well I've owned all three cars before and my favorite is the accord
my wife drives the crv and I no longer have the civic
it all depends on what you use it for, the crv is a great suv, we use it for everything
the Accord will have the smoothest ride
and the civic is the quicker one
either one will be a great first car
my first car sucks, it was a 85 nissan maxima...lol..but lots of memory