2014 Acura MDX AWD Long-Term Road Test

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2014 Acura MDX AWD Long-Term Road Test

We've reached 5,000 miles in our long-term 2014 Acura MDX.

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greenpony

...as any car SHOULD be in it's first 5,000 miles... I've never bought a brand new car that had trouble that early.

bassrockerx

i was a huge fan of the acura mdx until a few minutes fooling around and i discovered that the lexus GX street price as about the same as the MDX and im just like wow the gx prbably is just as capable on the street but is also a total offroad bruiser that you can get dirty every day and also tow a lot more with. and that 2uzfe engine although not the most powerful by todays standards is still such a smooth amazing engine.

quadricycle

@bassrockerx: You and I must have very different definitions of "total offroad bruiser". For the record, I'm not espousing the typical "you need 37 inch mud tires on your Jeep or truck to even touch dirt" attitude, but you're talking a

tp660

@quadricycle Sure, a Lexus GX is not going to be as off-road capable as say a Jeep Wrangler or a Range Rover but it can still handle a lot more than just "putting around the campground or occasional softroading". It's built on the same platform

quadricycle

@tp660: Although the GX and 4Runner do share the same platform, there are still plenty of differences. First, imagine yourself a 4Runner Trail (since we're talking about offroading). Its pretty capable, although it has gotten a little too big and heavy to