Nobody agrees to eat breakfast with a car as ugly as the Flex. ;-)

If you put the car in “Sport” mode, and then manu-shift, it’s more fun. A little snarl when slowing down.. But no, this isn’t a car you buy to take to the track.

Missing the Android Auto and Apple Car Play, does rankle this new owner.

True. This thing is more wagon-like than SUV-like, IMHO.

Did your other half actually drive it? Wow, s/he must like boring cars! :-)

The owners manual mentions a heated steering wheel button. I sure don’t see one. I guess it’s coming? Ha!

You’ll spend $10K more on the same spec’d XC-90 as you will the Mazda. I looked at that vehicle, too.. Gorgeous interior, but not worth the money to me. And I felt teh Mazda had far better handling. RX? Really? Not the same shopper, usually. But I think more like Acrua MDX. This CX-9 holds its own against the Acura.…

What turbo lag? I’ve been driving mine two weeks and the boost is there as soon as I mash the pedal.

We’ve had our CX-9 for a couple of weeks now, and I think you nailed it. We got the Grand Touring w AWD, which appears to be the spec you drove. I drove everything in this segment before settling on either a Durango (which I planned to beat up and not worry about what anbody thought about it), or the CX-9. In the end,…