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#9138385 - 09/22/17 10:33 AM New Civic Crosstour!
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Looks funky as hell. I know it's love it or hate it, but i definitely love it XD
Got it below invoice from Woodbine Toyota - no messing around. Texted the sales manager, told him I wanted the car. Give me good diu and I will not waste any time. He delivered. I confirmed pricing at unhanggle.com and got quite a lot below that. I was also at another dealer prior talking price, and this guy beat them as well.

Good on gas (avg 8.4L for the first tank - all city). Fits bike without need to remove any wheels, along with rollers/trainer, gear bag and tons of drinks/food with ease (#1 criteria!).

Driving position is surprisingly good. It feels like a car. Yes, the drivers seat is elevated, but the actual position is like a car. That is, the hip is lower than your knees. You sit *in* the seat rather than on it. Steering wheel is tilt/telescopic and forward visibility is good. Steering is surprisingly quick and brake pedal while longer travel, grabs very progressively.

Handling wise it's no joke. It drives nothing like what it looks like (read: tall CUV). It's entertaining to chuck around, and you can get the back end to step out with ease with some left foot braking. I found though that with VSC off, you can left foot brake for a max of 2 seconds before throttle is cut (boo). But working around that, the car can be manipulated quite well with just the pedals. It'll tuck in the line with throttle lift, and it can kick out the back with left foot braking easily. It's planted and gives a very direct but sprightly feel. Quick to change direction, and can hold a line better than a car this tall has any right to. The weakest link here are the craptacular tires - but that just makes it all the more easy to step out with the left foot.

Interior quality is really damn good for a car this cheap (it's 26k fully loaded). Leather(ette?) wrapped steering wheel, leatherette dash, very well supporting seats with lumbar adjustment and a crap ton of tech I've never had before. It's a really fun city car.

140hp CVT........uhhh. Engine is meatier than you'd expect in the 3k-5kRPM range. It's no rocket (it is slow), but it can get out of it's own way, and the CVT doesn't hamper it. The worst thing about the CVT is that in 1st gear, it slips the trans up to about 3k RPM. After that point, it's direct (like a torque converter locking up) and it'll move. But until it hits 3k, it's slowww. On the highway passing, it works well enough. The trans is eager to push to high RPM's to make things happen.

Cue: Vas laughing at the car \:D



Edited by 4age (09/22/17 10:37 AM)
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#9138442 - 09/22/17 11:12 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: 4age]
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Way better than the stupid hrv. I give you 10 months XD
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#9138571 - 09/22/17 12:35 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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nice pickup...not sure can get used to the looks though =S
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#9138577 - 09/22/17 12:43 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Screamin Type ARGH!]
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you got the wrong 3 character car!
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#9138585 - 09/22/17 12:53 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: phoenixrage]
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OP has lost his shit, officially.
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#9138601 - 09/22/17 01:09 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Risky Business]
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 Originally Posted By: Risky Business
OP has lost his shit, officially.
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#9138603 - 09/22/17 01:13 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: zc911]
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#9138617 - 09/22/17 01:34 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: markw]
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the side profile is nice <eom>
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#9138628 - 09/22/17 01:52 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: 4Three]
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I like the colour...know nothing about all these mini CUVs coming out now.
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#9138721 - 09/22/17 02:52 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Big Tasty]
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How's visibility Wat dat c-pillar do.
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#9138736 - 09/22/17 03:10 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: furball]
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That's not a pillar, more like a panel lol
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#9138746 - 09/22/17 03:18 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: furball]
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you know what i saw one in real life and didn't think it was that bad. i'm sure it handles alot better than the lexus NX, that thing feels like a shopping kart on wheels but the turbo engine is actually pretty damn good. would have been nice if they threw that in there with a nice trans. i'd buy one over a HRV but i'd just end myself if i bought a CUV for everyday only car lol

what color did you get?


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#9138762 - 09/22/17 03:30 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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I need to drive one to pass judgement

OP, what other cars were on your list when you were car shopping?
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#9138779 - 09/22/17 03:43 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: markw]
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 Originally Posted By: markw

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#9138834 - 09/22/17 04:29 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Wildout]
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Ahahhahahahahaha so much hate XD

I cross shopped this with Subaru XV Crosstrek and VW Golf Alltrack.
The subaru is cool as hell, and comes in manual to boot. Can be had with pano roof. But the AC is noticeably weak (yes, that matters to me!). Also, insurance shockingly high for what it is (nearly on part with Civic).

Golf Alltrack is real nice, and the interior definitely a step above. The huge pano roof, and the wagon body style is great. But two things: Turbo, and DSG. Don't trust either of them for longevity--not that vw has a good track record of it. I read up on E888 gen 3 and people are having problems with rear main seals and oil consumption. Nope.

And honestly, in the end, the chr was more entertaining to throw around--despite it lacking the forward thrust of the golf. Though I must say, that dsg trans is fantastic.

Oh and visibility out the back sucks for parking. But nothing mirrors and reverse cam doesn't fix. Doesn't matter when changing lanes cause i adjust my mirrors to see the blind spot anyway.


Edited by 4age (09/22/17 04:30 PM)
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#9138884 - 09/22/17 05:35 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: 4age]
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Of all track was $5k less of would have been a step g contender despite the issues lol
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#9138962 - 09/22/17 07:09 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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differences between this and HRV? is the HRV that bad? i've been entertaining the thought
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#9138995 - 09/22/17 08:07 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: zaius]
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Everyone complaining about visibility...obviously never driven a ford e250 with only side mirrors lol
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#9139002 - 09/22/17 08:11 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: 4age]
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 Originally Posted By: 4age
Ahahhahahahahaha so much hate XD

I cross shopped this with Subaru XV Crosstrek and VW Golf Alltrack.
The subaru is cool as hell, and comes in manual to boot. Can be had with pano roof. But the AC is noticeably weak (yes, that matters to me!). Also, insurance shockingly high for what it is (nearly on part with Civic).

Golf Alltrack is real nice, and the interior definitely a step above. The huge pano roof, and the wagon body style is great. But two things: Turbo, and DSG. Don't trust either of them for longevity--not that vw has a good track record of it. I read up on E888 gen 3 and people are having problems with rear main seals and oil consumption. Nope.

And honestly, in the end, the chr was more entertaining to throw around--despite it lacking the forward thrust of the golf. Though I must say, that dsg trans is fantastic.

Oh and visibility out the back sucks for parking. But nothing mirrors and reverse cam doesn't fix. Doesn't matter when changing lanes cause i adjust my mirrors to see the blind spot anyway.


I'm probably odd ball but the car looks nice to me lol

Other than the ac in the subaru anything else you didn't like? My buddy who loves subaru was looking at an xv. It looks like a lifted imprezza to me but he seems to like it

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#9139074 - 09/22/17 11:09 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: loudsubz]
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I like the way it looks too. That colour scheme not so much.
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#9139096 - 09/23/17 12:02 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: The Postman]
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So you dumped the 328 wagon already?
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#9139199 - 09/23/17 10:39 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: hyper-s2k]
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 Originally Posted By: hyper-s2k
So you dumped the 328 wagon already?


He already had something in between the 328 wagon and CHR lol
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#9139211 - 09/23/17 11:07 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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Disaster, he is living it.

Just buy another S4 and call it ;\)

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#9139235 - 09/23/17 11:52 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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 Originally Posted By: hyper-s2k
So you dumped the 328 wagon already?


He already had something in between the 328 wagon and CHR lol


Lol. It's always a close race between him, Rob and C J fly as to who has the biggest automotive ADD.
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#9139255 - 09/23/17 12:13 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: hyper-s2k]
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CJ Fly is like a low key auto ADD...walked by his place last night: 5 lug EK hatch in metallic lime green, wtf
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#9139554 - 09/23/17 09:28 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Risky Business]
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 Originally Posted By: Risky Business
CJ Fly is like a low key auto ADD...walked by his place last night: 5 lug EK hatch in metallic lime green, wtf


that old thing ;P

it's for sale btw
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#9139711 - 09/24/17 10:27 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Screamin Type ARGH!]
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Loudsubz--the Subaru was great. Super quick steering. It has the same rack as the brz. It's entertaining to drive but the motor is pretty flat in power delivery. Doesn't really matter where you are in the power band, it doesn't have any meat to it (I know we're talking about low power cars here but even amongst them, this motor is not great). It has a really updated interior compared to last gen, but I'm not a fan of the interior styling. And the exterior looks like a Tonka truck. Cost wise, it's quite a lot more but you get awd, led lights and a moonroof. It's a cool car and would be a tank in the snow--oh and the gas tank is huge - like 70l. Bad on gas in a manual though.

Vas - Cj flys ek sounds super awesome XD
Hyper- e91 got dumped. It was a bad situation but at the time, I was dealing with two houses and a Reno. Didn't want to deal with a car that had a failing transmission.
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#9139743 - 09/24/17 11:39 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: 4age]
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Calling it here, this car won't last past 12 months.
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#9139745 - 09/24/17 11:51 AM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Risky Business]
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 Originally Posted By: Risky Business
Calling it here, this car won't last past 12 months.



Really going on a limb for that one, are ya?

Calling it here: The sun will set tonight!


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#9139780 - 09/24/17 12:41 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Risky Business]
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 Originally Posted By: Risky Business
Calling it here, this car won't last past 12 months.



I already said 10 months.
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#9139782 - 09/24/17 12:45 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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I like it!
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#9236742 - 01/22/18 06:21 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Hatorade]
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 Originally Posted By: Risky Business
Calling it here, this car won't last past 12 months.



I already said 10 months.


We both fucked up, this guy lasted just over 3 months with this giant heap of shit. What a colossal fuck up this car was for a self proclaimed purist/car enthusiast. Who goes in with a straight face and buys this shit?

At least he is back in God's chariot \:D

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#9236786 - 01/22/18 07:27 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Risky Business]
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he bought a CRX????
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#9236858 - 01/22/18 09:11 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: Risky Business]
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 Originally Posted By: Hatorade
 Originally Posted By: Risky Business
Calling it here, this car won't last past 12 months.



I already said 10 months.


We both fucked up, this guy lasted just over 3 months with this giant heap of shit. What a colossal fuck up this car was for a self proclaimed purist/car enthusiast. Who goes in with a straight face and buys this shit?

At least he is back in God's chariot \:D


Lol. 3 months off a brand new car. That depreciation yo.

Gotta hear why it's not as good as the initial review.
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'13 x1 - now @ 99,xxx km - a2b car
'10 x3 - now @ 123,xxx km - time 2 go?
'03 s2k - now @ 80,xxx km - a2a car
'08 535i - sold @ 149,421 km - cashed out just in time!
'08 impreza 2.5i - sold @ - 64,147 km - smh POS
'01 rav4 - killed @ 155,879 km - RIP old friend

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#9236918 - 01/22/18 10:22 PM Re: New Civic Crosstour! [Re: hyper-s2k]
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Cuck mininvan inbound. HRV, Audi etc outbound.
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