Test drive Honda HR-V 5 doors 2001-2006 SUV

Happy ticket

Universal things in Rus' are respected. Previously, there were carpets and boots-skills, all-districts are now popular. On such a car in a feast and in the world. One thing is bad: full-fledged crooks are not very suitable for dynamic driving and clumsy. PARKENTS is another matter: although they do not have the qualities of real all -terrain vehicles, they behave like cars on the highway. In the secondary market, you can look at the suitable option within $ 20 thousand.
In the spirit of time
At the official Honda dealer, Aoyam Motors Traid-In is represented by a partner of Avtomom LLC. He collaborates with sellers of Citroen and Sanynov, this union allows firms not to spray strength and means, focusing on the main directions. However, cars from the outside get here. Only in the demonstration hall we counted more than two dozen of various cars, and at least a hundred on the open area.
The certified personnel speak a lot about the work, it values \u200b\u200bthe reputation and the cat in the bag will not slip. The result is a turnover of about 50 cars monthly. To guarantee legal cleanliness, all cars undergo a forensic examination. On the technical side, the approach is not so unambiguous. So, a non -core model with defects dangerous for exploitation will simply not be taken, and all other sins are meticulously listed in the inspection act. The machines of their brands are brought into line with the requirements of the SDA and only the owners of the guarantee are licked to zero. In the latter case, the seller gives the buyer half-year warranty.
Accepted schemes for delivery to the commission and the trad-in itself, the planned losses of the former owner from 7 to 20% of the average market value. The same traditional set is offered to customers a test drive, a preliminary order and several types of loans.
Personal contact
More than others liked the 2004 Honda HR-V 2004 release with a children's mileage of 39 thousand km. Two years ago, the owner paid a little more than $ 25 thousand for her in the car dealership, we were offered to fork out $ 20,800.
In accordance with the conclusion of experts, Honda was in the ideal technical condition of the count of recommendations in the inspection act of empty. Well, let's see.
The body was washed to glory, since there is something to show the varnish, there is no scratch. There are no traces of the body repair, only a pair of chips are neatly tinted. A small scratch was discovered on the right wheeled disk, which with our crowding is a common thing. Antikor served his factory coating in the right rear arch is already erased to the paint. The front bumper is slightly skewed, and a couple of scratches were found on his skirt, visible only from the position of lying down. It seems that they unsuccessfully moved off the curb.
Links and mudguards in all wheels without damage. Even chrome pipes along the thresholds are virgin. By the way, they, not only for decoration when driving along an uneven road, reduce the chance to put a car on a low -hanging resonator. From the previous owner, the Honda rugs remained on the floor and in the trunk and to the best of a clean, non -bonded salon. The ashtray was not found at all. She can be seen in HR-V the portable, found peace in some other smoke.
On the go in Honda quietly. Hard upholstery, boasting when tapping, does not remind of himself. Acceleration of the machine with the variator is energetic; What does he do there in the transmission, most inhabitants are unknown, but under the pedal every time there is just as much traction as necessary. The optimal option for inconsistent movement in urban traffic jams, but in maintenance, such a vaststone KP requires attention. Only the recommended by the manufacturer should be poured, even the collar on the probe warns about this. Recall (ZR, 2005, No. 7), for cars until 2002, the original CVT Transmission Fluid or ATF Z1 is recommended, since 2002 only ATF Z1. Rotosais can be replaced by a node (a new one costs about $ 8 thousand, used for everything is twice up, but still look for it).
The disadvantages were found only small. I did not like the location of the button of the fog heads that appeared after the 2002 restyling, on the central tunnel next to the handbrake. The sound that arises with completely turned wheels and accompanied by non -senile vibration of the floor aroused suspicion. This is obviously not a power steering, it sipes not so without trembling underfoot. The sound is not like a grunt of the rear axle, which appears much later, to the 60th thousand (more on this in ZR, 2005, No. 7). It looks very much like touching the wheels behind the arches or levers of the suspension, but there are no traces. It remains to suggest a defect in the CV joints. However, they do not click and do not crunch, and therefore they will live a few. By the way, in this case, the buyer can turn off the sound later, under warranty.
Well, taking into account a short discount (the manager was discharged for $ 200) The car is quite ready to register in our garage. I wonder what will answer the market of private ads.
Market savings
For savages, the choice turned out to be much more, as, indeed, the spread of prices. With the cheapest analogue, a peer with a comparable mileage for $ 21.5 thousand. It was not possible to get acquainted with the car on the same day, and a whole thousand (!) Cheaper. Obviously, there was a reason to bargain.
Of those that were available (from $ 22 thousand), the vast majority were Americans. The remoteness from the original source allowed sellers to give free rein. The goal of convincing a potential buyer that the honda ocean contains noble old women for traveling to a mock. As a rule, it was not found to turn to the dealer to assess the real technical condition of support, but contributed to a significant (up to $ 2 thousand) reduction in the request.
Dealerships, independently sold by the owners, differed from our chosen one at the main price. And not in favor of the buyer, the minimum markdown in comparison with the new one was only $ 500!
Of course, among the abundance of offers there is, perhaps, your option. Here, like in the lottery, you can win and lose. Remember only that the requested price is not the equivalent of the real value, and the excellent condition is far from an objective assessment.
When buying a used car, many forget that in the repair it is usually not cheaper than a new one. Thus, the cost of three potentially problematic (with unskilled maintenance and operation) of HR-V variator units, cardan transmission and hydroproce of the DPS system (in the rear bridge) is almost $ 14 thousand. Add the price of the work and the second car will leave! Therefore, you should not ignore the dealer guarantee.
 
 
Igor Kozlov
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"