Thread: Stick with a 2007 CRV or 2015 Toyota Pre Runner

I would go the pre runner, I have the 2015 TRD model great vehicle, at 9 years old the CRV is long in the tooth

Yet someone would pay half a million baht for it? Weird. I sounds like it is a couple of years from the scrap yard.

Whilst newer and undoubtedly more reliable, I'd guess that the Prerunner may feel a tad agricultural after the CRV. Neither are known for great driving dynamics, but the CRV is definitely closer to the car end of the spectrum.

Assuming you're OK with the above I'd go for the Prerunner simply because it will be likely to give you five to ten years of completely worry-free motoring. Keeping an older car alive tends to start costing money and it sounds like the CRV is getting to that stage.

The CRV has very low mileage. Sort out the electrical problem and you have good, practical and cheap transportation that will last for years.

I've got a 2000 CRV, as well as a 2005 CRV. My two most reliable and hassle-free vehicles. They are far better made than newer model CRV's. I'm keeping them until one of us croaks. Resale on the older CRV's is still excellent; they hold value well because they are low maintenance and on the road look little different than a CRV ten years newer.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Sort out the electrical problem and you have good, practical and cheap transportation that will last for years.

Yep. What I would do.

Originally Posted by Humbert

The CRV has very low mileage

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

CRV- 2007 has 75,000 miles

Are you a second-hand car salesman?

Originally Posted by Dapper

75,000 miles

Missed that. My brain is metric.

On second thought. Go Toyata.

Originally Posted by Humbert

The CRV has very low mileage. Sort out the electrical problem and you have good, practical and cheap transportation that will last for years.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

I've got a 2000 CRV, as well as a 2005 CRV. My two most reliable and hassle-free vehicles. They are far better made than newer model CRV's. I'm keeping them until one of us croaks. Resale on the older CRV's is still excellent; they hold value well because they are low maintenance and on the road look little different than a CRV ten years newer.

Agree.

Prefer to drive the cry than my wife's accord. But after the power steering kind of went, pulling from left to right and fortunate at the time it pulled me into fashion island's loading bay, I sensed thing were perhaps going to get worse. Turned out to be an earth breakage and cost 1500bht to repair. I am just starting to get that uneasy feeling that hard to find electrical issues are going to come about.

I replaced complete suspension last year and tires because it was sat unused. Think it might be a sign of things to come. I regret selling the Pajero, so perhaps the pre runner will come in handy.

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I actually meant Humbert for saying that your quoted mileage of 75,000 miles was "very low"

Anyway, as you were

Originally Posted by Dapper

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I actually meant Humbert for saying that your quoted mileage of 75,000 miles was "very low"

Anyway, as you were

I'm wired to read KMs so I read it that way. We are in Thailand, who thinks in miles anyway?
Things are going to go wrong with an older car. You have to deal with the maintenance issues. Still a lot cheaper than buying a new car.

Feckin' Thais, eh!

Mid-week we arranged to view the Toyota on Saturday. Friday, had a minor off road accident on my motorbike while doing a wheelie over a small Kong bridge. As I got to opposite side my foot peg snapped and I nearly went flying as I was standing at the pegs at the time

Phone Kawa "Do you have the parts?" Yes, we do. Great I will be there tomorrow.

On the way we phone my wife's dealer friend to inform her we are an hour away. Get to Kawasaki, no parts in stock, 7 days! Feck, was supposed to be going on an off road trip today with a chap who contacted me via this forum, I think.

On our way to see Toyota we phoned to say we are 20 mins away after been sat in an hours + traffic to Kawa. Get there, pass the pleasantries only for the silly cow to inform us the car was sold yesterday! Fair enough, the car was sold so she took the opportunity to get us in the door and try coax us into buying another truck, but it really does infuriate me with the lack of common decency in most here.

Feckit, we are keeping the CRV.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

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Feckit, we are keeping the CRV.

You should be able to sort out the electrical issue with a decent diagnostic mechanic.

Most dealership mechanics are simply parts re-placers not diagnosticians.

It wouldn't be too hard to diagnose the problem yourself with a voltmeter.

Guy offered me $5,000 USD yesterday for my 2000 CRV. Told him no thanks.

Couldn't replace it for anything as good for 5K.

Plus, it had some problems years ago (ball joints, tie bars, shitty plastic radiator) which have all been sorted long ago - don't want to start over with new problems from some other guy's used car.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

Feckit, we are keeping the CRV.

but now she knows you were considering trading for a younger model, she's going to cost you big money from now on

Originally Posted by Kurgen

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

Feckit, we are keeping the CRV.

but now she knows you were considering trading for a younger model, she's going to cost you big money from now on

Nah, didn't meet her in a bar, plus she earns 5x more than I do. She bought both cars and wanted to buy a new HRV for me but I said no. Pickup fine, if the deal was on as I can chuck the bikes in the back.

I am blessed from that side. When we first met 10 years ago I was the bread winner. The only thing I own legally is my motorbike, the rest is for our daughter. I am happy with that!

Originally Posted by Rigger

I would go the pre runner, I have the 2015 TRD model great vehicle, at 9 years old the CRV is long in the tooth

Same vehicle I have as well, and love it. I had a 2009 Smartcab Prerunner 3.0 diesel that I traded in on the TRD, and it burned more fuel than the 2.5L Turbo Diesel I have now. You can not to wrong with a Toyota pickup in Thailand. They are one of the best deals going IMO.