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Replying to: hoser0eh (Feb 22, 2008 8:06 am) It's a tough situation. For social and political reasons we wanted to keep our dollars out of the U.S. but those savings made it awfully difficult to resist. I'm happy we found a deal that allowed us to purchase here in Canada without much of a price difference compared to south of the border (cash buyer).
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 22, 2008 8:00 am) To me the outside of the car is by far the least important aspect. It's like when I'm online looking for photos I completely ignore the exterior shots and I really wish they'd have interior shots with people in the seats to give some perspective. And even then the interior photos are designed to trick you. They'll give you a shot of a 3rd row with the 2nd row slid all the way forward to make the 3rd row look roomy. Then they'll give you a shot of the 2nd row with the 2nd row slid all the way back (just look at the tracks) and the front row slid pretty far forward (just look at the center console stick back versus being flush with the back of the front seats). The Mazda5 webpage does the best job because it has photos with adults sitting in all three rows of this little 3-row car. Sure the adults aren't big, but at least you get some idea. The same with videos. Edmunds videos (as well as from other car review sites) are usually worthless because they mostly just show the car from the outside driving down the road from different angles...who cares?!? Then they just have some quick interior video clips and of course there's no-one in the vehicle when they're shooting the video clip. For 3-row vehicles, they should show in the video some adults climbing and sitting in all three rows and throw some stuff behind the 3rd row to get perspective. Not just show you different exterior views of the car driving down the road. Anyway, enough of my pet-peeves to online photos/videos from car review websites. But it's good to know you can get inside some of the cars at a carshow.
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Replying to: albook (Feb 22, 2008 7:45 am) Similar sized but not similar price.  2009 Ford Flex order guide 2009 Ford Flex price guide It seems to have a lot standard which follows Ford's recent announcement that they will be packaging trim levels similar to the Asian mfrs. But I think it's still kind of pricey. Competitively priced, yes. But I expected it to be closer to the TX in price myself.
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Replying to: bobw3 (Feb 22, 2008 4:09 am) Bingo. Many models used are size 0. Did you know that Honda sold a 10-passenger (yes TEN) CR-V in the Philippines. Not stretched, by the way. No, seriously. It was actually done to avoid taxes, I believe, but they pulled it off!
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 22, 2008 4:12 am) oh, I just figured it out, stacked like cordwood in the back with the seats folded down...that''s it. |
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Replying to: freealfas (Feb 22, 2008 4:32 am)
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Replying to: chuckhoy (Feb 22, 2008 10:06 am)
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Replying to: hoser0eh (Feb 21, 2008 8:15 pm) Actually, that was still a crap deal for Canadians: taking exchange rates only confuses the point. Suppose that we both went to the dealer with a $50k dollar bill (say yours was $50k canadian, mine was $50k american) and bought the same car: at the end of the day you'd have $10k left over, while I would have $18k. I am still relatively $8k richer than you are. With that extra $8k in my hands I can go buy myself 8000 packs of gum, while no gum for you! See the point I'm trying to make?
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Replying to: freealfas (Feb 22, 2008 5:11 am) 
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Replying to: jimmy2x (Feb 21, 2008 6:13 am) Unless a person's budget rules it out, it should at least get a looonnnng test drive. And not just around the corner. Get it on the highway to legal and above-legal speeds. Get it on a curvy road and spend enough time with the SH-AWD to understand how to make it work. Check out it's maneuverability in tight parking lots. Ok, maybe not that...it is rather wide. After doing all that, it was one of the easier buying decisions I ever made. Disclaimer - These, of course, are my opinions. Your opinions may (and probably will) vary if you are not a "car" guy like me. "Truck" guys will most likely hate the MDX.
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