I waited a couple months because I wanted the 2017 CR-V, but when I sat inside it was just too small. I owned Civic hatches and a Mazda 3 hatch before, and this CR-V seemed smaller because of the size of the center console. I was driving a Challenger and got use to being able to stretch out. Looked at the Audi Q5 and Acura MDX but the starting prices seemed a little high, and mentally starting at $42-45k and ending up near $50k just seemed like too much for a car. Honda Pilot was too generic looking, and Toyota Highlander and 4Runners just seemed ugly. Didnt even consider Kia or Hyundai. Then I saw one of the local dealers had a Trailhawk discounted $5k for a Xmas/end of the year sale and took a look. Basically, its the same amount of drivers space as my Challenger, but raised with a bunch of cargo space. Just about everything I wanted.
Not a great picture but there are plenty online.
So far so good. The granite color looks great, and I kinda like the red accents on the tow hooks and emblems. Uconnect 8.4 isnt bad. It came with a sub and amp, and its good enough for me. That was another thing that turned me off of the CR-V...the premium sound package with sub sounded weak. I got the 4x4, just because, although I doubt I'll use the "trail rated" tech much. Although the car raises and lowers automatically, kinda like the Land Rovers. I can also set it to a certain height, but I'm not at the manual reading phase yet. Passed on the V8, because the only V8s they had were Summit and Overland trims, and those were over $50K. And I had a V8 in my Challenger and didnt think it was worth it for the way I drive. 300HP and over 6K lbs towing is good enough. And screw premium gas. lol
Only thing that irritates me is it didnt have the LED daylight running lights. The only ones they had that had them were on the Overland and Summits, and those werent on sale. And for some reason they were hesitant to price it out as an addition. Basically the only way to get them was to order another car and get it added then, but then thats a couple months later, I lose the $5k discount, and its another $3K minimum for the lighting package. I'll look at just buying the LED head lamps later. I guess another irritation is apparently the auto lift gate can't be set to a certain height, but you can manually stop it. By default it will go high enough to smack into the garage roof. I may just see if I can turn it off all together.
Anyways, ended up at around $42K OTD, minus $17K trade in for my 2012 Challenger RT. Trade in value wasnt too bad considering I had major body work done and still had a bunch of door dings. Already made a couple of trips to the dump and storage unit. While I cant say I couldnt be happier due the to LED lights, I'm definitely happy with it.
Not a great picture but there are plenty online.
So far so good. The granite color looks great, and I kinda like the red accents on the tow hooks and emblems. Uconnect 8.4 isnt bad. It came with a sub and amp, and its good enough for me. That was another thing that turned me off of the CR-V...the premium sound package with sub sounded weak. I got the 4x4, just because, although I doubt I'll use the "trail rated" tech much. Although the car raises and lowers automatically, kinda like the Land Rovers. I can also set it to a certain height, but I'm not at the manual reading phase yet. Passed on the V8, because the only V8s they had were Summit and Overland trims, and those were over $50K. And I had a V8 in my Challenger and didnt think it was worth it for the way I drive. 300HP and over 6K lbs towing is good enough. And screw premium gas. lol
Only thing that irritates me is it didnt have the LED daylight running lights. The only ones they had that had them were on the Overland and Summits, and those werent on sale. And for some reason they were hesitant to price it out as an addition. Basically the only way to get them was to order another car and get it added then, but then thats a couple months later, I lose the $5k discount, and its another $3K minimum for the lighting package. I'll look at just buying the LED head lamps later. I guess another irritation is apparently the auto lift gate can't be set to a certain height, but you can manually stop it. By default it will go high enough to smack into the garage roof. I may just see if I can turn it off all together.
Anyways, ended up at around $42K OTD, minus $17K trade in for my 2012 Challenger RT. Trade in value wasnt too bad considering I had major body work done and still had a bunch of door dings. Already made a couple of trips to the dump and storage unit. While I cant say I couldnt be happier due the to LED lights, I'm definitely happy with it.
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