Just pointing out that this statement only applies to newer CRVs. The early generations with the viscous coupled fulltime AWD systems are surprisingly capable offroad!

It’s generally best to train yourself to ignore the contents of the cars you work on, lest someone accuse you of snooping. I was told to move the car, so it was my job to assume that the car was okay to move.

You joke, but I once had a woman literally pull a gun on me because we accidentally “kidnapped” her kid. Her service advisor told me (the lead service tech at a Mazda dealership), to pull her car around back and park it in the service queue.

5 minutes later I walk back through the front door of the service center and…