- suv 76,055
- 15,375 high price
- Spokane, WA
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- autoshopper.com
- suv 76,055 gasoline blue automatic
2009 acura rdx review this car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale. This last system delivers a higher proportion of power to the outside rear wheel under hard cornering, thus keeping the car in line and enhancing cornering performance. rdx comes trimmed in leather, no cloth interior is available. Standard equipment includes luxury features such as a power moonroof and dual-zone climate control. in short, the rdx is designed for drivers who do not want to compromise cornering for a comfortable ride (hence, the firm suspension), but want upscale accommodations. The acuralink real-time traffic system includes more coverage, with 77 metro areas. The appearance of the two cars is similar. Rdx has sculpting on the sides. the nose of the rdx is its most distinctive feature. The grille is a wide shallow vee, the acura theme, but under that is a black air intake with opposing angles, riding on top of the bumper. And under the bumper is another air opening. The top is wide and flat black vinyl, there's a three-inch-tall strip of dark titanium plastic in the center, broken by the display screen and, at the bottom, it turns to smooth vinyl in light gray. The top and the plastic strip are grained with minutely raised crossed diagonal lines, a sort of diamond-like golf-ball effect. So there are three textures and three colors. on the top center of the dashboard, tucked under the windshield, is a narrow digital display that indicates time of day, radio station, the interior temperature setting on each side of the car, and where the vents are pointed. It's hard to see in sunlight. the navigation system is controlled by a big ugly knob in the center of the center stack. It pushes in, up, down, left and right. Acura has an excellent reputation for its navigation systems. We've found them among the best and easiest to operate. we found the rearview monitor fuzzy, and dim at night (which might be from dim backup lights), often too dark to be useful at dusk or on overcast days. the perforated leather seats are comfortable, and the driver can perch up high to see over the short nose of the car. Both front seats have high and low heat settings. the gauges are nicely lit at night, in blue and white. The tachometer is at left, with the redline at 6800 rpm, and an insert that shows turbocharger boost. A big speedometer is in the center with an information display inside it, and on the right is a spot of similar size which contains a gear-selection indicator and a fuel-level gauge. There's also an instantaneous fuel mileage display, consisting of a bar ranging from 0 to 50 mpg, but we did not find it to be easily readable. the epa-rated mileage is 17/22 mpg city/highway. We got 17. 6 miles per gallon (on premium fuel) at an average of 34 mph running stop-and-go on the freeway and 80 mph when the traffic was less crowded. It has three spokes, at 3, 9 and 6 o'clock, and they're trimmed in aluminum-look plastic, with a design that makes the wheel look like a scale model of a space station. there are terrific grab handles for closing the front and rear doors, something we wish all cars had. there are nice little storage compartments, and a very deep center console compartment, with trays at the bottom that lift out to reveal a hidden spot that's another couple inches deep. The rear passengers have cupholders in the folding armrest, door pockets and map pockets in the front seatbacks, and the 60/40 rear seatbacks will fold flat, after the seat cushions are flipped up against the front seatbacks. cargo space behind the rear seat is in short supply, with just 27. 8 cubic feet, but then this isn't a big suv. It does a great job of this. Honda has been the technology leader with small engines for a long time and this 2. 3-liter turbo is about as high-tech as they come. The turbocharger changes the power characteristics quite a lot from the more peaky acura tsx, although it doesn't smooth out the engine. Apparently the turbo confuses it, something we'd seen in the past with volkswagen's 2. 0t turbos. It has a drive-by-wire throttle; we have found many other cars with this type of electronic system also to have very sensitive throttles, and we wonder if the technology still has a ways to go. In any case, this does not make the rdx a great commuter car in heavy traffic. a bigger flaw than a quick throttle or unsettled transmission is the ride. A front-seat passenger said she could feel every bump, especially on the freeway. We could feel them too. Acura boasts that it will out-corner a bmw x3, which was developed on the nurburgring circuit in germany. So, good for the rdx. The response was beauti. Climate Control✔ Cloth Interior✔ Tachometer✔ Sunroof/Moonroof✔ Leather Seats✔ Bluetooth✔ Navigation System✔ Alloy Wheels
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