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I haven’t been so deceived by a car in recent years as I was by the Buick Enclave. There’s nothing stodgy and boring about it, as a Buick should be, and it’s deceptively luxurious for its price.
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. My Peanut Butter Puffins had all been eaten (well, all but a lonely five of them), and the nearly empty box had been returned neatly to the shelf. But I promised myself I wouldn’t do anything else this morning until I got this review finished, I’m going to push through — no Puffins and all grumpified and such. That’s your official disclaimer before reading further.
Up until now, I had always discarded the Highlander as a car that was just plumb U-G-L-Y, yet here I was suddenly marveling at it, admiring its face-lift. When I got closer for a peek inside, things only got better.
I drive a Ford Freestyle and love it, so I was a little hesitant when asked to review the 2008 version of this car, which has been re-named the Taurus X. I was truly afraid that driving it would make me want to go buy the new version. Fortunately, sense won out; I am happy to report that I still love my Freestyle, and am even happier to report that Ford has improved on an already great car in the Taurus X.
The Hyundai Veracruz is a budget-esque crossover masquerading as a luxury one. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the Veracruz is almost as nice (and in some respects even nicer) than the Lexus RX — for a base price of more than $10K lower. Meowwww!
Driving the 2007 Lincoln MKX is almost as good as going to the spa. In fact, I think I’ll need a few more weeks in this crossover to uncover its flaws. Lincoln, can you send it back? I need a mud mask. I mean, a deep-tissue massage. I mean, well … you get it.
In our house, no one could say this car’s name without rolling the “R” and stretching out the “O” at the end: “Rrrrrrrrondoooooo!” This added an element of fun and character missing in the car itself.
I have discovered the outer limits of extreme sports for parents: Extreme Camping. Not for the faint of heart, this sport involves camping in tents with an entire class of kindergarteners. I swallowed my reservations and loaded up the Mazda CX-9 with our tent, sleeping bags and my son’s enormous backpack, which literally towers over him by a foot.
The “dead pedal” in most cars is a somewhat uncomfortable place to rest your foot if you wear high heels. Well, the interior designers of the GMC Acadia thought about this tiny detail and placed a notch at the bottom that will accommodate all but the chunkiest of heels.
Get this: The Outlook’s storage pockets are located on the back of both front seats, not just one or the other like in so many cars, meaning sharing — and fighting — can be kept to a minimum. It’s the little things in life that really thrill me, especially because I seem to have a touch of OCD that extends from the pockets in my car to the closets in my home. Don’t laugh; it’s a personal problem that I’m diligently working out in therapy.
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