I would give 9. I love the car, but there are few things I can't stand:
1. The metal is so thin (Honda try to minimise the weight by thinning the metal I guess), that I am afraid to push hard on the door, because even if I use my index finger I can make a dent in it.
2. There is an annoying noise coming out of the speaker installed under the left side of the bumper that brought me to the point that I disconnected it. The Honda should of thought of at least a choice in the noise that the driver could set up. The dealer says it is to warn the pedestrians up to 30 km/h speed. Mine was wining up to 50 km/h. This car has cameras on the windshield and a radar under the front grill! Couldn't the engineers of Honda set a simple warning signal when a pedestrian is in sight?! I guess they do not drive this car at all.
3. Honda link updates the information whenever it feels like it. I have noticed that when it is parked near my home that it can tap into my Wi-Fi, I get the updates more frequently (about 20 minutes delay) then when it is parked outside of my Wi-Fi area (about 4-8 hours). Honda could simply add mobile data option for $10 a month or a bit more as Tesla does it and have the update every 5 minutes. Or give an option for the owner to insert a SIM card. I do not know what will happen if I park my car in a shopping center and try to find it after 30 minutes. Will I get it's location, or it will show that the car is at my home?
4. Too many cavities behind the hood and it's sides, the trunk cover, between the seals and the window. Seems like the designers thought that this car will be driven in summer only. The leaves and snow gets into those cavities and it is a challenge to get them out of there.
OK, now the good stuff:
1. The car is spacious, with a comfortable ride.
2. The Adaptive Cruise Control works well, just I would like to have a bit less distance to the vehicle ahead for the minimum setting and a bit faster reaction when I change the lane to take over a slow car. The collision warning system saved me a few trips to the body-shop. Three times the car did brake itself. Do not like much that part, but once it prevented an accident.
3. It holds the lane very well. I do not like the vibration of the wheel when it corrects the direction, but maybe it is done to bring the drivers attention to it. Works well on dry and whet pavement. I doubt it will be useful in a snow conditions, but will test it this winter.
4. Interior design is very well done with a perfect size of the central console screen (I do not like one in Tesla). Vast choice of the screens and menus. A bit clattered and out of logic sometimes, but when you get used to it, it is OK.
5. I really appreciate the right side camera that comes on when you activate the turn signal (you can also do it from the button on the flasher handle). Very useful in a city where people ride bicycles and rollerblade on the pedestrian sidewalks. You can see them before they hit your passenger door.
6. Also a cleaver thing is the glass in the back of the trunk cover that lets you see the low part behind the car when you backup and are looking back (not through the mirrors or the camera).
7. Seats are comfortable (and I have the basic model), the trunk size is very much acceptable (it fits two wheels with tires on and there is a space left for groceries.
8. Almost forgot the best part: I used 17 L of gasoline and $86 CAD of electricity for 5300 km of city driving. Total $106 CAD, i.e. $2 for 100 km! After that I drove it from Montreal to Toronto and I filled up 31L of gasoline for 550 km of mostly highway driving. I was very pleased.
9. The TPSM system does not require sensors in the tires. A big plus for me, because I prefer to use different wheels for winter tires.
10. The climate control from the remote or the smartphone application is my favorite option.
11. You do not need to warm up the engine to leave.
It is a very good car and I like it very much.
