On Saturday Timber and I went over to Jessica's place for a brunch party. I've never been to brunch party before, but it is just like a regular party except it starts at 11 AM and isn't a BBQ. :-) Timber and I brought our equipment and materials to make crepes (strawberry and banana & nutella). Someone brought a fancy waffle iron, and Jessica had an extra electric griddle. The food included crepes, waffles, scrambles (scrambled eggs, bacon, onions, etc...), bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, toast, etc... Way too much food! Also, there were mimosas (orange juice and champagne). For some reason I remembered the name as samosas, which are obviously different (Indian dumpling thing). And Scott, our resident Brit, said that the British term for it is a Bucks Fizz. I learn something new every day. After we left the party we got Timber's car washed and then headed over to the Acura dealership to test drive an Acura RDX. I read some RDX reviews while we waited for Timber's car to get washed, so I was armed with lots of questions once we got to the dealership. The overall experience of dealing with the salespeople at the dealership was really good, probably the best experience I can remember having at a car dealership. We were able to get a car lined up for a test drive very quickly, and the salesman was friendly, not pushy at all, and very knowledgeable. As for the car itself, the RDX was pretty good overall, and it is still on our list of cars to consider. Here are some of the things I liked about it:
1. Good power and acceleration (turbo).
2. Great handling around corners.
3. All Wheel Drive.
4. Heated seats and side mirrors.
5. Lots of other various good points (well thought out interior, decent technology package, dual climate controls, etc...)
It had a few nice things that I probably wouldn't use too much such as the Sport transmission mode and the paddle shifters. Here are a few things that aren't necessarily bad things but they won't be reasons to buy it:
1. Stiff ride (expected based on the car).
2. Weird storage area in the back. Not very cubic, would be hard to arrange luggage or boxes in the back efficiently. Wookie might not like it back there.
We still have a lot of cars to check out in our search, but our test drive of the Acura RDX did not eliminate it, and I have a feeling that the other cars we check out will be compared to the RDX as the standard.
Posted by troutm8 at February 17, 2008 11:26 PM