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When I pick my mother up for Sunday brunch in this car she exclaims, “Wow, what a beauty!” This is one of the few things we’ve agreed upon. However, my brother (barely 20 years old) said, “That’s a Mercedes? It looks more like a Pontiac.” Ouch! I won’t tell Mercedes he said that!
Saturn says the Ion is “Nimble, yet powerful.” While it gets up to speed just fine, I would not consider it nimble. It feels stiff (not in a cool, tight, sporty way but in a hard, unforgiving bumper-car-at-the-amusement-park sort of way).
The large amount of cargo space is unexpected. I make a run to Costco for a plastic dog house, a case of oranges, three gallons of milk and more. I seriously think I might need to call in reinforcements. Happily, after some creative packing, I get the door shut without having to tie the kids to the roof. Yipee!
I appreciate the clearly labeled windshield wiper control. Since I drive a new car every week, I’m always confused by the windshield wipers. Do I twist them, push them, pull them or shake them all about, then do the hokey pokey to get the wiper fluid out?
The double sunroof tricks me into thinking that there is some room in here after all! Wow’di Audi! My kids love the added vantage point when admiring the skyscrapers downtown.
As a mom, my personal space is violated consistently and starts to wear on me after a week of being inside during the winter. The best way to cope is to go for a drive in the 2006 Outback.
The center console and glove box in the Passat have air vents in them allowing me to direct AC into those compartments, keeping my kids’ drinks and snacks cool while driving. That’s innovation!
The Volvo V50 has this cool “ultra-slim center console” where the stereo and climate controls are. There’s a small area behind it to put a small purse. Nifty! A place for my purse other than the passenger seat is the best design innovation since cupholders. I’m serious.
The Honda Ridgeline is an obsessive organizer’s dream, with a maze of storage compartments and super-secret squirrel hidey-holes. The center console has enough space left over to store a small child (please don’t try this — it’s just an expression).
I immediately dim the red-lighted dash which I find annoying. The color red is hunger inducing ... now I can blame my binging of left-over Halloween candy (a sacrifice I am only willing to make for the sake of my son and his oral health, of course) on this phenomenon.
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