Family friendly CR-V [1.22.9]

[T Mac]

I always liked the aspect of SUVs -- upright seating position, lots of headroom (not that I have the height to warrant it, but I do lean a bit towards claustrophobia), lots of cargo space, etc. -- but until recently had no particular reason to consider actually buying one. A small sedan or coupe is cheaper to run and easier to park.

Now that my family is about halfway to a major expansion (with a baby boy expected in May), and considering our love of four-footed companions as well, the idea of actually purchasing an SUV (or -- gasp! -- a minivan) has become top of mind. It was with new eyes and new purpose that I spent a week driving the Honda CR-V, a consistent top-10 sales performer in the light truck segment.

Ease of operation, ingress and egress, as well as cargo space (and good access to it) have become paramount considerations for the first time in my life. In consideration of a family-friendly vehicle (eek!), the CR-V is a worthy contender.

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[firstcrv]

Mine is a UK CR-V, bought new this week. The CR-V drives very well, is smooth, rides well and is nice to drive. There are some things that baffle me on the equipement list, I have the mid range CDTI ES, full price over £22,000. I was expecting to be able to open only the drivers door with the remote but with Honda its all doors or nothing, hardly secure, I was also expecting autolocking when I drove away, but again Honda don't think this is necessary. What makes this worse is both are standard on American CR-V's.
Again £22,000 only gets a basic computer for milage/distance, the all singing /dancing version only comes with the advanced safety pack (next grade up +another £2000=£6000). You don't even get a front courtesy light, puddle lights or see you home lighting. Neither do you get any storage compartments in the boot.
The anoying thing is all of these would cost very little, if anything, to rectify.
All in all the car is spacious, drives well and is economical (40plus so far) but having had all of the above on a skoda I do feel a little cheated.

[Grizedale]

Mine is a UK CR-V, bought new this week. The CR-V drives very well, is smooth, rides well and is nice to drive. There are some things that baffle me on the equipement list, I have the mid range CDTI ES, full price over £22,000. I was expecting to be able to open only the drivers door with the remote but with Honda its all doors or nothing, hardly secure, I was also expecting autolocking when I drove away, but again Honda don't think this is necessary. What makes this worse is both are standard on American CR-V's.
Again £22,000 only gets a basic computer for milage/distance, the all singing /dancing version only comes with the advanced safety pack (next grade up +another £2000=£6000). You don't even get a front courtesy light, puddle lights or see you home lighting. Neither do you get any storage compartments in the boot.
The anoying thing is all of these would cost very little, if anything, to rectify.
All in all the car is spacious, drives well and is economical (40plus so far) but having had all of the above on a skoda I do feel a little cheated.

Just the same, we got the one with the advanced safety pack (there are deals to be had with the current economic climate) though, still no puddle lights, no height adjuster on the passenger seat, and you can't just unlock the drivers door, which you can with a nine year old VW, though I prefer the Honda, but the crummy central locking functions are a real pain, especially as the locking button by the window buttons is not very clear. Would have preferred these functions to the 18"rims the EX comes with, the demo had optional drug dealer 19" rims, would reccomend avoiding this option if you drive on A and B roads, you get tramlining and weird bumpsteer from the rear end.
The car is a grower though.

[El_Presidente]

Sorry for the late chip in to this thread but I'm a new member.

I too feel these simple locking features are a must on a modern car, and I was a Skoda Octavia owner before my new CR-V ES model. After owning that car I very much thought that the single door opening, auto-locking and tailgate protection (a must for laptop bags) were a standard feature that I couldn't possibly lose going to a Honda.

My question tho' is are these not features in the config of the CR-V that just need to be activiated? The Skoda being VAG group had a lot of configurable options that you needed a relatively simple programming unit to set. Owners club members who had these units were all over the UK and used to let other members 'use' their unit to set their car preferences.

In fact someone developed a great list of the exact configurable options in the cars config software and everyone new how to tailor items like locking, comfort indicators, tyre pressure monitor, aspects of lighting etc.

Does the CR-V have an absolute config that is locked down?