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I knew about this training event in my area, but I didn't think I would get to go until just this morning and my schedule freed up. Considering the embargo ends tomorrow morning, I don't have really have much to say here as I only got 5 minutes to see and sit in the car. The training was going on in another room, but I wasn't allowed to attend it, and a salesmen who had gone to the earlier training just showed me the vehicle, but mentioned that he was told that it was still "top secret" and I could just do a quick look.
So anyway, my observations....
1) It's much more a jacked up hatchback rather than a small SUV in my eyes. It reminded me more of a VW Golf that's been raised up a bit or even just a 5 door Civic.
2) The windshield had a rock chip in it that had created a crack about 8" long. The salesmen said it wasn't there that morning, so sitting in the Northern California sun might have cause the crack to grow that day! I don't think this is a big worry specific to the HR-V or anything, it's just unfortunate that it happened to this demo vehicle.
3) The car was black and looked good
4) I was a bit surprised that the cargo area wasn't bigger. It thought it seemed on par with a Fit.
5) Although I only sat in it for a short time, the seats seemed nice and the climate controls and radio were very easy to reach. The cubby was a bit hard to get to however. The center console storage is laughably small.
That's about it, feel free to ask me any questions.
Oh, as I was walking out I walked past a circle of "suits" and one of them asked me what I thought. I think he may have been the owner of the dealership and he was talking with what looked like more corporate people. Anyway, I told him that car looks nice, but mentioned that there are concerns from those of us interested in the car, and it'll be interesting to see how it sells. He did mention that they expect the first delivery to be rolling off of the truck next week and he invited me back for a test drive on one of the first ones they get.
That's all for now, exciting times are just hours away!
So anyway, my observations....
1) It's much more a jacked up hatchback rather than a small SUV in my eyes. It reminded me more of a VW Golf that's been raised up a bit or even just a 5 door Civic.
2) The windshield had a rock chip in it that had created a crack about 8" long. The salesmen said it wasn't there that morning, so sitting in the Northern California sun might have cause the crack to grow that day! I don't think this is a big worry specific to the HR-V or anything, it's just unfortunate that it happened to this demo vehicle.
3) The car was black and looked good
4) I was a bit surprised that the cargo area wasn't bigger. It thought it seemed on par with a Fit.
5) Although I only sat in it for a short time, the seats seemed nice and the climate controls and radio were very easy to reach. The cubby was a bit hard to get to however. The center console storage is laughably small.
That's about it, feel free to ask me any questions.
Oh, as I was walking out I walked past a circle of "suits" and one of them asked me what I thought. I think he may have been the owner of the dealership and he was talking with what looked like more corporate people. Anyway, I told him that car looks nice, but mentioned that there are concerns from those of us interested in the car, and it'll be interesting to see how it sells. He did mention that they expect the first delivery to be rolling off of the truck next week and he invited me back for a test drive on one of the first ones they get.
That's all for now, exciting times are just hours away!
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