I'm a new member as well. I just purchased a 2018 CRV EX AWD around Thanksgiving. I was initially worried about the gas/oil, but did get the extended warranty as well. My dealership also had a standard offer of "First 7yrs of Oil Changes Free", so I figure they will find any gas before I do. I have also scoured these pages and seen that the fix called N60 and N61 was software and not hardware which also put me at ease.
The only dilemma I am currently facing is a bit of guilt. The vehicle literally pulls me out of this guilt every time I drive it b/c it has every amenity(digital dash, head unit, arm support) I didn't have on a 2006 Corolla CE, which I am passing onto my 16yr old this year.
The guilt seems to be coming from the gas mileage which hovers around 25 for the mostly start/stop suburban driving this vehicle has seen in its short 800 mile existence. 300 of those miles was a round trip between Seattle and Portland.
Before I started writing this, I was looking at Insights and they use the same 1.5L/CVTl, so aside from batteries charging and discharging, that same power-plant/transmission combo is in everything Honda makes. IT IS EVERYWHERE!
I will also say that this machine was the lowest priced in its class and that still wasn't very low coming from a <$20k Corolla.
The safety features are also winning me over, which you just can't get on any other vehicles in its class: Mazda CX-5, Toyota RAV4, Nissan Rogue. All of those safety features didn't start becoming standard on these other vehicles until 2019 and Honda has had them on this latest 5th gen since 2017. Let me tell you, I did a lot of research(internet and friend's vehicles test drives of RAV4 and CRV) and a lot of soul searching before I chose this vehicle.
Thanks for making it through my cathartic rambling thus far. I think it is also like buying a new baseball mit(or whichever analogy of familiarity you prefer). The new mit needs to be broken in and you need to see it as a new mit that you will come to appreciate as much as the old faithful mit you are letting go.
Thanks.