The Honda CR-V is one of the most popular mid-size crossovers on the market today and it likely will be for years to come. And why not? As we mentioned before, the Honda CR-V has all of the power that you need for your daily drive. Roof rails, along with crossbars, can securely haul items on top of your CR-V when equipped with roof attachments like roof boxes and bike racks.
A separate Parking Sensor attachment is required for installation. Parking sensors can provide invaluable assistance in difficult parking situations and can alert you to obstacles behind you or out of your line of sight.
Wet boots? Muddy shoes? Dog hair? No problem. A finishing touch that is subtle and tasteful, the illuminated door sill trim dresses up the interior while helping protect the lower door sill from scuff marks. The daily wear and tear on your rear seats can be brutal. Rear seat covers offer stylish protection that will help keep your original seats in great condition. The cargo tray helps protect the floor in the rear storage area from accidental spills and messy items. LED Fog Lights.
Rugged and Sophisticated. Versatile Profile. LED Taillights. Dual Chrome Exhaust Finishers. Leather-Trimmed Interior. Power-Adjustable Seating. Electric Parking Brake. Heated Front Seats. Heated Steering Wheel. Wireless Phone Charger. USB Charging Ports. Cargo Space. Center Console. Gloss-Black Grille. Tailgate Spoiler.
Gloss-Black Side Lower Trim. Parking Sensors. Illuminated Door Sill Trim. Rear Seat Covers. Plus, you look extra silly when you try it and it doesn't work. Up front, we had plenty of places to stash our phones, masks, and snacks. While none of the actual cupholders will accommodate Nalgene's rather large water bottles, the deep bin between the seats will hold two of 'em and a Costco-size bag of Goldfish.
What more could you want out of a road-trip vehicle? Sit in any seat long enough and your backside will begin to ache. How long a chair staves off pain is a good way to measure comfort, and the Honda's front seats kept the soreness at bay for an impressive amount of time. Discomfort began to set in late on day two, after we'd accumulated 15 hours of saddle time in a hour period.
Once in the mountains, we found we had to constantly fiddle with the automatic climate-control settings, as the cabin felt much warmer than the set temperature. The HVAC didn't have to work against extreme conditions—the ambient temperature varied between the high 50s and low 70s—but Colorado's brightly shining sun likely played a role, as did the oft-elevated body temperatures of the two out-of-shape hikers in the vehicle.
All the same, we wished for ventilated seats—something Honda offers on the Accord, Odyssey, Pilot, and Passport. The Touring model's standard wireless charging pad is a good place to set your device—so long as it's encased. If you're among the 20 percent of people who don't wrap their phones in some kind of grippy material, consider relegating one of your cupholders to phone-holding duty. Otherwise, your device will likely slide off the pad even in gentle turns. Wireless charging is great for those times when everyone in your party is out of mobile range and they forget to turn on Airplane mode, thus resulting in several dead batteries.
But given you need a cable to use Apple CarPlay in this Honda and that wireless charging is finicky unless the phone is perfectly aligned, the pad is best left to occasional use by passengers.
Honda's infotainment system isn't the worst out there, but it's also not the easiest to use. One logbook commenter described it in less forgiving terms, saying it's "ugly and slow and nonintuitive. We made the switch to satellite radio on the last morning of our two-week adventure, when the infotainment system—which had worked flawlessly until this point—suddenly wouldn't activate CarPlay for either of our iPhones.
A simple ignition cycle wasn't enough to correct the issue. Searching online forums for a solution, we discovered how to reboot the infotainment system. Simply press and hold the volume knob for 10 seconds and you'll be back to hearing Michael Hobbes explain how you're wrong about the maligned Ford Pinto.
Should you become enthralled with a podcast, the CR-V offers assistance with several aspects of driving. Enable lane keeping and the CR-V will tug at the wheel to keep you from wandering. The adaptive cruise control works to slow and accelerate based on what's in front of you. Like all of these systems, it leaves a large-enough gap even if you select the shortest following distance for traffic to cut in ahead of you, which then causes the Honda to brake, slowing things further.
The hybrid powertrain works seamlessly, handling the handoff between gas and electric operation without a peep, but the car's fuel economy has caused some disappointment. Print director Eric Tingwall went so far as to call it abysmal after he averaged less than 20 mpg on a tank. He wrote: "That was at a near constant 85 mph on winter tires with strong crosswinds, but still.
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