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.

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

The funny thing is, the manual said it is the Default behavior. Could it be we don't have this feature.

(Sorry unable to try at this moment. Will try later)

What? Why? Isn't it better to have this security feature?

I just tried it. I can't engage the gear out of P if the engine did not start. Not sure how to do this.

Also, I notice the Infotainment has Wifi in addition to Bluetooth. Does it mean it can support wireless CarPlay in future?! 🤔

You are welcome @auronthas and @voncrane. Happy to answer any queries anyone have but I am not a car expert, so can't really give any technical details. But everyday man's feel, sure.

I wrote a review of the new CRV -
http://www.ringgit.me/2017/07/2017-honda-c...ers-review.html

Hope this helps whoever needs one to make decision

This post has been edited by belfong: Jul 30 2017, 09:51 PM

Bumper protector

2.45% - should be around $1900/month.

I learned from SA that the Honda Sensing thingy is only applicable when the car is in cruise mode. Meaning long drive along PLUS highway or if you drive to Cyber often. I don't do that, so I didn't think it's worth buying.

I've been on LDP in PJ only not on any highway long enough to do > 100kmh. But at 90kmh it is very quiet. City speeds is extremely quiet as well. If you look at the bottom near the exhaust part and along the tyres, there are some sound proofing done. Some materials that was used.

Can't comment on Bluetooth as I'm using CarPlay. But mic pickup is very good. Very clear according to the missus whom I spoke to daily. The children at the back sometimes talk to their mother and the mic was able to pick their voices as well.

Speakers damn good. There are 4 speakers and 4 tweeters. 8 in total. Maybe that's the reason it lacked bass. Podcast is very clear, no issue.

Don't have chance to take 4 grown adults yet. Will let you know more.

I really like the front sensors. It helps a lot. I'm not sure if it can detect road kerbs though as I think it's not "pointing downwards". Worth to observe. But it can detect my plant leaves. Ha ha. I should take a picture of the front sensor in the 7" screen. There's like 4 spots it's Sensing, so I thought it's pretty good at covering all angles.

I googled that picture. Not my car.
I'd think you can get that protector from one of the Honda accessories package. I didn't think it was necessary.

Unless Waze supports CarPlay, I'm not sure how else you can make it work without jailbreaking.

I went with Llumar Crystal 6. Very nice so far.

Btw, I have updated my review with photos of the front/back sensor. I think @voncrane might be interested.
http://www.ringgit.me/2017/07/2017-honda-c...ers-review.html

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Crystal 6 - works with Smart Tag, so that's very important to me.

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Anyone know what is the purpose these two gold pins on the brakes are? And it's so fragile. I'd imagine some vandals will just break it off. They seemed to be only seen on the two rear wheels. The front wheels do not have these.

Don't the car come with a default car alarm already?

To those you got your car, do you have this gold thing jutting out as well?

I discovered a tip: the volume switch on the steering wheel is also touch sensitive. Slide your finger on it to make the volume louder or softer. Pretty cool.