Test Drive Honda Pilot since 2009 SUV

Honda Pilot Diary, or New Year's Tale

Coincidences with really existing people and machines are not accidental!
Part One, urban
December 31, 2009, 14.00 Moscow time
They all today are some suspiciously lively smiling, tangled, milked brilliant tinsel and put the discharged artificial Christmas trees. Of course, they have a new year. Won how loudly discuss: where will you meet? What are you? And then? Well, cool! And we are waiting for another boring night as tired of standing sadly on this grate to the gloss floor and look at its reflection in the glass walls! Beautiful, Brutalen, in the heyday itself. I want it to the will, catch the wind, knead the dirt, go round the whole world!
- Yes, yes, look, here is a great option, pilot 2009, 3,5 liters, automatic, top equipment Executive
Oh, potential owners! Dec. 31? Probably, just got sick or so, sit-touch. I have not belhage for a long time. Although nothing like guys, a pretty couple, smiling. Hey, young family, here I am!
- Black? Croquerously asked the girl. I would like light
Yes, what a jeep can not be black! You look at!
"And I like black," the guy stated conciliatively. Well done, boyfriend, went rather from here! Do I like me?
- Interesting design, such a brutal, sharp, rough, but attractive.
- Yes, - Wlown with your comments our manager. This is an American.
- It looks like a real SUV, healthy, but it's rather a crossover? Clearance is not enough at first glance, the appearance is serious, impressive.
- Especially he is so huge inside! Look, here you can live inside! And trunk size with a truck!
- Length is 4870 mm, width 1995 mm, height 1845 mm, Wheelbase 2780 mm, Road clearance 203 mm, - Repeated Manager learned text. The four-wheel drive of the VTM-4 provides a torque for all four wheels. On a slippery road, you can ensure maximum torque transmission to the rear wheels to increase the passability. so what? Take on holidays? Ride, think
I do not believe my happiness! They take the keys! Break free! Hooray!
Red Jazz and White Civic with envy spent me look. The doors closed, and so I found myself on the street with my new owners.
December 31, 2009, 15.00 Moscow time
Brr, and here is cold! And slightly, now my polished sides are dirty. Do they want me to go on this snowy caress from dirt and reagents ??
- Let's go, we still have a lot of things today! At first, probably, to the store, and then quickly home, going to the party, then you need to call behind the guys, and the first in the morning to the country
- Yeah! Listen, I like it! Plastic is cruel, the American is still, but it looks stylish, all such a square and the blowers are round in contrast.
"I like that there are many branches and pockets, see: Niche under the central console, a large branch in the armrest, pockets in the doors, cup holders and niche in the center, and, she closes a curtain, comfortable. And even pockets over the glove compartment! Just the phone is convenient to put the passenger
- The box of the box is unusually located, high, almost near the steering wheel, but convenient, by the way. And where? And, here, an American here is a foot brake!
- scissor.
In the meantime, the hosts were presented to the heated seats, dried throughout their phones, keys, gloves, hats and continued to inspect the salon. He liked white devices with light lilac lights, and clear scales located under the arrows so the arrow does not light up the numbers. Liked the leather steering wheel with comfortable tides on the rim and competently located keys of the radio tape recorder and onboard computer, fully electrified chairs (driver with a memory for two people!). It remained delighted with a set of neat buttons on the central console and the black monochrome monitor with white indicators. Eh, it is a pity that, unlike American fellow, I have no color display! But I have 257 selected horses and the operational five-speed automatic transmission.
My 3.5-liter V6 instantly reacted to the accelerator pedal, and easily carried us into a dense pre-New Year's stream.
December 31, 2009, 15.30 Moscow time
- Perfectly accelerates! I like landing: on the one hand, highly, the review is excellent, with the other by the help of adjustments, you can pick up the perfect landing, a lot of foot of the place, the steering wheel on the perfect distance. The steering wheel of the elastic, at the speed of heavy. And the stabilization system is perfectly performed: I do not have time to notice the drifts, only blinks the icon on the panel, and the car goes on this kazhe like this poured! Almost like a sedan.
"I am only about the consumption worried," she said in doubt.
- Now there are 20 liters in traffic jams. Well, let's see how it will be further. There is a headlight washer, you see, what fountains have been torn to the roof? If you click on, then the wasyavka works only on the windshield conveniently controlled. And the music is normal: the sound is quite clean, behind the subwoofer, although, of course, could most power supply the system
- They skip everything on the road, still he looks from the muzzle impudently.
It seems until they like everything!
December 31, 2009, 21.30 MSK
8 people. Ha, and they thought to go on two cars! Why, if I have on the second sofa with comfort, spreading your elbows, grate three, and even on the third row, if you wish, you can take three times! Of course, the legs on the third row will not be so spacious, but the second row can be shifted a little further, and everything will be comfortable. For long distances tedious in such a large company, but we are not going far today!
 
- wow, in general, royally! Here you can sit on the leg to sit, and even climate control your, and heated seats!
- Go!
- harsh rides, right? Although smoothly, the pits almost displays.
"He's at speeds like a glued ride and rulits himself as a sedan," I was glad to tell my. The turn comes and keeps the trajectory to the end, excellent feedback. And from the brakes, I am delighted, very informative.
- Let's open the hatch!
- It's a pity, the hatch is a small one, you will not run away to dance! And then we would now arrange a show!
- Oh, what is this mirror? Is it a panoramic interior overview? Haha, soon you will follow my children!
- Well, you think why we look after the pilot!

We have rolled in the center of sparkling Moscow. But it was already impossible to penetrate the police cordons - all overlapped an hour before the promised radio. We crawled in a traffic jam, and the crowds of the people were walking past us. It was decided to throw me in the alley and then go on foot. Poor as they are on the cold alone! I will wait, rather returned.
December 31, 2009, 23.45 Moscow time
- Never more in life will not go to a party from the metropolis FM! Disgusting, shameful organization! Where do we go now, time is already almost twelve! We will no longer have time!
They returned, so fast? Something happened?
- Calm, girls. We will celebrate the New Year right here! Open champagne! With Medvedev will meet and the chimes! Hooray!
Hooray! And do not care that the leather seats were poured with champagne, survive!
- Damn, it turns out, we will spend the whole 2010 in the car? How to meet
 
Part Two, Country
January 1, 2010
We are going to the cottage! I think there will be much more interesting than in Moscow, and, judging by what I heard, cleaner. My plans and on the kebabs to go to the forest, and skiing ride, and a small journey to go on the neighboring provinces.
At this time she sat down, the chair remembered the landing parameters of the second driver.
- well felt dimensions, for me it is important
- For any woman!
- Yah you! It is very convenient to use the rear view camera, you feel much more confidently feeling than with a parking sensor, you can see to a millimeter. Just wipe from dirt. And I like the point blue lighting of the cabin, we, women, do not love to ride in the dark. It is good that the doors can be blocked both from the passenger and from the driver's seat. Even there is a compass! I do not know why he is here, but funny!
On the empty first-grandda route we rushed easily and quickly. They turned on cruise control, the Eco bulb was lit on the panel. When the leg is removed from the gas, the i-VTEC system closes the valves in one or more cylinders, increasing efficiency. My delight was noted that the flow rate in such a rhythm of movement was reduced to 13.9 liters, but it seems to be my record. They feed me with a delicious 95th gasoline, although I can easily do and 92nd. Let it be my little secret, I can have my whims!
January 3, 2010
Today we went to Tula, it's about 300 km from our cottage. Apparently, this distance of mine was not tired of a driver or a passenger. CD changer is designed for 6 disks. They said that in more long journeys you can go boldly, comfortable chairs, smooth, smooth, without a swing, and good noise insulation will allow you to pass a lot of kilometers without fatigue. In Peter, what, wait?
 
Before the clear Polyany, we had to move on a snow-covered icy road, but everything cost. He noted that even on an awkward rubber, we go to excellent.
From the clear Polyana (although I, alas, not let the territory of the estate of the graph!) We stayed in complete admiration. It is not surprising that Lev Nikolayevich wrote masterpieces with such a scenery outside the window!
Tomorrow we will go to Kaluga!
January 5, 2010
Today we are going on kebabs somewhere in the forest. I'm a little worried: the clearance is not so big, and I put a velcro in the cabin instead of toothproof rubber. Do I cope with forest off-road?
 
Before congressing from the asphalt, we were forcibly blocked the rear wheel drive clutch on the first transmission (the VTM-4 button works only on the first and second gear, as well as on the rear at the speed not higher than 29 km / h). I will not say that we climbed into some really impassive places, but to get through the rut and quite deep drifts managed without problems even on velcro. Road clearance quite coped with the snowdrifts, only the reserve attached under the bottom left its speed imprint on the snow.
 
But I have ports for connecting iPod and iPhone. It is a pity, of course, that there is no full-fledged outlet, in such colleagues she would come in handy.
 
Small shades? Yes. Serious off-road? Dismissed.
January 8, 2010
Woke at 7 am, monsters. We are going to the airport, meet some other girlfriend. On Street -19, but I started without any problems, the washers work fine, the salon warmed up for a couple of minutes. And even displays did not slow down from the cold.
 
It turns out that the girlfriend flew from states, and this can be said, my homeland! She brought me a day american license plate and for a long time Ahala from delight, seeing my trunk. My percentage only that there are no curtains in the basic configuration that would hide things in the trunk from prying eyes, but it can be purchased as an option. But proudly showed the door of the trunk with the electric drive would still! You can still separate the glass separately, not the entire door.
This you have not seen what is huge, if you fold the second row of seats! You can carry a horse!
Oh, they are interested, whether the snowmobile will fit with this scenario. You know what, buy a better trailer, especially since I have a fastening for him and even a special trailer stabilization system.
 
All the way chatted about anyone, but as soon as a friend began to tell about the most interesting American roads and an American fleet, we already drove to the house.
January 10, 2010
We returned to Moscow. Corks, corks, corks eh, how not enough space! And the place in the yard found not immediately with my dimensions do not fit into every hole. They got checks from the gas stations: So, for 2100 km I ate gasoline by 7,500 rubles. Is there a lot or a little? And what will happen next?
According to my friend, we went to the car dealership. Lonely standing at the door, I tried my best to overhear their conversation with our manager.
-Well, this is not an SUV, of course, this is probably a family-friendly wagon, spacious, moderately comfortable, frisky
- Gallery huge ...
- But rather voracious: if the highway 13-14 liters is still fine, then in the city consumption rises to 18-20 liters
"Heads trustly, steady, steals well.
-Nalog, again, still 257 horses
- It's 10 airbags
- I love it: unusual, rude, aggressive. Salon is rustling, but such asceticism is even good
- Looks like an SUV, but still you will not go to a serious off-road, and we, however, do not get on picnics. But that's when children are just for a big family
- Napican good: both three-zone climate, and tailgate door electric drive, electric adjustments, mirror with autocessure, parking sensors and reverse camera, and cruise, and leather
-Finely, a million seven hundred with superfluous
-Well, basic equipment costs 1,480,000 rubles
- I think still top
They silent and looked at each other. In my opinion, everything is clear!
Svetlana Aleeva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

A source: Carclub.ru.