Honda crv vs rav4 vs Toyota odyssey or hyundai tucson for a first time driver

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever you pick make sure it has up to date safety features. When my daughter was learning to drive she whipped a hard right turn once that kicked in the stability control. She hit the curb and blew out a tire, but would almost certainly have rolled the vehicle without the stability control.

Honda CRV BTW; great vehicle.

[Anonymous]

I own the first three options that you listed. They’re all great. Everyone I have known with Hyundais has had unfortunate experiences with their reliability, although at least the one that needed a full engine replacement was covered under the good warranty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you pick make sure it has up to date safety features. When my daughter was learning to drive she whipped a hard right turn once that kicked in the stability control. She hit the curb and blew out a tire, but would almost certainly have rolled the vehicle without the stability control.

Honda CRV BTW; great vehicle.

Stability control has been around since about 2004.

[Anonymous]

One other comment from the poster who owns all three. You’re not going to be sending your kid out in winter weather. This area cancels school for the threat of a snowflake. So don’t worry about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One other comment from the poster who owns all three. You’re not going to be sending your kid out in winter weather. This area cancels school for the threat of a snowflake. So don’t worry about that.

OP may live somewhere else.

As someone who lives where there’s a lot of winter driving and has owned a lot of different SUVs and minivans, the best winter weather vehicle is an AWD Toyota Sienna.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you pick make sure it has up to date safety features. When my daughter was learning to drive she whipped a hard right turn once that kicked in the stability control. She hit the curb and blew out a tire, but would almost certainly have rolled the vehicle without the stability control.

Honda CRV BTW; great vehicle.

Stability control has been around since about 2004.

And yet my 2013 vehicle doesn’t have it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One other comment from the poster who owns all three. You’re not going to be sending your kid out in winter weather. This area cancels school for the threat of a snowflake. So don’t worry about that.

OP may live somewhere else.

As someone who lives where there’s a lot of winter driving and has owned a lot of different SUVs and minivans, the best winter weather vehicle is an AWD Toyota Sienna.

OP said 'our' winter weather so I assume DMV.

Agree that AWD Sienna is great in the snow, especially with good tires. I've driven one in Vermont.

But I agree with most on the thread that 'good in the winter' is lowest priority for OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you pick make sure it has up to date safety features. When my daughter was learning to drive she whipped a hard right turn once that kicked in the stability control. She hit the curb and blew out a tire, but would almost certainly have rolled the vehicle without the stability control.

Honda CRV BTW; great vehicle.

Stability control has been around since about 2004.

And yet my 2013 vehicle doesn’t have it.

You may not understand stability control. I think it is required now. I remember consumer reports had an article years ago saying people needed to get rid of their older cars that didn’t have it. As op said it became standard around 2004.

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you pick make sure it has up to date safety features. When my daughter was learning to drive she whipped a hard right turn once that kicked in the stability control. She hit the curb and blew out a tire, but would almost certainly have rolled the vehicle without the stability control.

Honda CRV BTW; great vehicle.

Stability control has been around since about 2004.

And yet my 2013 vehicle doesn’t have it.

You may not understand stability control. I think it is required now. I remember consumer reports had an article years ago saying people needed to get rid of their older cars that didn’t have it. As op said it became standard around 2004.

ESC was mandated in late 2014 on all new vehicles. It’s entirely possible a 2013 didn’t have it. It may have been an available option back in 2004 but it was only available on high end vehicles and/or top trim levels. I had to go out of my way in 2007 to find a minivan with it.

Take a look at the IIHS top safety ratings. For 2023, both the CRV and the Tucson are rated top safety pick +. The RAV is top safety pick, so a little lower.

You want all the active safety features - automatic emergency braking (with pedestrian), lane keeping, blind spot detection, etc.