I happend to find this post while searching for a set of winter wheels for my crv.
How many things can you find wrong with this statement??

"Kent of Overland Park KS (8/8/03):
We had an accident with the CRV on a rain-slick road. Driving well under the recommended speed limit, it began to slid and when the brakes were used, it spun out, hitting guardrails along the road. It was very apparent that the rear-wheel drive kicked in and propelled the car into the spin. Why would anyone want four-wheel drive to operate at speeds over 10 mph? On wet or icy roads, everyone knows that front-wheel drive is the preferred drive train. Why would Honda install "on demand" four wheel drive which the driver can't override? Very dangerous design and short-sighted.

The car received about $10,000 damage by driving at speeds under 30 mph on a wet and curvy Arkansas road."

Posted on consumeraffairs.org

 

People in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City) don't know how to drive in the winter as it is. Mass carnage erupts when the first snow fall dusts the streets and highways.

 

At least 6...lol. Is the CRV the winter beater?!?

 

"The four-wheel-drive system is one of those on-demand types, meaning the CR-V operates in front-wheel-drive until wheel slippage is detected and then all four wheels go to work without you having to push a button or twist a dial." -Chicago Tribune


Umm... duh.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StageOne &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Iit began to slid and when the brakes were used, it spun out, hitting guardrails along the road. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Duh..

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It was very apparent that the rear-wheel drive kicked in and propelled the car into the spin.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ummm.... Sure

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would anyone want four-wheel drive to operate at speeds over 10 mph? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Then why'd he buy an AWD car?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">On wet or icy roads, everyone knows that front-wheel drive is the preferred drive train.</TD></TR></TABLE>

He might want to let all the succesful Rally and Ice racers know about his discovery of the best drivetrain for low grip surfaces...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would Honda install "on demand" four wheel drive which the driver can't override? Very dangerous design and short-sighted.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It frightens me that he is probably able to vote... and reproduce

 

Having driven my wife's CR-V EX on unplowed roads in whiteout conditions from RI to CT one New Year's a few years back, I can say that the CR-V is about as sure-footed and competent in the snow as anyone could ask a vehicle to be.

Why that happened in rain (if the guy isn't lying) is beyond me. I'll chalk it up to idiocy.

Then again, maybe I know how to drive in inclement weather.

[edit] Oh, I see--he hit the brakes while turning. Even still--that thing understters so much, you have to be doing something magical to get it to spin.



Modified by gamby at 8:04 AM 11/1/2003

 

Hey, Kent: don't hit the brakes when you start to slide. Drivetrain doesn't make a difference at that point.

 

"Nothing can be made fool-proof because fools are so ingenious."

 

Face it 99% of drivers don't know how to really drive (ie correct a spin or control their car in anything other than "normal" driving).

Non-car people look at me odd when I say I don't know how to drive a rear wheel drive car. Our version of knowing how to drive is so vastly different than other people its scary.

 

I used to work with a girl whose husband bought her a radar detector. The first day on her lunch break, she got a speeding ticket. She was completely livid at her husband because obviously the radar detector caused her to get the ticket and it was all his fault. She was dead serious and couldn't see how any bit of it could be her own fault. He wasn't even with her and it was his fault entirely.

I think she is in the same class as the CRV driver. Some people take clueless to a whole new level.

 

No mention is made of tire condition. I've got good money that says the CRV was on questionable tires that were at the wrong pressure.

 

The CR-V uses a viscous coupling to engage the rear wheels. It is impossible for the rear wheels to engage like that if you're not on the gas.

What a retard. He doesn't know how to drive, so he tries to find some way to blame it on the car.

 

You gotta admit though, that's a pretty creative way of saying he has no idea how to drive. :D