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Nope. I'm one of those drivers that equips his vehicle with appropriate tires and drives in a manner appropriate to weather and road conditions, and hates being tailgated by an SUV with improper tires, driven by someone that thinks AWD makes them invincible.

mmarshall

It is true that low-profile, summer-only tires are just not the way to go in snow (Subaru, in the WRX/STi literature, heavily stresses that). But mikez is correct that, with AWD, you usually don't need snow tires, as long as what you actually have on the car is reasonable. My Outback, with regular all-seasons, has gone through foot-deep blizzards and hard-packed, slick snow without so much as even a wheelspin. It usually takes glare-ice, or something very close to it, to really break-traction. I would also note that my Outback is one of the ones built before traction/stability control became standard...so the traction is even more remarkable.

airahcaz

2 car seats in 2nd row and find a way to get an adult in 3rd row, or move 1 car seat to the back.

If we could wait for 2014/2015, we'd buy a used 2012 Infiniti JX!

airahcaz

Acura dealer offering me a clean red 2007 MDX (sorry, don't know specific shade of red/maroon), with Nav and rear camera, with 125K miles, for $16,500. Yes, lots of highway miles, from NJ, one owner, but I know these 07's with less miles go for lots more $, into the mid 20's easily.

It has a clean Carfax, and timing belt was done (not water-pump, not sure needed?)

Your thoughts very much appreciated, may buy tomorrow.

mmarshall

The reason it's going cheap (16-17K) is probably the high miles (125K). The average 2007 vehicle, right now, would (assuming the typical 12,000 miles a year) have from 50-60K miles on it....virtually half the mileage that the one at the dealer has. A Honda product with 125K miles on it is not necessarily worn-out by any means....especially if it has had good care (look especially for documented oil-changes). 200K is often the average life of a well-cared-for Toyota or Honda-designed vehicle.....but don't expect a 2007 vehicle with 125K on it to necessarily have the same reliability, in the long-term, as one with only half the mileage. You're going to pay less, but, to some extent, you also take a litle kore of a chance, though id it's mostly highway miles on it, that certainly helps.

Good luck.

BTW, once you see the vehicle and can rate its overall physical condition for yourself, exactly what options it has, exact mileage, and other factors, you can figure its (rough) value for yourself with this website. I've often used it myself:

www.kbb.com

lamar411

I would have a mechanic thoroughly check it out, then decide if its worth it to you. If you drive a lot of miles maybe it wont be the best, but if you wont be driving much, i think it seems like a pretty decent deal if everything checks out.

airahcaz

Kbb with entering Nav and rear camera puts it over 22K.

We drive less than 5000 miles a year.

tmf2004

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Sounds perfect and a great deal for what you need it for... keep us updated..

516IS

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Good luck with purchase of the MDX. BTW, why get an JX? I would spend the $$$ on a GX460.

airahcaz

460 3rd row is not good.

Bought the MDX!

airahcaz

Put a deposit down. Dealer came back after 2 days saying the vehicle needs a new transmission. Car had 126k miles. Crazy. Bummer too.

LexFather

Which vehicle your GS or the MDX?

Congrats on the MDX I guess

airahcaz

My GS is fine. Had to back out the MDX deal.

LexFather

So let me get this right. The MDX transmission blew. Color us all surprised.

Might as well go with that X5...at least its a true luxury vehicle.

airahcaz

The dealer is going to wholesale the MDX out instead of fixing the tranny. I wont do BMW or Benz, so back to the drawing board.