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A table
topping
in-car
mystery
Honda CR-V
T’S a Honda so it can’t go wrong! But
I
this month’s Sailing News review is
not a typical “what was it I did not
notice” Honda. It’s a Cr–V. That
stands for Compact Recreational
Vehicle and it’s for all you...
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And if you wondered if this would fit with
that crazy extreme lifestyle of yours then you
will be totally cool with the mystery feature
unique to this car – mystery to us as we had
themselves with the low maintenance costs.
the car for months before we found it – it’s a
Is it a Compact Recreational Vehicle or
“picnic table!”
Perfect! , after all that...
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There’s enough headroom
for everyone to wear a
should that be Community Retirement
Vehicle?
crash helmet or top hat
Despite the picnic table, Honda are sensi-
tive to the image so to remind you it’s a 4x4
down your mountain bike. But now it’s a pic- a new one out for over £20k (like the one in
they’ve put the spare wheel in a cover on the
bungyjumpin24hourdinghysailin
nic table. our pictures) but you can get good used ones
back to give it a bit of that “transglobe” look.
Don’t go for the energy drink on the run,
Is it a Compact Recreational Vehicle or with less than 80,000 on the clock for around But being Honda they’ve put it in a neat little
the beer in the street or the pizza on the pave-
should that be Community Retirement £6,000. cover to match you toilet roll holder. The
ment; simply park up for the day in a lay by
Vehicle? They drive on the right in Japan and that covers get nicked so there’s always a few on
or beauty spot, get out your picnic table,
Well the popular vote is the latter – just may be why right-hand-drive Hondas are just eBay.
tablecloth, Daily Express and hamper!
look at the people in your community who that bit more comfortable to drive than most (We are getting closer, soon we will reveal
(We will tell you where the table is hidden
drive them – but here’s the opportunity for others. It’s massively roomy and flexible where the picnic table is hidden)
later). What’s worse is that on the early mod-
the dinghy sailor – if you can handle being from back to front – the seats etc in the back Is it a Compact Recreational Vehicle or
els you could get a shower attachment that
seen as part of the Honda CR-V community drop so flat that you could sleep it off after a
should that be Community Retirement
worked out of the back – you and your mates
it’s a great buy. heavy night. There’s enough headroom for
Vehicle?
after extreme sport, stripping off in the ele- Ours has done 112,000 in five years with- everyone to wear a crash helmet or top hat.
Well it’s not actually a 4x4 because the
ments for an ice cold dousing – how out missing a beat and if you talk to other The 2.0 VTEC engine revs forever and
four-wheel drive only kicks in when you
Brokeback Mountain is that? Or you and a owners that’s just the start; this could be the doesn’t miss a beat. Owners who find it can
need it to mount a kerb in the supermarket
partner on a “natural” break? Or to just hose last car you ever need. They’ve just brought be a bit heavy on fuel can always comfort
car park or yank a skiff out of the water (no I
can’t imagine that either).
You can’t love it or hate it for being a
macho off roader destroying the planet or
dismiss it as a dull old Honda.
The wheel on the back means that under
the boot cover where you could put the spare
wheel is secure covered storage. Did we say
boot cover shelf? It’s not – that’s the picnic
table! You lift that out and four legs fold out
of it.
“Recreational” people would just not both-
er with that!
Is it the Terminator in the jumper his nan
knitted for Christmas or Ronnie Corbett in
black leather?
A dilemma.
So to the Sailing News test of ... if it was a
dinghy what would it be?
A brand new GP14 – does everything you
could want of it, can be exhilarating, loads of
others about, once you have one you stick
with it, great to buy and sell used, easy to
look after, goes on forever, but if you looked
hard enough you might find a hidden picnic
table.
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