RE: Honda HR-V | Shed of the Week
Discussion
Escort Si-130 said:
Quhet said:
Quite like these but I'm not really sure what they were 'for' - they just seem to be a bit of a compromise of too many things. And slow. the colour of this one is horrible too. This sort of shade of light metallic blue rarely suits any car imo.
Its a small SUV, practically before VW group joined in on it with their T-roc, Tiguan etcNothing wrong with the colour, as long as its not "resale silver"
t what others though, wife was happy to use it if necessary. Yes its not a rock climber like a Land Rover, nor able to fit a 3 seater settee in the back, not everyone requires their cars to. We considered one a few years back as a shed as the wife likes sitting higher than a normal car. Found the boot small (we have a Lab), like a CTR the 3 door only had 2 belts in the rear and while only having a 1.6 it was no better on fuel or road tax of the larger CR-V. So we ended up with the CR-V. Still keep my eye on them - never know when one will pop up and worth biting on.
I ran a 3 door as a winter commuter car which replaced a panda 4x4. I stuck a set of tyres on it and was very surprised what it could cope with.
Never missed a beat either, sold it to a mate who used it for similar purposes and did 2 years with him, and he sold it this year for the same price again. Honda and Toyota can do it.
Never missed a beat either, sold it to a mate who used it for similar purposes and did 2 years with him, and he sold it this year for the same price again. Honda and Toyota can do it.
Drive Blind said:
In my head I’ve got a scenario where a genius Honda engineer finally gets his dream to lead and design his car. He comes up with the HRV, with ideas of young people having fun, roadtrips, weekends away, going windsurfing in his car.
Instead, every one built spent its days in a garage, then doddling along an A road at 39mph to the nearest garden centre. Never carrying more than 2 pensioners and a tartan blanket.
The British are a weird market. Instead, every one built spent its days in a garage, then doddling along an A road at 39mph to the nearest garden centre. Never carrying more than 2 pensioners and a tartan blanket.
We love shopping hatchbacks for instance
I'm a bit incredulous about this one as a PH shed, even though I realise that PH dropped the "speed matters" subtitle some time ago. I read the write up to the end, which was amusing, but I'm still none the wiser as to the redeeming features of this thing.
Yes the term "station car" was mentioned but I don't see that as a justification for what I'm actually seeing there, I guess this one has gone over my head.
This seems like something akin to back in the day when my cousin was given money by his folks to buy his first car and he came back with a purple Suzuki Wagon R, got destroyed by his mates for that one.
Yes the term "station car" was mentioned but I don't see that as a justification for what I'm actually seeing there, I guess this one has gone over my head.
This seems like something akin to back in the day when my cousin was given money by his folks to buy his first car and he came back with a purple Suzuki Wagon R, got destroyed by his mates for that one.
MX-6 said:
I'm a bit incredulous about this one as a PH shed, even though I realise that PH dropped the "speed matters" subtitle some time ago. I read the write up to the end, which was amusing, but I'm still none the wiser as to the redeeming features of this thing.
Shed of the Week has never followed the "speed matters" mantra of the website, and in some respects could be seen as what cheap car could you get to pootle around in while maintaining a driving and/or track machine.dapprman said:
Shed of the Week has never followed the "speed matters" mantra of the website, and in some respects could be seen as what cheap car could you get to pootle around in while maintaining a driving and/or track machine.
It could just be me recalling things with a rose-tinted hue, but I'm sure Shed of the Week used to be more performance orientated, even if the pick was a semi-interesting barge or a luke-warm hatch. Increasingly it just seems to be some random, dull old motor from the PH classifieds.I think there's a place for articles on cheap cars for those of the petrolheaded persuasion, but it seems the large majority of articles these days are about expensive brand new cars that people generally get on leases, or expensive classic cars costing tens of thousands of ££££. As someone who's most expensive car purchase was £3k, I find some of the car prices quite absurd, but the money and demand seems to be out there...
I've had two of these since 2006 and I gotta say.....they cost me hardly anything (repairs wise) to run and maintain. They handled well enough despite the lack of oomph and took a lot of hard driving. The only downside was that they drink a lot of fuel and older ones tend to use a bit of oil too.
MX-6 said:
It could just be me recalling things with a rose-tinted hue, but I'm sure Shed of the Week used to be more performance orientated, even if the pick was a semi-interesting barge or a luke-warm hatch. Increasingly it just seems to be some random, dull old motor from the PH classifieds.
I think there's a place for articles on cheap cars for those of the petrolheaded persuasion, but it seems the large majority of articles these days are about expensive brand new cars that people generally get on leases, or expensive classic cars costing tens of thousands of ££££. As someone who's most expensive car purchase was £3k, I find some of the car prices quite absurd, but the money and demand seems to be out there...
I'd have to look back at the early ones, but I do seem to remember a lot of luxo barges. I do agree though that these days there seems to be an increase of despsaration in the choices - possibly due to the financial limits, after all they increased it then got flamed as a result and now we seem to be struggling off and on again.I think there's a place for articles on cheap cars for those of the petrolheaded persuasion, but it seems the large majority of articles these days are about expensive brand new cars that people generally get on leases, or expensive classic cars costing tens of thousands of ££££. As someone who's most expensive car purchase was £3k, I find some of the car prices quite absurd, but the money and demand seems to be out there...
Having said that I do like the silly left field options that are there just to provoke the trolls - the metro mobility car was perfect.
My wife has had a 1998 one for about 4 years now to go to and from her allotment in (yes we are getting a bit old!) and although it like getting into a literal shed when you climb in it's been 100% reliable and is quite a comfy but unexciting drive. And then think it cost us £500 when we bought it and apart from normal consumables (a timing belt, servicing and a set of front pads) all I've had to do was one front strut which was leaking a bit. Yes, of course I would normally change them as a pair but that would have near doubled the value of the car!
If you want cheap reliability and aren't bothered about image or performance I would recommend one.
If you want cheap reliability and aren't bothered about image or performance I would recommend one.
Escort Si-130 said:
HTP99 said:
Drive Blind said:
In my head I’ve got a scenario where a genius Honda engineer finally gets his dream to lead and design his car. He comes up with the HRV, with ideas of young people having fun, roadtrips, weekends away, going windsurfing in his car.
Instead, every one built spent its days in a garage, then doddling along an A road at 39mph to the nearest garden centre. Never carrying more than 2 pensioners and a tartan blanket.
Exactly like the Renault Modus, the marketing bods said it would be great for young cool things (god knows why they thought that, did they actually look at it), in truth, only old people bought it. Instead, every one built spent its days in a garage, then doddling along an A road at 39mph to the nearest garden centre. Never carrying more than 2 pensioners and a tartan blanket.
t, not even old people bothered with it, only clueless types that just wanted an A to B car bought them.dapprman said:
MX-6 said:
It could just be me recalling things with a rose-tinted hue, but I'm sure Shed of the Week used to be more performance orientated, even if the pick was a semi-interesting barge or a luke-warm hatch. Increasingly it just seems to be some random, dull old motor from the PH classifieds.
I think there's a place for articles on cheap cars for those of the petrolheaded persuasion, but it seems the large majority of articles these days are about expensive brand new cars that people generally get on leases, or expensive classic cars costing tens of thousands of ££££. As someone who's most expensive car purchase was £3k, I find some of the car prices quite absurd, but the money and demand seems to be out there...
I'd have to look back at the early ones, but I do seem to remember a lot of luxo barges. I do agree though that these days there seems to be an increase of despsaration in the choices - possibly due to the financial limits, after all they increased it then got flamed as a result and now we seem to be struggling off and on again.I think there's a place for articles on cheap cars for those of the petrolheaded persuasion, but it seems the large majority of articles these days are about expensive brand new cars that people generally get on leases, or expensive classic cars costing tens of thousands of ££££. As someone who's most expensive car purchase was £3k, I find some of the car prices quite absurd, but the money and demand seems to be out there...
Having said that I do like the silly left field options that are there just to provoke the trolls - the metro mobility car was perfect.
The limitations of having to use the PH classifieds and the meagre (to some) budget force Shed to take on a different tactic: that of a desperate salesman trying to convince a buyer. That's where the appeal and humour of the feature lie. Shed expects a decent thrashing every now and then (possibly from Mrs Shed) for his choices, but his hand are tied
Give it 10 years: all the ICE stuff will be so cheap you'll see 911s in SOTW
Turbobanana said:
You're both over-thinking SOTW.
The limitations of having to use the PH classifieds and the meagre (to some) budget force Shed to take on a different tactic: that of a desperate salesman trying to convince a buyer. That's where the appeal and humour of the feature lie. Shed expects a decent thrashing every now and then (possibly from Mrs Shed) for his choices, but his hand are tied
Give it 10 years: all the ICE stuff will be so cheap you'll see 911s in SOTW
I get what you're saying and yes I'm probably taking it too seriously, but I just think there should be a place for a cheap petrolheads car of the week type article. It always seem to be a promotion of the big money options, maybe everybody is running the lease and big finance these days, I don't know?The limitations of having to use the PH classifieds and the meagre (to some) budget force Shed to take on a different tactic: that of a desperate salesman trying to convince a buyer. That's where the appeal and humour of the feature lie. Shed expects a decent thrashing every now and then (possibly from Mrs Shed) for his choices, but his hand are tied
Give it 10 years: all the ICE stuff will be so cheap you'll see 911s in SOTW
It's an interesting one regarding the governments policy on EV's. I've no problem with driving one as a daily on the commute, shopping trip, etc. but I hope that we can still run ICE stuff for recreation into the longer term future. It might be the case that the special classic motors retain value but all your old retro curiousity stuff ends up being practically worthless and going in the bin.
Doesn't brave pill fulfil that brief to some extent? Buy a once £70k performance/sports car for £7k. Not exactly your £3k budget but Pistonheads has to generalise features to appeal to the masses and I found it incredibly useful recently when I was looking for something that would offer "cheap reliability" and I wasn't "bothered about image or performance" to quote the poster above.
To that end, shed articles were invaluable in my recent daily hack search. Being a petrolhead doesn't mean exclusively buying high performance vehicles.
To that end, shed articles were invaluable in my recent daily hack search. Being a petrolhead doesn't mean exclusively buying high performance vehicles.
I’m on my second, having owned a gen 3 door and now a gen 2 5 door cvt auto in the same colour as the one in the ad - ‘effect blue’. It’s my daily alongside a Porsche Boxster 986S 550 Spyder. Why? You may ask. Well far from being an octogenarian myself I liked the simple ‘funky’ look initially of the 3 door but then preferred the practicality of the 5 door. Having looked at other 4x4’s and owned a Cayenne S which was unbelievably thirsty I wanted a small, reliable, good looking auto 4x4 which was economical and cheap to run. Surprisingly apart from the HRV they are few and between. Power is more than adequate although the cvt takes a bit of getting used to. Been running it for over two years now, totally reliable, having it fully serviced with new exhaust and tyres. Ride height great too, perfect in all weathers, especially winter. Worth more now than I paid for it and getting more and more rare in good condition. New HRV is so bland and anonymous. Quirky fact: the net holder on the side of the passenger is designed to hold a banana if the original brochure is anything to go by! 😀😀👍👍
I bought one as I needed a change from a BMW 540i after getting a pretty hefty ticket and I just couldn't decide what to get. That was 17 years ago. I've still got it. I gave it to my other half after a couple of years and she fell in love with it, and it 'retired' about 4 years ago and we keep it for tugging a trailer around and collecting firewood etc. We've put 140k miles on it and every one of them was a smile.
The auto box is a full on moped style CVT, which is comical to drive, but the ratios make it a lot more useful than the manual. I've used it to pull all sorts out of the mud. We run it with M&S tyres all year round and it's a hoot to drive. Slow, but somehow unstoppable.
People in other old HRVs have started waving now. And oddly they are getting younger.
Not sure how long it'll last, maybe it'll need to go out in a blaze of glory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiKkzdqw-Mg
The auto box is a full on moped style CVT, which is comical to drive, but the ratios make it a lot more useful than the manual. I've used it to pull all sorts out of the mud. We run it with M&S tyres all year round and it's a hoot to drive. Slow, but somehow unstoppable.
People in other old HRVs have started waving now. And oddly they are getting younger.
Not sure how long it'll last, maybe it'll need to go out in a blaze of glory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiKkzdqw-Mg
There is a total lack of honesty in design with these dopey looking things and their stick on "sporty" addenda, the same as cab forward almost monospace hatchbacks with spoilers and bodykits.
I saw a Nissan Juke with one of these roof spoilers, and occasionally see 1st gen Touaregs with the same; on a two box car it puts me in mind of the handle on the back of a shopping trolley, or maybe the handle on the push along cars my kids used to have and now I've seen it like that I can't unsee it
I saw a Nissan Juke with one of these roof spoilers, and occasionally see 1st gen Touaregs with the same; on a two box car it puts me in mind of the handle on the back of a shopping trolley, or maybe the handle on the push along cars my kids used to have and now I've seen it like that I can't unsee it
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