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Prior to that I would have chosen an RL, they cost about the same as a used TL anyway.
That beak needed to be killed with fire.
RL seems to be an interesting used deal, but new it is insane.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Subaru was getting divorced from GM, meanwhile the Saabeca had already been developed.
All we saw were some grainy cell phones pics, but the rear especially was absolutely identical, taillights and all.
The more significant change was the move from the EZ30 to the EZ36 boxer engine, but it was too little too late - the vehicle was simply too small for a 3-row crossover. I think GM got the size "just right" with the Lambdas.
then again, I don't tend to have normal tastes in cars!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
But neither is very good for 3rd row passengers - why bother if only little ones can sit back there.
When Saturn folded they basically gave them away (I think incentives peaked at $7000 cash back) so it was a strong value.
You guys are right, though, it's big on the outside and small on the inside. I wanted the opposite.
I also test drove the CX9. In the driver's seat, your right knee rubs up against some (unnecessary) center console trim. I could not get comfortable. I was bummed because the price was far better than the Lambdas, at least until the $7k incentive arrived.
Funny thing is my MX-5 has an annoying protrusion on my left knee, fixed for 2009, but then they added that silly grin face. Ugh.
I modified the dead pedal a bit to get around it. Easy enough, but Mazda needs to spend more time actually sitting in the cars during the design stage.
Zoom Zoom.
What I disliked about the Acadia was that when my wife adjusted the seat so she could reach the pedals, her knees were about an inch away fromm the lower dash - didn't seem safe to me. Also, it's pricey.
I didn't care for the interior of the CX-9. It seemed dated especially compared with the Explorer. I'm not a fan of gated automatics and the switchgear felt low rent to me. Lastly the grin annoys me.
Here in New England the AWD is worth it - we ski so for that reason alone my wife wants it. We've done fine with just FWD in the past with snow tires but wife wants the AWD. Who am I to argue??
Indeed, let the wife get what she wants.
Happy wife, happy life!
We used to own a 626 V6/5 speed manual. It was one of the few sedans you could get back then with a manual that was loaded up (leather, sunroof, etc).
On one extreme you have the Dodge ads where the Hemi guys do burnouts, i.e. totally in your face.
On the other you have the Buick ads where the trunks are open in the Golf course parking lot. Very subtle, but too often forgettable.
I'd aim somewhere between the two, make it funny, but intelligent humor. Voila. The perfect car ad.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I remember the first gen Lacrosse ad with a guy and his son playing around on a toy racetrack while the father was dreaming of doing the same thing on some staged highway offramps and simulating driving it like a BMW or similar performance sedan.
Performance? I don' t think so... :sick:
Should've spent those ad dollars showing it cruising a Piggly Wiggly, showing off it's trunk space and how many groceries grandma can take home with her. Or how cushy soft the seats were, or the quiet ride (if it had one, I don't know. But it was based on the old GrandPrix from the 90's).
Till this day, one of the most oxymoronic car commercials I think I have ever seen.
I like the 'MyFord' touch feature. A lot of the reviewers don't like it, but they have to figure it out pretty quickly.
Found out today that the turning circle is pretty small, for the vehicle size.
Having said that, bumpers nowadays are not really bumpers, they are an integral part of crumple zones, designed to absorb impacts and increase passenger safety.
Ironically, bumpers are not designed to be bumped. Most are foam filled and are meant to absorb an impact just once.
Spoiled more than a few pretty designs.
Nowadays you often see no rear bumper at all. It's just incorporated in to the rear body work. No bumper sticks out.
I think modern bumpers are designed to protect light clusters in low speed bumps more than anything else.
Bet the can text like a champ!
Spoiled more than a few pretty designs.
My 1975 2002 looks like it has a railroad tie mounted at each end. At least I don't have to worry if my 16 year old backs it into a pole or similar...
A couple of years ago someone bumped my wife's X3. It was a very low speed hit. The X3 had a tiny scratch on the rear bumper while the Geo Prizm was a mess. They had to zip-tie the radiator to the front of the upper cross-member and the twisted hood required an extremely hard slam to latch.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/18/2012-mercedes-benz-ml350-bluetec-4matic-first- - -drive-review/
They won't be wise enough to ask for the diesel, I bet.
Shouldn't be legal for the spawn of the crooked elite to have cars like that. Oligarchy, we has it.
If my kids can't park they'll get bicycles.
I like how you treat your kids. I hope you put them in 10 year old Camrys that they have to pay for themselves/
10 year old Impreza, perhaps. Or maybe Outback Sport.
Impreza has been a Top Safey Pick since MY2002, IIRC. So a good, safe choice, and good in winter, too.
A beater will work fine. I'll probably call my insurance agent and ask for the top 5 cheapest cars to insure for a teen, because around here it's $2000/year just for insurance for a teen.
When I went through this exercise with my step-kids, my insurance agent told me a Saturn sedan was the cheapest to insure, if they were the primary driver.
Perhaps you can find a gently used ION sedan.
Rental place tried to give me an Ion as an INTERMEDIATE, I thought they were nuts! It was their entry-level car.
Got a Malibu instead, thankfully.
I wonder if it's because no one would ever want to steal it! LOL
Well, hey, you aren't driving it, your kid is!
Think of it as a Cobalt with a plastic suit.