 What's up internet? So doing something new today, reviewing the Honda CR-Z and hybrid siya. So a lot of people have questions about the hybrid. Does it need more maintenance in a regular car? Kamusta siya sa baha? Alam mo naman sa atin? Maulan? And must matipid ba talaga siya sa gas? So we're gonna explain all of those things, pero bago noon, malik muna tayo sa computer para sa sponsor natin. Ang video na to ay handog ng CBKoffers.com Marami kang mahanap na ibat-ibang uri ng software dito. May games, apps, activation codes, or Windows 10. Check out our video on CBKoffers in the video description. Mabilis, mura, and, of course, legit dito. Madali lang mag-order, search for the software you need, add to cart, check out, dan ka sa payment options nila, wala pa isang minuto, finished. May legit working CBK ka na sa software na pinilimo. Kamitin ang aming promo code para makakuhapan ng extra 20% discount sa purchase mo. Kung naghanap ka ng mura, legit, and original software, check out CBKoffers.com. The first thing people ask about hybrids is how much maintenance is it need. Mas, you know, madali ba siyang masira compared to a regular car? Ganon ba siya karaliable? And my experience with this car, seven years natung CRZ sa akin, it's just like any other car. We have regular maintenance once a year sa kasa. And I know a lot of car guys say na don't go to the kasa, don't ka na lang sa auto shop mo na trusted, pero for me, okay na yun na at least safety ka na sa kasa and I don't tell them to do everything. I only, you know, pinipili ko lang yung mga pinapagawa ko sa kanila. Dataside, yung other regular maintenance once a year sa kasa and after that, no problems na. Again, like any other car, once you take care of it, once a year, good to go na siya. Second thing that people ask all the time is hybrid. So ibig sabi ng hybrid, it uses a combination of two systems, the regular internal combustion engine na gumagamit ng gasolina and pangalawa, it also uses electricity. May extra batteries to sa likot kung saan na iipon yung koreyente and it uses that energy, that electricity to make the car run to power the drivetrain. But a lot of people are worried na koreyente gamit mo para magpatapobong sasakyan. How is a hybrid in the tropical setting? The answer is actually not too bad. Actually very good. Nalusap ko na rin to sa baha one time. Di ko talaga na iwasan. Mabaha sa amin, I need to get home. Napadan ko sa baha and it made it home okay, but just to illustrate gano katas na yung water levels, parang dumikit yung brake pads ng koche. Once it became dry, I tried to move the car. Ayon na gumalao. Umahanda rin ang makina, no problem, but I couldn't shift it into gear. Parang nakadikit ata yung brake pads or something like that. Sabi nang mechanic, sige, sir, ito muna natry natin to. Nakapatay yung makina, pasak mo muna sa first gear and for the drivers out there, you know na kung inandaram mo yan, nakaon yung first gear, tatalun yung koche. And yun yan ang iyari, tumalun siya na unstuck whatever was stuck there and yun, okay na siya after that. I drive it around like normal, no long term damage to the car. The engine was fine, the battery system, the hybrid system was completely fine and I've been using it for years after that without any problem. So this is where the fun begins. Since it is a hybrid, mas marami na siyang information na binibigay sa iyo compared to a regular car. Parang naglalaro ka lang ng video game, actually. Andami mga displays. In real time, nakihita mo kung binagomong yung driving style mo, how that affects your fuel performance. That's a bunch of modes that you can see here. So this is the first display that you have. Kumbaga, how green your ride is, itong tutubo yung mga green plants na to dito sa display. It starts out with zero at the start of each ride and as you go through the ride as mas maganda ngayong fuel efficiency mo, tumutubo yung mga plants yun. The next display, it saves the last four rides. This is a real time display again where it shows you your kilometers per liter that you can't compare to your last three previous drives. So yung current drive na ting yun, parang we're doing around eight kilometers per liter which is not so good. Generally, we can do better, especially kung na sa highway. But at least mo ko compare mo na, ay parang off ako ngayon or soba yung traffic kasi kaya di mo mamit yung targets mo dung sa kilometers per liter. The next display is the average over time. Sa bohong seven years that I've been using this car, yung total average ko per liter is 10.7. Again, not so good. Sinisisi ko yung traffic. Hindi naman ako super kasi kasero sa dan, I don't think. Traffic really brings your kilometer per liter way down. Kaya tumas lang to kasi paminsan yung pinapatakbo ko sa bagyo, sa tagay-tay and longer drives walang traffic. Usually maswata sa fuel efficiency mo kaya 10.7 to. But if this were just a regular city car, I think it would be much lower. The next display is the range. Currently, it's telling me na I have 340 kilometers left. Kino compute niya to based on your driving style. Ay to, usually 10.7 kilometers per liter tapos ilang meters na titira sa tanke and that's how it gets the range. So naka-customize siya, it learns your driving style and then it computes from there. How far left can you go? Elapsed time, just the elapsed time that we have on the current drive. So once you turn this off, it goes back to zero. And average speed is 16 kilometers per hour. Which again, is pretty low. So this display, naki kita mo what's powering your car, whether it's gas, whether it's electric and whether you're charging your batteries. Kasi yung hybrid, sa niya kinakuhay yung corriente na iniipo niya dun sa mga batteries. When you're moving forward, the batteries charge up and it's also from regenerative braking. Actually the pre-use, the Toyota pre-use na yung pinakasikat na hybrid does this better. Ito hindi ganung kaganda yung capture niya how much electricity you generate from when you brake. It's from those two modes when you're moving forward and when you're braking and it charges sa the battery and it also has a display that tells you how much charge you have left in the battery. Question. Paano kung fully depleted na yung battery kung baka cellphone, zero charge ka na? Aandar pa ba yung coche? Yes, no problem, that's not a concern. The CRZ can run fully just on the gas engine. At nangyari na sa aking before na in traffic, talagang mag-zero yung battery kasi stop go siya. It also uses the battery to start your engine again and that depletes the battery over time. So it can occur na you're not moving enough to recharge the batteries, mag-zero talaga siya. But no worries, nika naman hintu sa dahan. As long as you have gas just like a regular car, it will still function. Another fun thing about this car is it has three different driving modes. Again, it's like a video game. Parang nakatagal ka lang nung driving modes dito. So the first mode is Econ and Econ is the acceleration is very slow. Hindi naman Inova levels slow kasi I've driven a lot of Inovas also. Yung acceleration ng Inova parang go-karts sobrang babano acceleration. Yung Econ mode ni CRZ di naman ganoong kalala na parang Inova but kailang mong umapaksa gas pedal para lang umarang kada konte. And you want to use Econ mode of course in traffic kasi yun nga, you don't need a lot of acceleration. Okay lang na sobrang babano acceleration nung sasakyan mo. In normal mode, it's just like any other regular sedan type car. Comparable to a Civic in terms of feel, comparable to an Altis, it's nothing great. Pwede pang overtaking, you know, you feel like you want to get a little speed. Normal is fine for that mode. Definitely mararam daman mo, alayo nung difference dun sa Econ mode siya normal mode. Mas responsive talaga acceleration sa normal mode. But the most fun mode is the sports mode. When you toggle sports mode, the display turns red. It says sport. So parang dun palang visually, sinasabi nung coaches sayon na, oi pre, eba to, you've enabled sports mode. And when you toggle sports mode, not only does your display turn red, but ang bilis na nung acceleration niya. And you can't feel it but the difference is automatically nararam daman mo when you're driving. Kuntin apak mo lang sa gas, ang bilis, bilis nung acceleration. You notice... I don't wanna do that. I'm not saying that I tried to do 0-100, one time on Ayala Avenue during the pandemic. I'm not saying that, but it's on sports mode that you really feel na, oi ito yung parang sports aspect ni CRZ because they do market it as a sporty hybrid. Even the handling of the car changes, kuntin galong mo lang sa manubela. So broong responsive na nung car, nung car movements. And you don't feel that in the regular, in the normal mode and the econ mode. And so sports mode is really intended for the times that you want to let loose. And you wanna overtake somebody on the highway. You need fine control. Let's say, I don't know for some reason and of course I don't advocate drag racing or anything. If you're in situations where you need a lot of speed, but at the same time, you need a lot of precise control in the car. That's when you enable sports mode. And the cherry on top is the speed boost. Dagdag pa to sa sports mode. You can engage speed boost in any mode. It's engaged just by a button here on the steering wheel. And that one gives you like an extra 10 to 15 seconds na kung bagal lahat nung energy dun sa batteries, parang tinatapon niya dun sa makina. So it's basically telling the car, go as fast as you can based on the mode that you're in. May monitor siya dito. You can't enable speed boost any time. You need to be traveling at a certain speed and then you need to have enough charge in the batteries. Tapos the display will light up here na pwede ka na mag speed boost. And when you do speed boost, the display also turns red to let you know na if you're in the other non-sports modes, if you do speed boost, pupula yung display to let you know na you've engaged speed boost. And again, it's very noticeable. Parang discernible talaga yung pickup niya. Kasi yung ginagamit niya yung koreyente, may wine talaga. You can really hear a high-pitched wine when the speed boost is engaged. Let's try to get it on. Yeah. They're ready and let's engage speed boost. You know, this turns red. You're full assist. And we're going like 70 now and let's hope nobody complains. Yung makada din sa hybrid, na mamata yung makina when it's on idle. So let's say you're in traffic, you pull up to the car in front of you, you put the stick in neutral and any other car, tuloy-tuloy lang yung makina mo, you're still burning gasoline. Pero dito sa hybrid, the CRC calls it auto-stop. And the engine will die. It's really a feature na para di ka mag-axean ang gasolina habang nakastop ka, the engine is off but the car is still on. And you never noticed before how loud an engine is even on idle until you're in a hybrid and you're in traffic and you glide to a stop. And suddenly, ang tahimik inside your car and all you can hear outside are the engines of the other cars. Di ko to nampansin dati pero when I started driving the CRC and nag-auto-stop siya, para napansin ko, ang inay pala talaga nung internal combustion engines but inside, you're inside the cabin of your car. Para ang tahimik, sobrang stressful ng traffic but it can add sometimes to the zen moments na you just wanna, okay, just relax lang, traffic, wala ka na magawa, but at least inside your car, it's quiet. And at the same time, hindi ka nag-axayan ng pera. You're not burning any gasoline. Your aircon also goes off because since the engine is off, it changes the kind of electricity I think it's using from AC to DC. So yung aircon mo, may buga pa rin siya, pero parang electric fan na lang siya. Yung bugan niya hindi na malamig. For some people, this is an issue because they want to keep cool all the time. For me, it's not. I don't mind to be honest na naging electric fan siya. Kasi in traffic, 20, 30 seconds later, a-under ka naulit, bubukasulit yung aircon with the cold air coming out. Some drivers are worried na the engine turns off. Eh, pa na yun? Pag na sa traffic ka, ka-la mo ulit umandar kagad. But it's, it's effortless. Pag nakautostop ka and you need to go, you just shift it into first gear and it's just like, wala lang, para nakanutral ka, pag shift mo sa first gear, nandun na ulit yung makina. Let's one teacher I really like about the CRZ, which I think a lot of the other hybrids have as well. I'm not sure about the leaf, but definitely I think the Prius, ganun na siya. On the aesthetics of the car, to be honest, I really like how the car looks. One thing that immediately drew me to this car, it doesn't look like a Lola car. Yung problema sa Toyota Prius, yes, it's much more fuel efficient, it's a hybrid, but it's very boring. Yung maganda sa CRZ, it's small but terrible, pocket rocket. It looks like a sports car even though it's a hybrid. It's not as sporty as let's say the Toyota 86, which is roughly around the same price range as this thing. But it's sporty enough with its two doors na parang feeling mo na, it sets you apart and especially when the car was still new. You would see kids turning their heads, look at the car. One time, I was in Baguio, tapos may inapasigaw talaga na, oh, CRZ parang ganyan. You do get a little bit more attention on the road because the car is quite uncommon, it's not something you regularly see. And it's not for everybody, siyempre kanyi kanyang taste yung aesthetics. Even seven years later, kamitsan, tinitignan kung parin siya, like I'm just looking at it in the garage na, damn, this is a good looking car. May isang video tayo na about PC cases and yung payo ko dun sa PC cases video is that you need to fall in love with the case kasi you see it every day. Yung din yung payo ko for if you're choosing your own car, you really gotta love the aesthetics. It does have this weird fin, parang there's a shark's fin in the very center of the car on top, on the roof. Ako, I don't mind it. I think it's a nice little flourish to the aesthetic. Actually, my lola hated it. Parang should always make fun of the CRZ na an auto na nai pa ko which in Bisaya means the car with the fin basically. Actually bought this when I was still a bachelor. Then I got married. Binili ko to nung wala pa kong asawa kasi nung may asawa na ako baka din na payagan. Two door sports car with a fin on top. Ay, it's more like yung ay, it's more like a bachelor's car. Buta na lang na pinapayagan pa rin o ni Mrs. na gamitin kahit na kasan na kami. Kasi sayang naman di ba? Nabilin na. It's a two door car and it's basically a two seater. Two people can sit comfortably in front. There is a jump seat in the back but it's a joke man. I mean the leg room there is terrible in the back. It's really hard to climb in and climb out. We've had four adults in this car for a very short period of time. May be like a 15 minute drive just getting from point A to point B. So it is possible but not very comfortable and I wouldn't recommend it. But on the upside the trunk space is quite generous especially with the jump seat down. You know, we use this car all the time to transport Logan the Husky our mascot of the shop and that's why you can see in a lot of the B-roll there's a lot of Husky fur, white fur all over the place because Logan does get driven around a lot. Siya yung boss ako yung driver niya. The seat is very comfortable. I've driven hours here. Yung up to bagyo, up to the gaitay. No problem. In traffic, you can kinda lean back and kinda just sign a high na ako traffic na naman but you know, the back support is very good. It's very comfortable. I did my research when deciding to buy this thing. Paran mas comfortable yung seat nung Toyota 86. The 86 just kinda molded itself better to my back and to your body. Parang mas yun ay yakap ka nung Toyota 86 na seat. I do have to give it to the 86 parang mas comfortable yung chair niya but the chair of this thing is still very comfortable. There's sports trim in the stitching of the seat and things like that to go with the overall aesthetic na bridge of sporty but comfort level is very good and you can spend hours in it without feeling like parang asakit na nalikod mo and things like that. Points to consider if you are thinking of getting the CRZ. It is lowered because the profile is lower because passports mode nga yun na ting. The problem with that is and the last niya sumayad sa daan. The underside of the front will really scrape on tall humps or incline like you're on an incline and then like driveways na sobrang task nung elevation bigla or yung potholes yun. Over the years and dami na talagang battle damage nung CRZ especially dun sa front. It's not the car's fault yun talagang design niya. It's just na yung road conditions sa atin hindi ganung kaganda and hindi mo talagang may wasan. Actually, the first time na I scraped the front was wala pang 15 minutes. I bought it from Honda Show. Problem na sa Honda Show yung naka-store yung car sila dun sa task nung it's like on the second floor driveway siya tapos yung the bottom of that driveway where the driveway meets the level part sobrang steep. So ayun, tumama yung coche simulang-simulap palang asakit. I just bought the car first time na de-drive ko siya. You can try to maneuver the car na one front tire goes first then the other tire. But kung masikip imposible talagay yun. So there will be situations where the front will really scrape. I made peace with it pero yun ganung talaga especially the driving conditions dito sa atin. Lastly, my only real complaint about this car is the visibility in the four o'clock position. Because of the trunk and because of the way it's designed there is basically zero visibility in the four o'clock position and when you're trying to maneuver you're in a center lane you're trying to move to the right and aside from looking in the side mirror you also want to check visually so most drivers will turn their head 60 degrees or so to look at the four o'clock position and there's nothing you can't see anything. So for situations like that you're coming out of a blind corner you need to check it's really very difficult to do it safely so you have to inch your way forward. Maybe they could have installed a camera system but of course that increases the cost. Maybe increase the visible portion but that would have meant redesigning the trunk. I understand that there were engineering limitations to the hatchback design and that feeds into why the four o'clock position visibility is terrible. Paming sang kinakabahan ako na you know it's a busy road and I'm trying to merge and I can't see properly because yun nga you're basically looking at the trunk and you can't see outside at the four o'clock position. One minor complaint also but it's also because the car is so small and compact is the turn radius is very tight. If you're used to longer cars say the Accord or the Camry in your mind when you're driving you're giving yourself allowance when you turn but the CRZ the turn radius is so tight na I bump the rear tire. Sometimes you are turning and you hit the concrete island or you bump the sidewalk. I really love this car. It was the first car ever but na ako talaga pumile with my own money with my own hard earned money and I did my research and I wanted a hybrid because you know save the planet. I really do try to be as eco friendly as possible that's why we have solar panels in our house. I've done a video about that. I've talked about before in hardware sugar how we put things in place na you know you don't want extra packaging wala nang bubble wrap and let us know para iwas tayo sa waste. So I really do try to do the business and live my own life as eco friendly as possible so I wanted a hybrid but at the same time you know I like cars I like driving I like going fast so medyo kailang ako nung something na hindi ako mabibiten na when I need to go fast the car will be there for me. The CRZ was the perfect combination of that. It can ease my guilty eco conscience and seven years later dyo nagsisi na I went with the Honda CRZ. Thanks for watching. And thank you to our top fans Asher Gabe Animamundi Mark Anthony Palanya Christian Espinoza John Ruben Otsha The Priceone ITX Addict. Your support literally makes the channel possible and for everyone else please keep watching those ads. Thanks and stay safe.