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My wife's mom van (toyota) is now officially a bottomless money pit and needs replacing. We got a good 12 years out of it but not a ton of miles (95K). Worth $2-3K and needs $5k of work.


There's a 2012 lease-return Honda CRV-EX (certified pre-owned) with a moon roof here locally that she really likes. It's only got 4K miles on it and is listed low end of KBB.


We've had a crap ton of accords, a civic, and even a prelude but don't know much about this thing.

skinny?

Basically a Civic with a lift kit. Our 2013 gets 30+ on the highway,low to mid 20s in town. We really like it.

My wife like hers. She averages 28 mpg highway and 23 around town. 2011 model that has only had oil changes and one battery for maintenance.

is it built on the same frame as the civic ?


ie. is it more civic-y in interior room than accord-y ?

My love's '03 has about 130k on it. Been great since it was new with just regular maintenance, if we don't talk about the time I took it song dog chasing....

We bought my wife a new one in 06. Got 28 mpg 4 adults went to the beach 7 hr Drive and all our stuff. 3 out of four are over 6 ft. They are very comfortable. Only reason for selling was two seats. Had to get a odyssey van.

My wife had the Accord before the CRV and my daughter has the Civic. I would say close to the Accord.

good deal!

the three kids will still be toted along for a bit yet, albeit more often as a foursome than a fivesome with the way our schedules work

I was dead set on a CR-V when we decided to trade our 07 accord in 2 yrs ago......then I sat in it and drove it. It had to cheap a feel for us. To much plastic and way to noisy. for a Honda product, I was very disappointed. I have no doubt the reliability was still there but I couldn't drive that thing 600mi and be happy.

It depends on which model you get. I have a base model which is less than a civic. Not even in your dreams will it compare to an Accord. This '03 CR-V has 230,000 miles and going strong. I have F150, Accord, and Miata. I drive the CR-V. All of my hunting and shooting gear is in the back---yes, it stays covered. There is room--not comfortable--for two on the second seat. If it gets a scratch, I don't worry about it.

If you get the top end model---which it sounds like you are looking at--you will be happy.

Recently, I looked hard at the 2014 CRV's, along with the Nissan Rogue and the Toyota Rav4. Both the Nissan and Honda had the CVT transmission. This is basically a gearless transmission, and acts a bit like a turbo charger when you step down on the gas, meaning there's a lag and it takes a while for the thing to get going faster. The Rav4 has a standard 6 speed and acts like a normal tranny when you step on it. This I preferred and just felt safer with, so I bought the Toyota.

I spent almost a year looking for a clean lower miles 2002-2006 CRV and finally found one early this year - a clean 2005 EX. I sure like it, its been really pretty darn good in the snow and gets in the high 20's so can't complain. I bought it as a scouting/shed hunting rig when I don't want to drive my 4Runner that sucks gas. Its also a great rig for fishing and running around town so its been exactly what I needed. No not fancy and a little nosier but overall not a bad option.

Wife's Accord was a EX and the CRV is a EX-L the Accord had more road noise than the CRV one of the reasons we traded. 3 Adults in the rear seat is tight but can be tolerated for short trips.

Get it.

We went with the Crv partially because it was still offered with a 5 spd auto and it was regular fuel injection. I'm not sold on direct injection yet

this one we're looking at seems to have a STD transmission:

Drivetrain
Transmission
Drivetrain Four Wheel Drive
Trans Type 5
Trans Description Cont. Automatic
First Gear Ratio (:1) 2.78
Second Gear Ratio (:1) 1.61
Third Gear Ratio (:1) 1.08
Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) 0.77
Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) 0.56
Reverse Ratio (:1) 2.00
Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) 4.44
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), High 1.00
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), Low - TBD -

You can't beat a CRV. We currently own three (1999, 2001, 2005) and have owned four. The new ones have a CVT tranny and get 34 highway MPG. You can't beat their reliability. The earlier generation were underpowered. Our 2005 (which we just bought) has 165 ponies and is not underpowered. The new ones make 185 ponies.

You can't go wrong with a CRV. Best cars I've ever owned.

Jordan

My wife's 08 CR-V EX has a little over 100,000 miles now and is running good. So far it has been very reliable and only required normal maintenance. Can easily get 30 mpg on the highway. Very surprised at how well the 4wd drive system works.

crv = road NOISE ....rick ...u did good! rav4 best of that lot hands down

The CRV was high on my list until I drove one. Small and Noisy.