Honda CRZ

I'd take a higher mileage honest car any time, does sound like they were covering something up, was the engine warm also? Classic dealer tricks.
 
akaFonzie said:
I'd take a higher mileage honest car any time, does sound like they were covering something up, was the engine warm also? Classic dealer tricks.
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Yea pretty sure it had been running before i got their. It was also missing service history from 2017-2019 even though it was listed as full up to date service history which it had done over 30k miles.
 
Probably dodged a bullet with that one, though it could be fine. Hopefully the other one works out for you. You have me considering one as a daily hack now...
 
Sad Day, the CRZ got wrote off last night, guy pulled out from a side road into the path of my car and i managed to stop but he still went into the front of the car.

Been a good car, things that went wrong in the 4+ years i owned it was, Drive shaft snapped which is common issue apparently, and door handle snapped too. Replaced both myself so didnt cost too much. probs <£300 all in.

Been offered £3077 for it. I paid i think £3800 so not bad for over 4 years of use.

Just had brand new eagle f1 tyres fitted at the cost of around £500 and new genuine discs and pands at the cost of like £300 for parts in the last 3-4 months.

So i did ask to see if they can get more for the car, so they are doing an evaluation when they collect it. I think it is now on 129k miles... So its a bit long in the legs, but engine is still going strong.

Not sure what to replace it with now, would like to spend <£10k but havent got a clue.

have been eyeing up a Honda civic Fk8 which is way more than i want to spend, but damn does it look good. But not sure i want to go from a £3k car to a £26k one lol
 
Fast looking slow car. Only 2 seats as well. This car just seems to be a big compromise for not very much in return. It always needed a high revving K series in the back and the hybrid stuff gutting to make it light.

The Civic is probably just better all round tbh. The Type-R definitely is :)
 
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Just got rid of the Insight I'd had since 2011. If there had been a manual gearbox version with a similar drivetrain to the CRZ, I'd have had one of those instead at the time. I really enjoyed driving a car with the IMA system, as a daily driver, and actually Honda's CVT with paddles and simulated 7 speed sequential (when needed) suited it well. I don't think we ever got CVT CRZs in the UK though, did we?

CRZ was never going to be a suitable car for a family so wasn't an option back in 2011. And eventually a 6'5" 15 year old son meant the Insight had outlived its suitability as a family car (but can you imagine him the back of a CRZ?...). The Insight is the first car I've felt genuinely a little bit sad about getting rid of. It made what would have been some fairly mundane communing kinda fun. Have gone Honda again (Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC).
 
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Its got 4 seats Nasher. Rest is just your opinion for someones ownership that is ending so barely relevant. K series in the back? Really.
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Yea it's got 4 seats if the people sitting in the back have no legs or a head.

And yea a K series. You know, probably the best series of engines ever made, form Honda. They had a great opportunity to make this thing a great mid/rear-engined car. I wouldn't expect someone working for JLR to know about good engine design though lol. Most of theirs go bang before 150k miles (always have) and their solution to the major issues is to simply buy a new car...
 
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no need to lower yourself to that level, my kids have legs and sat in the back just fine. So it’s got 4 seats and 4 seatbelts then yeah? Just for clarity.

Why on earth would a Crz be rear engine, it was a CRX play rather than an NSX. It’s got torsion beam rear suspension for gods sake! It’s just a shorter Jazz!!!

Im perfectly aware of what a k series honda engine is, it’s better than that k series you have in your Elise? I think, no idea what a mystery man like you drives as you only seem to like throwing shade.
 
PS the AJ133 is an epic engine, but you will only only see that on videos as your experience isn’t as broad as you think
 
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Jonnycoupe said:
no need to lower yourself to that level, my kids have legs and sat in the back just fine. So it’s got 4 seats and 4 seatbelts then yeah? Just for clarity.

Why on earth would a Crz be rear engine, it was a CRX play rather than an NSX. It’s got torsion beam rear suspension for gods sake! It’s just a shorter Jazz!!!

Im perfectly aware of what a k series honda engine is, it’s better than that k series you have in your Elise? I think, no idea what a mystery man like you drives as you only seem to like throwing shade.
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It was supposed to "replace the CRX" from the 80s but only looked similar. The old one goes as well as it looks. Also I don't have a rover k series in my Elise lol.
 
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So not a RWD car then?

What’s so “lol” about your elusive Elise. If only you could deliver forums posts like you do post? But I guess that lands in the doorstep in a lazy manner, tatty and a marginal dampness that means when you look a little closer you realise it’s a bit of a drip.
 
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Just got my final offer from insurance for car, originally offered £3077 which i declined. Called me today a week later and have offered me £3515 which i have happily accepted. Car cost me £3800 4 years ago. I doubt any other car i could have bought would have got me back so much money after adding 30k miles to it.

Still havent got a new car, still not got a clue what to get.

I went to look at the FK8 Type R, and still have my deposit down on it, but the rear bumper had been smart repaired, but paint did not match. They are having a go at sorting it, if they can i will buy it. If not then its back to the drawing board.
 
brightside229 said:
Just got my final offer from insurance for car, originally offered £3077 which i declined. Called me today a week later and have offered me £3515 which i have happily accepted. Car cost me £3800 4 years ago. I doubt any other car i could have bought would have got me back so much money after adding 30k miles to it.

Still havent got a new car, still not got a clue what to get.

I went to look at the FK8 Type R, and still have my deposit down on it, but the rear bumper had been smart repaired, but paint did not match. They are having a go at sorting it, if they can i will buy it. If not then its back to the drawing board.
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It's a decent result - but pretty much in line with AutoTrader's retail price index fluctuation for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), including hybrids, over the last 4 years. Open up the link and click on AFV to see the general trend over that timescale. https://plc.autotrader.co.uk/news-views/retail-price-index/
 
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