* It's a 2010 Honda CR-V EX-L, which was owned by a guy who works for Honda, so it's been very well cared for.
* It came with both all-seasons and winter tires, all of which are in good shape, and the brakes are new.
* CR-V's in general are highly rated for seniors, and right away the sightlines are always so much better.
Both my sister and my bff drive 2011 Honda CR-Vs and both vehicles are still in great shape. I know bff is fanatic about taking her car in for all the recommended service appointments; I'm not as sure what Sis does but BIL is super into cars and loves to tinker with them, so I can't imagine he'd let her slack off on routine car maintenance.
* It doesn't have a back-up camera so if anyone knows anything about installing an after-market camera, I'd love to hear about it.
Um...I know it can be done? Bff has never bothered but BIL bought Sis a back-up camera for her CR-V after an unfortunate incident that I won't repeat here. I'm guessing he installed it.
this is what I liked about renting cars -- you got to drive all kinds and learned where they tended to put things
Absolutely! Though I've driven a rental car or two that was missing its driver's manual and it was...challenging. On one of those cars, I couldn't figure out the windshield wipers for the longest time and of course it was pouring down rain the day I picked it up.
Anyway. I will continue to live in a big city where owning a car is a PITA and the car will live with my mother, but I will have access to it whenever I need it and it means we can share the driving when we go to family events. We live in Southern Ontario so those events are pretty much always at least an hour or two away. I'm also looking forward to having a bit more freedom to get things done when I'm at my mother's. It's going to be so much easier when I can drive to the grocery store on my own. She's going to LOVE the fact that I can drive the kids around, too. Driving seems to really stress her out -- but not owning a car in that city is pretty stressful, too.
Sounds like a win-win!
Fingers crossed this was a good buy. I figure better now than later since we have no idea what is about to happen with prices.
Very smart--enjoy your new (to you) car!
