Honda CRZ
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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.
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Good work, instinct is the once to trust.
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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
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
The Civic is probably just better all round tbh. The Type-R definitely is
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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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Loved the CRZ, I wonder if @NathWraith still has his.
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).
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).