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Quote: Originally posted by Jim1977 on 18/9/2016

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Hi, we have a petrol CRV, 4WD version, 2013. It's the manual version though not auto. The engine is pretty weak, we tow a small camping trailer 450kg max load and that struggles uphill on motorways, you have to plan ahead with gears for hills or overtakes etc, you can't just put your foot down and get out of a situation.
I've read the auto feels even more weak, unless you put it in Sequential mode and change gears using the paddles.

MPG is nothing special, I get 35mpg mainly driving around town, I guess the auto would get more like 28-30

In all other respects though it is a fantastic car and I don't think there are any petrol SUV's with much more oomph. Maybe an old Lexus RX hybrid.

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Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 19/9/2018

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Probably because the kerbweight of the CRV is much greater than that of a Mini Clubman to start with, back in the mid 1980s l traded up a 1.3 Honda Civic for a 1.6 Ho da Accord, both towing a lightweight ABI Monza Caravan. To my suprise, the smaller engined and lighter Civic made the better towcar, the extra power from the Accord 1.6 engine was clearly being used up to carry the heavier body of the Accord.

Julia

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