"I now have the 1.6 diesel but not impressed with economy"
Hmm- Being a dyed in the wool Honda nut I was never enthusiastic over Honda's decision to dump the 2.2 CDTI in all it's forms and hitch their wagon to the "tiddley little engines with lots of boost are better" train of thought.
Interested to hear that, reading the hype, you would expect better figures.
The thought of a CRV with a 1.6 diesel just doesn't add up to my way of thinking.
I was serously considering a new CRV, a year or so ago, but the cranky 4wd situation put me off and then the 1.6 motor put me right off.
I just sold my Civic 2.2 cdti Type S over here in france - regrettably- it was a great concept of a big torquey motor in a small grippy chassis, and I really enjoyed ragging it around the deserted D roads over here, when OH and nobody else was looking!
When I sold it, it had 54 mpg on the fuel computer readout, the payoff from the big motor in a small car.
Our current Honda Accord Type S tourer with the 178 hp 2,2 N22B Japan-built diesel is turning in about 43.5 mpg on a combination of airport runs and shopping trips.
The build quality is a a whole lot better than the UK built Honda's though.
A very nice car to drive, still able to hack it around the country roads, not quite such a hooligan motor as the Civic but a very capable long distance machine.
Small engines in big cars never did work IMHO.
Edit- Sorry! I got a bit carried away there - back to the thread subject.
The Civic at 34Kwould use a smidgen of oil between changes if run on 0w-30, on 5w- 30 used next to nothing.
The current Accord has used zero oil - nothing- the level on the stick has not changed in 5000 miles before the service and it has never gone into regen mode yet.
Edited by focussed on 18/05/2016 at 00:34
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