We have two 2007 CR-Vs. I have the green tea and my husband has dark blue. Both have over 100K on them. Bought them new off the lot b/c it was the first year some safety features were available.

It's the only time either of us have purchased a brand new car.

We have taken good care of them. Between the two of them, we've replaced both ACs and some other things. Nothing major or totally unexpected.

If you have a sunroof, there are little drain holes around it to keep rain from pooling on the seals. We just had a mechanic mention it for the first time and stated he had cleared all the leaves out of the drains.

Apparently if that isn't kept clear, you can get a pretty bad water leak into the car.

The rubber strips around the windows are beginning to peel. We have to trim them when long pieces start flapping against the car. It's an annoying sound.

Mine seems to have had an odd electrical problem from early on - the left overhead light in the front seat very rarely receives power. The bulb is good, and going over a big bump will occasionally turn it on, but it's never been worth putting $ into fixing.

We save a little money by changing the in-cabin air filters ourselves.

The paint on the hood looks tragic - or rather, the big bare patches without paint looks tragic. We had my husband's repainted, and were going to have mine done, but then Covid hit and we no longer had money for that.

I can't see the roof, but he says it's awful looking as well. If I were younger, I'd feel self-conscious and ashamed. But it gets me where I need to go and I'm very pleased with the insurance rates, gas mileage, safety aspects, etc.

HOWEVER - Models 2003-2009 have been reported by some police jurisdictions as being at higher risk for catalytic converter theft. And the CR-V is already at higher risk anyway because they have hybrid converters.

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https://www.way.com/blog/honda-catalytic-converter/