Several years ago, a friend loaned us a front-porch bench. It's iron and
wood, heavy and awkward to carry. On a recent weekend, it was time to
return the bench. Its owner, once a neighbor, now lives nearly 100 miles
away.With remarkable ease, my wife reconfigured the back seat arrangement
of the new-look and more spacious 2005 Honda CR-V, and the cargo
area opened into a flat and cavernous compartment. The bench is five-
feet long, but with a little twist here and a turn there it fit length.