I keep my cars for the long haul also. Consumer Reports also ranks older cars.Since I keep my cars much longer than three years, which is the span of Consumer Reports reliability data, I prefer to look at personal history as well as Long Term Reliability of individual models. Honda has slipped from the #4 position down to #8, but it's still way better than most of the other manufacturers. Also, in terms of reliability, Honda has lost marks on things like their infotainment systems, which in my book is not as significant as say the car not starting and you having to call a two truck.
Here is a good website that I found which has real world, long term, reliability data. http://longtermqualityindex.com
Consumer Reports is fine, but 8/10 of the vehicles they give high reliability rating to are far out of my price range, I won't be purchasing a Lexus, Audi, or Mercedes anytime in the near future. My personal experience has been with Honda vehicles to the tune of 600,000+ miles over the years, I have been completely satisfied with the reliability of the Honda vehicles I have owned over the past 30 years.
Nothing wrong with Toyotas, I just find their exterior/interior styling as well as the driving experience much more bland than what I have owned from Honda.
This chart puts Honda in 10th place with Lexus and Toyota 1 and 2.
http://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability/car-brands-reliability-how-they-stack-up/
While some of it does deal with the awful infotainment system which I deal with daily and hate on the Honda, my less than 2 year old CRV has been at the dealer for 4 days since I bought it.
I guess I am the opposite - I find driving the CRV bland.