1st December 2008, 19:43
| #16 |
| BHPian  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hyderabad
Posts: 331
Thanked: 57 Times
| |
|
| |
|
1st December 2008, 20:20
| #17 | ||
| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: delhi
Posts: 113
Thanked: Once
| Quote:
Yes always an AT fan. please wait for the detailed comparison between CVT and this beauty. Quote:
Updates on first thoughts in some time.. | ||
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 20:42
| #18 |
| Senior - BHPian  | |
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 21:28
| #19 |
| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: delhi
Posts: 113
Thanked: Once
| More updates. Interiors are plastic with minimal fabric. However the plastic used is solid and of very high quality and I prefer it to fabric any day. Also it looks better in feel than many of the fabric interiors seen in similar cars. Still I would have preferred leather like in the CRV but … Centre console looks good. Aluminum finish looks real without being garish. Feel of HVAC buttons is little weak as compared to the CVT but I am confident they will stand test of time.  Instrument cluster is a bright orange..heheh but mutes down to a more sensible shade once the vehicle is started. Speedo and tachy look good but are not the best in their class.   Honda methinks took inputs from the public and hence has incorporated many sensible storage spaces in the car. There is a cute card slot for keeping Toll Passes etc.  Small Drawer like thing to the right of the steering. Fit is looking bad. Honda quality issue???  Fabric covered Armrest is a welcome relief. Storage space built in.   Floor mattings are in black which I feel is a good thing. The CVT’s beige matting was a pain to maintain.  Driver door controls are pretty much the same. One good change is the shifting of the Power mirror switches to the door.  AT lever is not that good looking with quite a hard feel to it. Maybe it is because of the car being new. The CVT’s lever was better in feel with a smoother operation.  Steering is a straight lift from the Civic.  Better picture of the illuminated side strips. They look sexy in the dark….paisa vasool.  Now coming to one of the most debated topics for the AHNC. The Music player. The player is quite good with the speakers in the four doors. The speakers sound good. Overall the music system is the best factory fitted system in the sub 15 lakh category I have come across. Music system accepts USB drives. I also connected my Nokia E51 to it. Hard drives are not recommended as per the manual. There is an aux-in port in the drawer(see on left side) which is another good move.  Another hot point was the large amount of space in the bonnet. however my AT does not have that large a gap. Maybe that gap seen in the manual was for accommodating the AT transmission.  The position of the engine coolant tank is in such a funny position that one helps wonder how will one fill coolant in it. Maybe Honda does not want its customers to fill coolant in the tank by themselves. I had to bend over double and at an angle to take this pic.  The air filter intake has been extended to the bonnet underside.  Cost cutting by Honda is evident everywhere. Eg. My CVT had proper matting on the bonnet and the boot interior. This baby has none.   Hope you people liked the review. Comments/questions will be highly appreciated. Note : I have gotten an FE of 9 till now. (also kindly forgive poor quality of the pics. not much of a photographer) |
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 22:12
| #20 |
| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Delhi
Posts: 10
Thanked: 0 Times
| An excellent and in depth review/ analysis. Keep it up buddy  .FE of 9 appears to be on lower side. My SMT, which has run 320 Kms mostly on highway, has given avg FE of 18 as per digital readout. |
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 22:45
| #21 |
| Senior - BHPian  | |
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 22:46
| #22 |
| BHPian  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Thane
Posts: 334
Thanked: 4 Times
| |
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 23:14
| #23 |
| Senior - BHPian  | Congrats Mate  Most of the things you said in review are the same i felt when i took the test drive this weekend. FE was 10.5 on the meter when i was TD and Auto i suppose will be a KM less so i think your 9 justifies it (total run in of the TD vehicle was 614km when i started and took it for 10km). Seems you love this color as your previous car has same one and it looks great. Though personally i liked Red best. This is a damn good car IMO and wanted to TD the AT mainly to check the paddle shifts as well but sadly they didnt had one available then so will wait for your detailed review |
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 23:33
| #24 | ||||
| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: delhi
Posts: 113
Thanked: Once
| Quote:
she has just done 78 kms and most of the engine running was with the car in standstill giving demos to my relatives/friends. Detailed FE i will get next week when i am doing a 600 km run. Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
| ||||
|
|
|
1st December 2008, 23:42
| #25 | |
| Senior - BHPian  | Quote:
| |
|
|
|
2nd December 2008, 00:09
| #26 |
| Senior - BHPian  | |
|
|
| |
|
2nd December 2008, 00:42
| #27 | |
| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: delhi
Posts: 113
Thanked: Once
| Quote:
sir my next car has to be that red beauty you have- the VRs. Too bad skoda stopped production. I still remember the first time i drove a VRs. i was so mesmerized with the whistle of the super charger that i forgot to shift into 3rd, and i got a few good words..hehe for driving her so slow. | |
|
|
|
2nd December 2008, 00:50
| #28 | |
| Team-BHP Support   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai
Posts: 10,265
Thanked: 12,317 Times
| Quote:
| |
|
|
|
2nd December 2008, 01:22
| #29 |
| BHPian  | |
|
|
|
2nd December 2008, 14:45
| #30 |
| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dubai
Posts: 6
Thanked: 3 Times
| |
|
|
 |
Most Viewed