JP’s Family Truckster
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:02 pm
My cousins mom, for the first time wants to go get a new crv hybrid touring.....after her 4th accord dating all the way back to 1988 flip up lights gen. Cause the new one is too bigJohnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:14 pm This weekend the truckster needed an unscheduled service stop. Because I picked up a nail in one of the tires. $77 at the local mom and pop repair shop near the new house and I’m good to go with a patch. At least found a seemingly solid auto repair place. They’re unlikely to fuck up an oil change.
Lifetime MPG is 39.2.
I gotta put a hitch on it for a bike rack. And maybe get it detailed because the dog hair is everywhere. It’s a good appliance overall. The newer one seems like it fixes many of the issues I have with it aside from how slow it is.
Accords are boats anymore. CRV uses the same motor as the accord hybrid though. So it’s a lot slower. It has no balls.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:57 pmMy cousins mom, for the first time wants to go get a new crv hybrid touring.....after her 4th accord dating all the way back to 1988 flip up lights gen. Cause the new one is too bigJohnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:14 pm This weekend the truckster needed an unscheduled service stop. Because I picked up a nail in one of the tires. $77 at the local mom and pop repair shop near the new house and I’m good to go with a patch. At least found a seemingly solid auto repair place. They’re unlikely to fuck up an oil change.
Lifetime MPG is 39.2.
I gotta put a hitch on it for a bike rack. And maybe get it detailed because the dog hair is everywhere. It’s a good appliance overall. The newer one seems like it fixes many of the issues I have with it aside from how slow it is.
I recently rode in one of those via lyft, they're comfortable and smooth
Would "Cousins mom" care? A CRV is kind of big though.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:40 amAccords are boats anymore. CRV uses the same motor as the accord hybrid though. So it’s a lot slower. It has no balls.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:57 pm
My cousins mom, for the first time wants to go get a new crv hybrid touring.....after her 4th accord dating all the way back to 1988 flip up lights gen. Cause the new one is too big
I recently rode in one of those via lyft, they're comfortable and smooth
She only drives 2 miles from and to work back to back, and barely drives otherwise.
What about an EV? With a short commute like that the hybrid won’t have a benefit.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:00 pmShe only drives 2 miles from and to work back to back, and barely drives otherwise.
Well my cousin haha. Involving parents son and daughter around the same age as me.
And yeah she wanted to be high up, lot of "compact" cuv's are big now
I have told them that. But they wanted to rather go for the hybrid. But definitely better than her accord as its just a 2.4 4 bangerJohnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:06 pmWhat about an EV? With a short commute like that the hybrid won’t have a benefit.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:00 pm
She only drives 2 miles from and to work back to back, and barely drives otherwise.
Well my cousin haha. Involving parents son and daughter around the same age as me.
And yeah she wanted to be high up, lot of "compact" cuv's are big now
On a 2 mile drive the CRV hybrid will get 20-25 mpg. Because Honda can’t figure out a reasonable warm up protocol for the motor. When the motor is warming up at every key cycle, it will run the engine without generating electricity for about a minute or two. It’s just wasted fuel to warm the motor and oil. It will do this every time the key is turned on regardless if it’s just been driven or not. A normal car will idle high for a few seconds but it can be driven immediately and generate useful power from the fuel it’s burning. The honda hybrids cannot generate power while warming up.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:01 pmI have told them that. But they wanted to rather go for the hybrid. But definitely better than her accord as its just a 2.4 4 banger
Yeah. Works for us and our budget. A second car would really stretch the financials. I’d need something cheap that I could pay cash for.