2009 Honda CR-V reviews

Honda CR-V Ex diesel auto 2009

Rated 5 because the car is still brand new and I am thoroughly enjoying it, model EX diesel auto. Small niggle: The upper cargo shelf rear half does not stay up when loading the floor of the boot so the exercise becomes a bit like loading large items through a deep letterbox or holding the shelf up with the top of ones head! I have overcome this by using a 1 foot long thin metal/plastic rod which lodges between the female part of the catch and a hole in the underside of the shelf, but this Heath Robinson device would not be necessary if the bar holding the tonneau cover was an inch or two further forward. I also had to pay over £300 to have door rubbing strips fitted, as I could envisage other drivers in the car park opening their doors onto the protruding crease on the metal part of my car doors. I would have thought that, especially on the up-market version that I have, the strips, which I reckon both enhance and protect the doors, should have been standard fitments?? Just one more niggle: I feel that the automatic windscreen wipers are lacking an intermittent wipe setting, the auto wipe is not really up to the job of reliably clearing the very misty light rain that an intermittent wipe would easily take care of. I am very pleased with my purchase so far. FYI., you might be interested to hear that I chose this car because it is possible for the driver to exit the vehicle via the front passenger door and vice versa. A very important factor if one is involved in an accident situation where the driver’s door is jammed and/or blocked and even more so, if fire is starting. Also very useful in tight parking or garaging situations. The centre console that most modern cars have fitted seem to me to invite a dangerous or even deadly situation occurring. Finally, will Paul Cook from Warwickshire please answer the question (see 26.11.2008 above) about which brand (s) of diesel he finds give (s) the best results - many thanks. Also, if anyone has any comment to make about bio-diesel, it would also be very interesting. Thanks.