written by pg1954 on 18/10/2010
We agonised for months over spending £22k on a car, but finally decided in Mar 2010 to get the Honda CR-V 2.0 ES Auto. Thus far we've been delighted with the decision. It really is very comfortable and easy to drive - considerably better than our top-of-the-range Scenics, of which we'd had several, and which were proving unreliable after 3 years.
Fuel economy: after 4k miles, I tried driving super-gently at 55mph for an hour, and managed to average 42mpg. After that, settled down to a normal 75mph holiday journey of 280m and averaged 35mpg. Around home it's more like 32mpg.It might be marginally underpowered, but for the most part one doesn't need to race away - only when putting the foot down at 60 or pulling away uphill does it feel a trifle sluggish.
Very nicely finished interior with the half leather Alcantara upholstery, great for people with large behinds, but could be slightly more "sculpted" for those of us with leaner frames. Great stereo sound with USB key to save carrying all those CDs around. Would have liked it to have fixed roof rails (lengthwise) like so many SUVs: and the rear seats fold, but can't be removed: but these are small quibbles. This is my best car ever. I actually look forward to going out just because it means firing up the CR-V!