Hi just joined and live in the UK. I don't know if my 2001 CRV is
exactly the same spec as the US version where I guess most members
here come from, but I thought I would write about a few things .
I generally like the car but it has a few things that really annoy
me. These are.
1. If you are parked on a camber with the pavement nearest the open
side of the rear door, then there is no way that you can make it stay
open. This is really irritating and makes loading an item when you
need both hands impossible cos the dammed door keeps closing.
2. The timing on the inside light which comes on when you switch the
engine off is too short. It doesn't give you time to take the radio
out AND take something out of the dash for instance. You are always
thrown into darkness just before you're ready.
3. The heating controls are poor. I find I'm always fiddling with
them to get just the temperature I want and never seem to get just
the right balance on my feet and mid area. The air-conditioning seems
to struggle a bit in mediocre hot weather too!
4 Using the Honda supplied roof rack creates a lot of noise and means
the radio has to be turned up high to overcome this. A better aero
design could have been achieved.
5. The clock! Oh that pathetic little thing that could be so useful
if I could actually see it. It is so well recessed and so dim even
without the lights on, I don't know why they bothered include it. Get
a dim day where side lights need to be on and their it
goes....invisible. I've stuck a real clock on top of the dash now.
Not very designery, but at least I know the time when driving.

Apart from that in the two years and 20,000 miles I've had it it's
been trouble free. It goes alright but could do with a little more
power (I have an auto). I would have liked a button on my key that
would close the roof and door windows when you forget like my last
car had. Maybe that's on the new model. The best thing I put in it
was SatNav which here in London and south England where I drive is
the best invention since the wheel.
Jules

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