I only managed to get 2.57% after appeal. Maybank , Loan  80, 7years

I bought Trapo. Thanks for the introduction. It's feels great and I saw the demo of how easily you can just beat the mat to have all the sands fall off. It is super water resistant, so very easy to clean off and there's a lot of Velcro strap all over to make the mat stays in its place. I bought the combo package that came with the mat at the rear boot and I like that it is able to hold on to things from sliding, due to its rubber nature, as you make sharp corner. It's expensive, but I think it's worth it long term. The only thing I didn't like is the mark made by your foot print can be visible. For example you walk on a dusty floor, and step into the mat, the whitish , chalk like, foot print is made visible on the rubber. I think a coiled mat or a cloth like mat will be able to hide this.

They didn't bleed the tyres pressure to the recommend pressure. All those cars come from the assembly plant are pump to high pressure for storage. I can feel the crv tyre that I test drive as hard as a rock.

They consider themselves as the "premium" japanese. Look at all their car prices you'll know. Especially the puny CX-3 at that ridiculous price. I wouldn't buy any of Mazda cars, interior too cramp for me compared to equivalent competitors.

The weakness of Honda vs Toyota is Honda give 8 years battery ONLY warranty, all the related parts including the expensive inverter not included. Toyota gives 8 years full battery and related coverage INCLUDING inverters. I would like to add that both car manufacturer only provide 5 years warranty for ALL other parts such as motors aka eCVT, air-cond electrical compressor, etc. The 8 years warranty of Toyota only covered the battery AND its direct related battery connected parts such as Inverter, etc, not other electronic or electrical components.

So you can see how stingy or lesser confident they have towards their own hybrid products. If you look at it, iMMD is a recent major achievement of Honda, not incremental update of older system that HSD has been doing for their system. So it is technically still a pretty new system as it previous gen is not call iMMD and has a totally different setup.

Toyota do have MAJOR advantage of many more years of successful hybrid implementation with incremental upgrade. Their implementation is also simpler to maintain.

Anyway i still love Honda iMMD system more vs Toyota HSD. HSD IS simpler to maintain and more durable with less mechanical parts to wear vs iMMD setup that uses clutches, etc.

However iMMD system gives you much more pronounce EV like experience as it mostly uses electrical motor up to 70km/h meaning the motor will connect directly to the differential to power the wheel when driving below 70km/h.

Toyota HSD patented super efficient planetary gear system combined motor and engine power most of time as it deems fit that you really cannot feel if motor or engine is moving the car aka it just feel like engine drive most of time with super fuel efficiency unlike iMMD that gives you semi EV drive experience. It is super efficient but for me, it sort of lose the pronounce EV like feel that IMMD gives especially during City drive.

Back to Battery. So far the cost should be similar to Toyota, about RM 8-10k for battery and if adds up inverter, up to 17K++. Do note 8 years warranty does not mean the battery will die in 8 years. It can last longer for most cases and many change car later without battery failing yet. Think about it, at least if need to be, we can still afford to change the battery thru official channel vs EV but then many EV battery last really really long based on many real world study.

So when buying RS, think first that you will get AN EV like driving experience especially during City drive without the range anxiety. You are paying for that experience. Unfortunately many ppl overlook that pronounced EV experience and only look at at material cost only when calculate the higher price range of hybrid.

If cost anxiety is of major concern then hybrid or even EV might not be the right car in Malaysia (due to high car price and cheap petrol) coz the resale value also got hit very hard just like ev and always need to worry what the cost of battery replacement if keep long term.

Well the savings you get from petrol over the years can accumulate to replace the battery when it's life ended (unless you drive super low mileage). So you don't really lose much, just the resale value drop hard, that is the one major lose you CANNOT avoid and have to bear if you want a Hybrid or EV. If future costing is an issue, that is one major cost aspect you should not overlook when getting hybrid or EV. Finally, while electrical and electronic parts tend to be more efficient and last longer, once if fail, it will usually cost a bomb vs its petrol counterpart for parts such as electrical compressor that double the price of mechanical compressor.

Non RS yes close

RS I think Honda control the production, some dealer claim limited or no more 2025 units. Still offer >20k off if you can find one

Hybrid has become one of the major seller for Honda in many countries. It is because of the low petrol price here that it is not as popular here especially when the pricing of Honda hybrid are significantly more expensive than its petrol counterpart. So fewer units were available here.

Unlike some newly entered brands in Malaysia, the name Honda is the one of the key stable factor for car buyers here. Honda is here to stay and won't run away. So you can always get support here. It is still one of the selling points advantage of Honda. Hybrid will be one of the mainstay of honda before all future jump to EV (if the trend continue). So no worries about the future maintenance of it.

Produce now means need to sell at a discount due to cross year so make sense to reduce production of expensive variant ?

Which branch he booked ? I was offered a white ex-stock (last unit) at bangsar, other showrooom also happily offer only if they have stock but I’m likely getting the E lah petrol is not my concern