I never thought I'd buy a new car, especially with all the nanny features they bolt on them now. My friend was a trucker and he'd call me when on the road and all I could hear was incessant beeping from this and that. So, I get that people would hate these features without ever having used them because I was one of them.
It was time to get rid of my low mileage 2016 Nissan Rogue. The road trip I took with my granddaughter in April was an eye opener with how much road noise got into that car. There were other reasons why it was time right now to move it on. Really long story short, I bought a 2023 Honda CR-V EX-L right off the carrier with 3 miles on it. It's the top of the line that isn't a hybrid. The reviews on it rated it #1 in its class and the quietest
I was concerned about the nanny features and **** going beeeep every time I sneezed.
Collision Mitigation Braking System: Beep--On. I drove backroads home in a light rain. There was one car in front of me. They slammed on their brakes and came to a complete stop for absolutely no f'n reason. The car beeped as I was slamming on the brakes. In another second the car would have slammed on the brakes for me. It reacts that quickly!
I got home and tried to set it all up like I wanted it. Just about everything that beeps can be made not to beep, so that came first. The volume of the beeps is adjustable from loud to very low. I set mine to low.
Blind Spot Information System: Beep--Off. It will give an orange flashing car in the side mirror if a vehicle is in that zone for the 90% who don't have a clue how to adjust their outside mirrors. No big deal.
Adaptive Cruise Control: Beep--Off. This blows conventional cruise control away! I went to a gun show last Saturday and set the cruise at 78 mph. If I get within an adjustable set range of the vehicle in front of me it will slow the car to their exact speed and keep me that set distance away. If I pull into the fast lane it automatically speeds me up to 78. If a car pulls out in front of me it will back me off that set distance etc. What's not to like?
Lane Departure Warning: Beep--Off. It will show an orange icon where the tach is if I drift over a lane or change lanes without using my turn signals. This is for every driver in GA and MI, and every BMW driver no matter where you're from. It simply flashed a low light orange warning on and then instantly off.
Road Departure Warning: Turned off. It's adjustable how far you can drift in the lane. It will literally turn the steering wheel to keep you centered. Screw that! Theoretically I could put on my cruise control and RDW and drive 400 miles on the interstate with my hands off the steering wheel. I'd fall asleep. No.
Back Up Camera: Way cool! It even tells you is there's any cross traffic while you're backing out, like in an angled space at Walmart. I guess it beeps, don't know, yet. You can even set it to look down from above if you want to back right up to something. I have no idea how Honda does that.
Traffic Sign Recognition: As soon as you pass a speed limit sign it will post it in white right next to the digital speedometer. There's also an analog speedometer. It will shut it off if it detects you've turned onto a new road, so it doesn't work when on the twisty hilly roads where I live until it sees another speed limit sign. I still really like it!
Auto High-Beam Headlights: Amazing! These will stay on bright until it detects any light ahead and it dims way before I'm able to see the oncoming headlights. Headlights also turn on when your windshield wipers are turned on. Don't like auto? Switch it to manual and it works like any headlights in my lifetime.
I don't like anything that beeps at me for no good reason. I have a couple I still have to figure out, but I will.
Cholo Sez: Don't buy any car you can't shut off/partially shut off the nanny features. Some you simply can't, but I havn't figured those out yet. Make sure you can turn off most of the childish nanny beeps. Fortunately on this car I can. You can use them or not.
The bottom line is these features aren't nearly as annoying as I thought they might be. The ability to turn things off was a huge plus, especially most of the beeping.
For the $ I spend on this car it should turn into Katie Sunshine when the sun goes down
It was time to get rid of my low mileage 2016 Nissan Rogue. The road trip I took with my granddaughter in April was an eye opener with how much road noise got into that car. There were other reasons why it was time right now to move it on. Really long story short, I bought a 2023 Honda CR-V EX-L right off the carrier with 3 miles on it. It's the top of the line that isn't a hybrid. The reviews on it rated it #1 in its class and the quietest
I was concerned about the nanny features and **** going beeeep every time I sneezed.
Collision Mitigation Braking System: Beep--On. I drove backroads home in a light rain. There was one car in front of me. They slammed on their brakes and came to a complete stop for absolutely no f'n reason. The car beeped as I was slamming on the brakes. In another second the car would have slammed on the brakes for me. It reacts that quickly!
I got home and tried to set it all up like I wanted it. Just about everything that beeps can be made not to beep, so that came first. The volume of the beeps is adjustable from loud to very low. I set mine to low.
Blind Spot Information System: Beep--Off. It will give an orange flashing car in the side mirror if a vehicle is in that zone for the 90% who don't have a clue how to adjust their outside mirrors. No big deal.
Adaptive Cruise Control: Beep--Off. This blows conventional cruise control away! I went to a gun show last Saturday and set the cruise at 78 mph. If I get within an adjustable set range of the vehicle in front of me it will slow the car to their exact speed and keep me that set distance away. If I pull into the fast lane it automatically speeds me up to 78. If a car pulls out in front of me it will back me off that set distance etc. What's not to like?
Lane Departure Warning: Beep--Off. It will show an orange icon where the tach is if I drift over a lane or change lanes without using my turn signals. This is for every driver in GA and MI, and every BMW driver no matter where you're from. It simply flashed a low light orange warning on and then instantly off.
Road Departure Warning: Turned off. It's adjustable how far you can drift in the lane. It will literally turn the steering wheel to keep you centered. Screw that! Theoretically I could put on my cruise control and RDW and drive 400 miles on the interstate with my hands off the steering wheel. I'd fall asleep. No.
Back Up Camera: Way cool! It even tells you is there's any cross traffic while you're backing out, like in an angled space at Walmart. I guess it beeps, don't know, yet. You can even set it to look down from above if you want to back right up to something. I have no idea how Honda does that.
Traffic Sign Recognition: As soon as you pass a speed limit sign it will post it in white right next to the digital speedometer. There's also an analog speedometer. It will shut it off if it detects you've turned onto a new road, so it doesn't work when on the twisty hilly roads where I live until it sees another speed limit sign. I still really like it!
Auto High-Beam Headlights: Amazing! These will stay on bright until it detects any light ahead and it dims way before I'm able to see the oncoming headlights. Headlights also turn on when your windshield wipers are turned on. Don't like auto? Switch it to manual and it works like any headlights in my lifetime.
I don't like anything that beeps at me for no good reason. I have a couple I still have to figure out, but I will.
Cholo Sez: Don't buy any car you can't shut off/partially shut off the nanny features. Some you simply can't, but I havn't figured those out yet. Make sure you can turn off most of the childish nanny beeps. Fortunately on this car I can. You can use them or not.
The bottom line is these features aren't nearly as annoying as I thought they might be. The ability to turn things off was a huge plus, especially most of the beeping.
For the $ I spend on this car it should turn into Katie Sunshine when the sun goes down
