CRV for daughter

Hi guys...first time poster...

My daughter just creamed her car, '87 Accord hatch...loved the car!!!...252,000 miles on it...Now I need to help her get another...

She is a soph in college, near Detroit, but we live in St Louis...so she has a need for some 4wd stuff in the snow, and space to pack all her junk...she's a music major and has guitars, violas, violines, computers etc to pack and move...

Am thinking a CRV, older one, but don't know when they first came out...or what the reliability record is on the older units...

I assume it's basically the same 4 banger as in the Accords...tough little engines...what about the rest of the vehicle???

Can anyone "enlighten" me on the pros and cons of a CRV???

Thanx
Steve