CRV Test Drive
Car Wars: Episode III
So we did the obvious thing and took it for a test drive, my little nephew didn't have too much trouble getting in by himself. The hand brake and gear selection took a bit of getting used to but once I got used to them I appreciated them being put on the dash board to save space for the arm rests and fold-away bottle holders. It felt a bit weird at first sitting up so high when I'm fairly low in the Corolla but after a while it was all good.
With my brother-in-law in the middle rear seat the rear view mirror was pretty much blocked but visibility was still good with the use of the big side mirrors. It didn't handle like a big, ungainly four wheel drive, feeling more like a Camry. The engine was quite responsiveness, about the same responsiveness as my brother-in-law's Nissan Pulsar with gear changes being rather smooth, it was good to be able to blend in with traffic with all 118kW of power as opposed to the puny 83kW of the Corolla.
The brakes took a bit of getting used to as they were significantly more responsive than the Corolla but that's no suprise. Cornering wasn't too bad and wasn't making the fact the centre-of-gravity was higher up than usual too obvious, a fair bit better than the Corolla and not too bad for a big car especially considering the anecdotes about the cornering abilities of Mitsubishi Lancers. Suspension wasn't significantly better than that of the good ol' Corolla but not a suprise given the type of vehicle.
To be continued...
So we did the obvious thing and took it for a test drive, my little nephew didn't have too much trouble getting in by himself. The hand brake and gear selection took a bit of getting used to but once I got used to them I appreciated them being put on the dash board to save space for the arm rests and fold-away bottle holders. It felt a bit weird at first sitting up so high when I'm fairly low in the Corolla but after a while it was all good.
With my brother-in-law in the middle rear seat the rear view mirror was pretty much blocked but visibility was still good with the use of the big side mirrors. It didn't handle like a big, ungainly four wheel drive, feeling more like a Camry. The engine was quite responsiveness, about the same responsiveness as my brother-in-law's Nissan Pulsar with gear changes being rather smooth, it was good to be able to blend in with traffic with all 118kW of power as opposed to the puny 83kW of the Corolla.
The brakes took a bit of getting used to as they were significantly more responsive than the Corolla but that's no suprise. Cornering wasn't too bad and wasn't making the fact the centre-of-gravity was higher up than usual too obvious, a fair bit better than the Corolla and not too bad for a big car especially considering the anecdotes about the cornering abilities of Mitsubishi Lancers. Suspension wasn't significantly better than that of the good ol' Corolla but not a suprise given the type of vehicle.
To be continued...
posted by Forrest Rivers at 23:53
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