Rental Car Ruckus 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Jake]

My friend Tian borrowed the Yukon on Monday night to help with his move. I was set to join him/others on Tuesday night and get my truck back, so he gave me the keys to his CR-V and I just drove it to work/his new place.

It's a 2000, with 136k on it. Black leather interior, I think it was some "special edition" back then. This is all notable to me because when my parents were shopping for a new car at the time, we were about 90% sold on this exact car/color combo. And then Ford dropped a bomb called Escape and we liked that way more. But, I could've ended up with this car as my first, and gone down a long path of Honderp "low is a lifestyle" ownership.

So it looks like this:



There's not much to say because I drove it maybe 15 miles. But, I'm really glad we didn't buy one.

1. It's slooooow. Rated at 146 hp and pushed through a 4-speed automatic with AWD.

2. Nothing about it feels tremendously substantial. It's very much a Civic wagon and you're reminded of that constantly. Everything is "thin".

3. Driving it was like trying to ride a small pony. I am WAY too big for it. Couldn't get comfortable at all in/on the driver's seat, the positioning is all wrong for someone my height.

4. Interior ergonomics are weird. It's like they took the Civic, lifted it, and forgot to figure out where half of the dash buttons should go until it was too late. Cruise on/off is next to the air vent, windows are by your left knee, e-brake is on the floor (fine in a Civic, but you have to like, bend over and reach for it in this).

That said, we used it to help with his move, and with the seats down it can swallow an impressive amount of shit.

That's all.