Car and Driver publishes full Clarity PHEV review

Sandroad said:
Just to keep a few reviews in this thread, here is yet another one!

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That is a great honest review. Really fits with nearly all my driving comments except for the rare engine revving that happens when battery is depleted. I like that he didn't put his own judgments of style into the review, etc. Let me decide if I like the look of a car, the reviewer doesn't need to tell me what I should think of the style, etc.
 
Carro con enchufe said:
Going back to the OP....

I think the review is off. I would venture to say that most clarity PHEV buyers are not torn between a standard hybrid (such as the accord) and the clarity. We’re torn between other PHEVs and/or BEVs such as the Bolt or Model 3. So comparing to the Accord is just a strawman argument.
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not to mention he complains the Clarity costs more. how could he not know about the rebates that make it much less than a comparably equipped Accord hybrid. He lost all credibility.
 
altfuelcarguy said:
Those holiday sales at Discount Tire are very good deals. BUT--I'd advise against switching to any other brand of tire. If you want more performance (and don't mind losing some range) get a Michelin Pilot HX MXM4, which is OEM on luxury performance cars like BMWs. I've bought many tires over the years and any time I stray from Michelins I have problems. The current set of Continentals I bought for our Prius has caused the car to pull mysteriously, sometimes left, sometimes right, and sometimes not at all. After many trips back to the store, and many swaps of the four tires to various positions on the car, we were finally able to isolate one bad tire, which, I am told, has a manufacturing defect called conicity. Continental, like many other tire companies, makes lots of its tires in old US factories, in this case a former General Tire plant, and quality suffers. Michelin is the only tire company I know of that has successfully maintained its quality control even when making tires in the U.S. If you get a good set from another brand, you're lucky. Fortunately, Discount and Continental are easy to deal with if you do have a defect--just go back within 60 days and they'll give you a refund.
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I did get the Continentals and have had them for several days now. So far I don't detect any problems, the handling seems to be improved, tighter and better tracking than the original tires. I have bought multiple sets of tires over the years from discount tire and never had an issue with them. They are easy to deal with, my wife ran up against a curb and messed up a tire and they replaced it without a problem. I will be paying close attention to the handling to see if I detect any issues. My last two cars were subarus with goodyear tripletreds and they handled very well on the wet roads that we see a lot of around here, so I am hoping to still get good handling in the wet despite no longer having AWD.
 
Highland58 said:
I did get the Continentals and have had them for several days now. So far I don't detect any problems, the handling seems to be improved, tighter and better tracking than the original tires. I have bought multiple sets of tires over the years from discount tire and never had an issue with them. They are easy to deal with, my wife ran up against a curb and messed up a tire and they replaced it without a problem. I will be paying close attention to the handling to see if I detect any issues. My last two cars were subarus with goodyear tripletreds and they handled very well on the wet roads that we see a lot of around here, so I am hoping to still get good handling in the wet despite no longer having AWD.
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Thanks for the update. I'll bet a lot of Clarity owners will be interested in your impressions. Might even be a good idea to start a new thread. I know it's just a few days but have you noticed how much loss of EV range after the switch?
 
I have noticed that the range has dropped some, but I've not really tried to measure it before or after. I'm willing to loose some range for the better performance, its still much better than the average car of its size and features. My brother drives a Nissan Armada that gets less than 20 mpg even on the highway, I just said "nice car" and let it go at that...
 
qtpie said:
Here's another negative review on Clarity PHEV from a reviewer who claimed to be tech expert:

http://www.thedrive.com/tech/19748/...hnology-is-in-need-of-a-little-clarity-itself

He didn't like the technology found in the Clarity, saying they are too complex. Looks like he got a lots of backfires from the readers.
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Just read it. What a terrible review. Can’t believe he got paid for that.
I’m a old guy that grew up with rotary phones, rabbit ears on the TV, and 8-tracks in HS and I have more tech savy in my little pinkie than this guy has!
If I can figure out how to best drive the Clarity with just a short time on line and in the manual, than anyone can!! And besides, 99% of the time you can just get in and drive it like any gasser and it will do just fine. And he couldn’t figure out that you just plug it in every night instead of gassing it up once a week??? (But I will give him that the mode buttons are not all that intuitive.) Doesn’t anyone read the manual anymore? Just reading the first 18 pages explanes all you need about it’s phevness.
 
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