After driving my Honda Odyssey for 10 years and 145,000 miles, I decided it was time for a new car. When you live many years with a car, you’re not aware of the gradual change as it ages — it still seems about like it did when it was new. But it’s not the car it was when you bought it. I was going to make a comment about spouses, but won’t. (Wait — I just did…) I still love my Odyssey, but…<\/p>\n
I just bought a brand new 2010 Acura MDX Crossover SUV. Except for the entertainment package (DVD screen for rear seat passengers), I got all the bells and whistles. It’s the coolest car I’ve ever owned, or seen for that matter.<\/p>\n
Some of the neat techy features include:
\n– Adaptive Cruise Control, where it uses radar to keep a safe distance from the car in front
\n– Collision Mitigation Braking System, where the same radar will warn you of an imminent collision and if necessary put on the brakes and tighten your seat belt.
\n– Blind Spot Information system, where it detects cars in the blind spot on either side.
\n– CDs are copied to a Hard Disk Drive, so you don’t need a disk changer.
\n– Ventilated seats in the front — air blows through tiny holes in the leather to keep you cool.<\/p>\n
Plus all the “usual” stuff like Navigation, Bluetooth phone connection, back-up camera, etc.<\/p>\n
It’s going to take me a while to figure everything out, but it will be lots of fun doing so. <\/p>\n
The 2011’s will be out in a couple of months, but nothing has changed, and dealers were very ready to bargain to start clearing out the 2010 stock. So I probably shouldn’t have splurged, but if I keep it for 10 years I hope I will feel that I got my money’s worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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