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eatpaste

Thank you so much, whatcarshouldibuy!

not sure if this is allowed so i understand if it gets deleted

just. i've been following this sub for awhile, knowing i was in the market for a used car - then suddenly i was immediately in the market ("your mid 2k van that cost 3k needs a new engine"). everything i learned here helped me pick a really great 2010 Honda CRV that was super lovingly taken care of. i had only bought one car before (1999 chevy malibu, basically new, died last year at over 200k miles. it was a bad purchase tbh but it lasted me a long time. the earlier discussed van was a generous gift that wasn't my choice). i feel so much better about this purchase and that is 100% down to this sub. i really appreciate y'all.

Posted Dec 1, 2019, 11:19 PM UTC

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hitraj47•

Research, even in the form of simply asking a question here will pay off in the long and short term. Glad you found something you like and I hope you enjoy it for as long as possible!

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Mabepossibly•

Awesome. Now go checkout r/MechanicAdvice on keeping that CRV going forever.

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HotdogCaprecious•

Not to freak you out but that generation had an issue with the AC system that basically shredded itself with metal shavings, requiring complete AC system replacement. Not sure if they had it fixed by 2010 or not, seems like the earlier ones (05-07) were the most problematic

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smacksaw•

I don't know if you're in Canada or a place that has snow and salted roads, but in Canada there was a recall from 2007 to 2011 models.

Apparently the rear suspension disintegrates and that's a bad thing.

My friend had his taken back by Honda and they bought him out and he bought a Toyota RAV4. His was not repairable.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you should look into it.

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eatpasteOP•

i am in arkansas so we really only deal with ice, not a lot of snow, but i also made sure there were no open recalls on this specific vehicle so i think it's ok?

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eatpasteOP•

miles were 103k, higher than we wanted but the way it has been maintained helped calm those fears

OTD was 10.5k - this is an ex-l w/ nav and a full towing package (i obviously didn't seek it out for its DVD BASED (!!!!!) nav system, but it was included)

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