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Replying to: cdndriver2 (Jun 15, 2005 6:39 pm) We both love the Freebie very much and I got to admit the 18" Pirellis really holds the road very well and IMHO has a slight edge in handling than the 17" Contis.I also notice when I put on my polarized fishing glasses it eliminates almost all the glare.The downside of our light interior is also the carpets tend to look dirty awfully fast. should have taken your advice. BTW those Air France passengers were sure lucky to survive the crash landing at Pearson Intl. Airport during a fierce thunderstorm.
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I'm Jackie, one day old owner of a Merlot Limited AWD, pebble int. Like Willie above, my first choice int was the shale, bummer it doesn't come on the Limited. And I came "thiiis close" to buying a silver/shale SEL till I realized the no heated seats. My trade-in volvo xc had the heated seats, as does dh's Acura MDX, so although I felt petty, we decided we had to confine our search to the Limiteds. I wear polarized glasses and haven't had a problem with the glare. I would rather have that than the black, too hot in the summer, that was the only color in or out I put on the definitely do not want list. The interior isn't as upscale as the xc or the mdx, the carpet is pretty cheap, but I'm getting about 1 mile less per gallon than the volvo in my two days of driving so far and assume it will rise after break in. That plus no longer needing premium gas and (knock on wood) lower maintainance costs with ford caused us to pick this over another xc. My requirements in a new car were: -drives like a car (the mdx is too far from a car like experience for me) -decent MPG, low 20's goal, 18-19 ok, most of my driving is highway -awd -capacity of a wagon The incentives pushed us into action. The '99 volvo had 143k and was needing expensive repairs every time I brought it in for service. Some wear and tear items, some not. There had been close to $1500 worth of non-urgent things I had postponed. So it was time. Got a decent trade-in value, decent salesperson considering they have buyers clamoring at their doors and don't have to go the extra step for you. Jackie
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Replying to: willie19 (Aug 03, 2005 7:43 pm) Ya ... the Air France folks sure got lucky. I live near the airport and saw the smoke from the plane in my back yard, The airport guys are starting to clean up today. |
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Replying to: branty (Aug 03, 2005 3:29 pm) With this weather lately ... winter seems a ways off. 
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Replying to: magdad (Aug 03, 2005 4:44 am) |
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Replying to: jackief (Aug 04, 2005 4:45 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Aug 21, 2005 8:51 pm) Jackie
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Replying to: jackief (Aug 25, 2005 12:45 pm) Another question is for the life of me, I couldn't determine whether the rental was the AWD model. I think it had the CVT. Does that mean it has to be the AWD? I couldn't see any "AWD" badge, so I wonder..... How else can you tell? Overall, I can see its appeal. It could definitely use more motor though, which begs the question, why would someone buy it over, say, a Honda Pilot, which has similar capacity, but way more motor.
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Replying to: bodble2 (Aug 26, 2005 8:09 pm)
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Replying to: cmuniz (Aug 27, 2005 3:02 am)
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