Honda CR-V Cr-v 2.0 2006

DriverMad

Hi all,

What are the thoughts on Honda CR-V Cr-v 2.0 year 2006 for petrol consumption? budget, size is perfect.

Daily travel is 60km in total. 5 days a week. Maybe more at the weekend.

Would it be too costly to run on petrol?

Thanks

tc20

We recently bought an '05 auto model (so consumption might be a wee bit heavier than the manual) - Mrs tc20 uses it mainly for tipping around, school run etc, short cold-start trips - at a rough guesstimate consumption is in the low 20s in old money. Haven't had a decent m-way trip in it yet to gauge how it'll do on a full tank.

CiniO

I have two of them, so have some experience.

Open road, low traffic long distance driving you have to assume around 9 l/100km.
Mixture of city/open road - around 10.5 l/100km
City driving only around 12 l/100km.

If it's automatic add 1 l/100km to the above.


You are saying 60km a day weekdays + more on the weekend, so probably around 500km a week. Assuming it's a mixed city/country roads/motorways and it's manual car, then 10.5 l/100km so you'll need 52.5 litres of petrol a week so about €70 at current prices. That equals to about €3685 a year, so way more than the car is worth here.


They are lovely cars, but for your planned 26k km a year, I don't think it's a best choice moneywise.

DriverMad

Given the replies on fuel consumption, could anyone recommend a car, it can be an estate or MPV for 1500 - 2000 given the mileage I do.

Many Thanks.

jd1959

I rarely comment, but depending on where you live getting the CRV and converting it to LPG might be an option. I do about the same mileage annually in a Honda K20 LPG converted engine in an MPV at the moment, same drive train and similar curb weight as a CRV.

LPG conversion in your case should pay for itself in about 10mo to a year and then save you about 1300/year there after (current prices). Having run LPG on K20 engines one well over 100k km in my experience there is minimal valve regression issues. Given the age of the CRV unlikely you'll be keeping it past the 5 year mark so which would suggest the head would be fine for the rest of the life of the car.

Has the advantage of being a very reliable, comfortable vehicle, common breakers yard and spurious parts, no turbo, erg, dual mass flywheel, PDF, high pressure fuel pump, injector seal and injector issues that many encounter with diesel. K20 engine is timing chain so other standard wear items and regular maintenance I've spent nothing on repairs, not saying you would be as lucky but I've rarely had issues with a well maintained Honda.

Savings in my case pay for the motor tax, insurance and keeps a few hundred extra in my pocket. Just on fuel it puts the cost per km slightly less than a comparable 1.9-2L diesel vehicle. No issues with NCT or insurance.

Disadvantages are availability of filling points, where I'm at there are not all that many places to fill but you slightly modify your routine and fill when your going by and not necessarily when it's empty. Still managing to drive 95% of the time on LPG, this includes the normal running on petrol till the engine reaches 30c.

High motor tax it is a 2L, and slightly more frequent valve adjustment, 30-40k km or so will see the exhaust valves creep .004" (easy done if your a bit handy with cars). Also initial cost of conversion might not be in your budget or be better spent on a different vehicle.

Not a solution for everyone or every vehicle, and never really has been accepted by the majority of the Irish. In my experience it has worked flawlessly and saved a good bit of money. Just a thought if your really sold on having a CRV.

Cunning Alias

Currently keeping an eye on LPG cars and there is a CRV up for sale with a conversion: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-cr-v-petrol-lpg/18180846