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Re: Sport vs Touring [nxs138]
by svofan2
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Nov 03, 2007 (7:02 am)
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Replying to: nxs138 (Nov 03, 2007 6:36 am)
..is mileage that important when we are only looking at,in my opinion,a guesstimate?...and besides would a 1 or 2 mile per gallon difference make you buy a vehicle over the one that you really want or like?....I don't think so..on most cases anyhow..
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Re: Consumer Reports - No longer recommending CX-9 [nxs138]
by pulleydog
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Nov 03, 2007 (7:25 am)
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Replying to: nxs138 (Nov 02, 2007 6:19 pm)
nxs138 and others - thanks for the info! That does make me feel better. I do rely on CR for product information, but there are times when I look at how they rate one product against another, see the breakdown ratings within the same product, and then scratch my head and wonder why they rate one so much better than another when the data shows something quite opposite. I know they 'weight' things differently, but it still makes me wonder.
I do appreciate sharing what you have found. None of it sounds all that alarming to me. Historically, almost all first year vehicles experience some 'bugs' that need to be worked out. And it sounds like these 'bugs' were annoying but nothing that proved to be too major.
We're going for our last test drive right now. I will try not to put too much emphasis on the CR article and let the experience drive my decision.
Thanks again to all who responded! 
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Re: Consumer Reports - No longer recommending CX-9 [pulleydog]
by svofan2
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Nov 03, 2007 (7:54 am)
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Replying to: pulleydog (Nov 03, 2007 7:25 am)
...but use as a bargaining tools in your purchase and good luck..
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Re: Consumer Reports - No longer recommending CX-9 [pulleydog]
by nxs138
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Nov 03, 2007 (8:19 am)
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Replying to: pulleydog (Nov 03, 2007 7:25 am)
You might also want to give truedelta.com a try. It's a site started by a guy who apparently was critical of CR reliability data, so he started his own site. There's no CX-9 reliability data yet, but should be there soon (he needs a certain number of people to report in to have statistically significant data).
Good luck! My wife and I enjoyed the CX-9 test drive, we liked it better than the Acadia or Highlander.
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Re: Sport vs Touring [svofan2]
by cmuniz
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Nov 03, 2007 (12:17 pm)
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Replying to: svofan2 (Nov 03, 2007 7:02 am)
I was not worried about the 1 mpg difference, but simply wanted to know why 2 models (Sport vs Touring) of the same car (08 CX9 FWD) had different EPA mpg stickers. Was it tires? Was it gear ratios? Was it weight? etc,etc... Nobody seemed to know until I got an answer that sounded fishy. I know that most of us at these Edmunds' forums know more about the cars we are buying than the sales people at dealerships - that doesn't surprise me. What I don't like and will not tolerate from car dealerships are lies - this information that I got seemed to fit in that category and I simply wanted confirmation.
I suspected that the 17/24 MPG sticker was applied before the EPA changed their calculations and that the most current number should be 16/22. The answer that I got was just the opposite and implied that I WOULD GET 17/24 AFTER THE CAR WAS "REPROGRAMED".
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Re: Sport vs Touring [cmuniz]
by svofan2
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Nov 03, 2007 (3:57 pm)
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Replying to: cmuniz (Nov 03, 2007 12:17 pm)
..you are so right!...the sales people often are misinformed at best...and most of them will tell us buyers anything in order to sell a car...but in all fairness selling is how they make a living...my biggest problem is that the dealerships do not encourage long term employment for theirt sales force thus creating the "temp" sales personnel that either don't know anything,and show it well, or try to tell us lies with the objective of selling...after all when they get a "live one" they go back to the sales manager in order to effect the sale..
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Autobahn mpg
by steve_ HOST
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Nov 05, 2007 (7:46 am)
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I just moved an interesting mileage post over to the Real World MPG discussion. Check it out:
martin_m, "Mazda CX-9 Real World MPG" #23, 5 Nov 2007 6:37 am
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No 2008 Cx-9 Thread?
by kbedwards
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Nov 06, 2007 (7:37 am)
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And why do we have to go to the last page of the thread to post?! Craziest thing I have yet seen in any discussion forum (in terms of interface).
Just wondering where to post impressions of my 08 CX-9 after several months of driving, to help anyone looking at buying. I sure found a lot of value here when I was trying to decide, would like to add to the information.
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Re: No 2008 Cx-9 Thread? [kbedwards]
by brutus22
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Nov 06, 2007 (8:07 am)
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Replying to: kbedwards (Nov 06, 2007 7:37 am)
Hello,
Strange I have never seen any other way to post then at the end, it make sense to me and I post at a dozen other forums. Anyhow would love to hear your impressions, post them here please.
Thanks,
B.
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