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LUVMBDiesels · #1 04-19-2009, 12:08 PM

I have been driving my mother's 2007 Honda CRV around a bit. What a toaster. It is a car designed for people who hate cars. It has a 2.4 liter four and over 3500 miles has returned an average fuel economy of -- get this-- 16.7mpg! The Suburban with an engine that is more than 2x the size returns 18!. The 'Real Time AWD' system is very disconcerting. It runs via torque converters and torque tubes from the frint wheels to the rear wheels with no transfer case or central diff. The downside is that the car feels jerky as torque is transferred from the front to the rear. The amount of driveline braking makes it feel like you are running in 2nd gear when you lift off the throttle. The rear 1/4 windows are useless as is the back glass. The curved 'C' pillars frakme out. I keep thinking there is a car off my right rear when it is the 'C' pillar in the corner of my eye...

Does anybody else have a new model CR-V? Are your experiences like mine? I see a ton of them on the road, so I keep thinking it is me just being picky after driving the W126, e28 and the 'burban...