I got my wife a new CRV in late July with the advanced driver assistance system (the first one in the NT) which on the CRV, is the Lane Keeping Assist System, the (radar) Active Cruise Control and the Collision Mitigation Braking System.

The active cruise control can't be set to act like an ordinary cruise control and this is a fatal flaw. We've had many situations where a car in front slows rapidly to go into a turning lane and our CRV also slows rapidly, much to the surprise of drivers behind. This also happens with a car in the adjacent lane going around a bend in the road that slows to turn off. I reckon that this system will cause accidents.

It still doesn't come with memory seats and so I'll be getting wet in storms when I have to drive the car and have to wait for the slow electric seats to move all the way back (I'm big, she's small).

Apart from that there is a noticeable improvement in fuel economy over the old model as well as noticeably more power (140kW v's 125kW). The car is softer and feels more like a larger 4WD in the way it rolls about. It gives it a much nicer ride compared to the previous model, which is now my car. It's also quieter inside.

The interior feels more claustrophobic and the view out the rear isn't as good as the old model but we're getting used to it.

As for "my" car, a 2007 CRV Luxury that I inherited, I'm having a fancy double-DIN app radio fitted that has facility for reversing camera. It supposedly also allows me to plug in my phone and use navigation. I'm also having a thicker rear anti-sway bar custom made for the car: Just like I had the very first rsb for the CL9 Euro custom made by Whiteline many years ago. They don't do that anymore but they suggested another company that does such things. I also did this for my previous car, a 7th gen Civic VTi 5-door hatch.

The two things that I would have liked Honda to have done with the new CRV are memory on the driver's seat and to be able to switch the active cruise control to work like a normal cruise control when appropriate. Surely for the latter it's just a 'firmware upgrade'.