I forgot one other thing, I get over 500 miles from a tank of gas on my HHR. Which means working 6 days a week, with my 80 mile commute a day I need only fill the tank once a week on Tuesday when I get five cents off per gallon.
The EX and EX-L trims both feature Heated Seats, bot not power seats. I find that a bit odd. I have never seen any car that had heated seats but not power searts, but I guess there is a first time for everything.I am really going to miss the power seats. I am still pondering if this is a deal breaker for me or not. I expect them to at least be heated. If I had doubts about that, I probably would have purchased a different vehicle by now.
Indeed, my kids are ALWAYS changing my seat settings, I have manual seats and the speed to change back is much quicker in my car then my wifes with power...I don't understand the appeal of power seats. They take longer than adjusting manually, and it's not like I change the settings often anyway.
My 2003 Acura EL (Canada-only Acurized civic) has heated, not power seats. The two are completely independent systems, with power being by far the more complex, costly, and heavy. Doesn't seem odd to me at all to have heat without power.The EX and EX-L trims both feature Heated Seats, bot not power seats. I find that a bit odd. I have never seen any car that had heated seats but not power searts, but I guess there is a first time for everything.
I have power seats right now and what I like about this is the tilt ability and that you can dial them in just right. I've had plenty of non-powered seats, and all of those cars were fine though. It's not a deal breaker for me, but it would have been nice in the HR-V.I am starting to feel like the only one who likes power seats. I adjust my seat slightly often and usually a "click" on a manual seat is too much. I also like that I can adjust a bit quite easily while driving.
I too am not looking forward to the touch screens but as many people have pointed out, that is the way things are going like it or not. Get with it now, or get with it later. I took a civic for a test drive to mess around with it, and it really wasn't so bad. It will surely take time to get used to, but I suppose we will.
On another note, I am disappointed that the HR-V isn't getting that sweet sunroof that the Vezel has. Based on what I saw in Philly, the HR-V sunroof is the standard size. Same as all the other NA Hondas.
I checked the Australian HR-V specs and it has a 50 liter (13 gal) gas tank which would translate to about 450 mile range based on highway mileage of 35 mpg.I believe the HHR had a 16 gallon tank, which is even larger than the CR-V's (15.3 Gall.)
The HHR specs also list a range of 512 miles based on a highway mileage of 32 mpg. The Honda HR-V should get 35 mpg on highway. I don't know what the size of the HR-V gas tank is, but you should get metter mieage but you may have to fillup more ofton.