On Jun 9, 4:38*am, "Gh0stRid3r" <nos...@nospam.net> wrote:
> "ACAR" <gmw...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:c8fd7435-56c3-4c50-8ce5-ba855de62ba9@21g2000vbk.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 7, 7:34 pm, "Gh0stRid3r" <nos...@nospam.net> wrote:
> snip
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> > Has anyone else experienced tire issues or other problems with their CRV
> > like this?
>
> Honda vs Toyota
>
> Honda cars handle better than Toyota cars, in general. And Honda
> drivers tend to drive their cars harder and wear out tires and brakes
> faster. That said, Honda brakes are some of the worst and Toyotas some
> of the best with respect to durability. Friends of mine with a CRV
> also remarked about poor tire wear. They needed more room and bought
> an AWD Sienna which they say is superior in every way except mpg.
>
> A Honda car may handle better, but my Rav4 will run rings around a CRV in
> handling. That tank gets maybe 22-24 mpg and I get in the winter 24-26 and
> in the summer 27-30. Even when I drove the CRV on a trip I could only get28
> out of it.

If you can get better millage out of the car than your wife can I
would totally think that its her driving.
she must be hard on the gas, hard on the brake, lots of stop and go
in town, or accordion driving on the hwy.