Comments on: Review: 2008 Mazda CX-9

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:08:01 +0000

I really like this rig. I almost bought one instead of my Buick.
Just the third-row access killed it. It IS a great car, however.
Eric Hipple was worth a damn, as was Rodney Peete. Even Scott Mitchell. Not that any is a legend. Rove is pure

evil. It’s his fault Li’l Jorge isn’t screwing up[ some oil company somewhere.
Some crossover vehicles are interesting to look at.

What’s Great? Everything, but the third-row access.

“Somewhere, a Mazda designer decided the status quo wasn’t nearly good enough.” That happens a lot.

Why buy a gussied-up Pilot when you could get this for $10,000 less?

I will admit that my Enclave has better ride quality.

I’d much ratherhave a Mazda badge than a L—s symbol. It’s because of what’s under the badge.

rds130: rebadged Pilot/CR-V or Mazdas? That call is easy to make.
beatusmongous: Ktulu seems 2 B in a hurry.

Ford_Sucks: “If one needed a 3rd row seat I would be all over the Saturn/GMC/Buick model.” I do, and I was.
xyunya: Odyssey is a good minivan, but for those who don’t want them ….
ktulu: A lot of teams should have drafted Quinn.

SickofGarbageMotors: I call bullspit on you.

My Enclave’s running fine, though it’s only got 8,000 miles on it.

tripleonefive:
“The third row seat in the CX-9 works if you slide the second row up one notch.” But I don’t want to do that. I’ve got a seven-seat enclave, with a gap between the second-row chairs.

Xile: Barr was a Republican Congressman. I voted for Mitt Romney.The Libertarians should’ve picked root, instead of the Bobby-come-lately.

ihustle: Ideally, we’d be 20 percent dems, so percent rebublicans, 40 percent Libertarians and 20 percent something else.

By: ihustle

ihustle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:14:25 +0000

If you make under $500,000 a year, you should be a democrat. If your not, you must love getting your hard earned dollars taken by the rich.
*Fact of the day*

By: Xile

Xile — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:14:50 +0000

xyunya –
Your question shouldn’t start off as a hypothetical. Bush was a coke head, pot head and booze head for good measure. That is a fact which is a testimony to Rove’s genius. Unless you don’t have two functioning neurons in your brain, you know by now W has been nothing but a disaster. So like many of your fellow Republicans out there, take that W sticker off your, declare yourself a Libertarian and vote for Barr.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:27 +0000

Xile, if Karl could turn coke head into a president what kind of degenerate coke head was competing against?

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:27 +0000

The third row seat in the CX-9 works if you slide the second row up one notch. At the NY Auto show I try them out just to see how much room they have and I have found out that its a scam. Even with the seat up you eliminate cargo room and if you are in an accident its JOL time

By: ihustle

ihustle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:28:56 +0000

*Sick* No offense but all of there CUV’s theres no way in hell, you can fit a human in the third row seat, unless he was an amputee. At least i know for the cx-9. It is neary identical to the ford edge, since they share the same plat-form. Difference is the Mazda has the 3rd row and the edge doesnt. IF you can’t fit people back there, why have it?? Id rather have the cargo room. If i had 4 kids id have to jump into a full size suv.

By: SickofGarbageMotors

SickofGarbageMotors — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:51 +0000

“If one needed a 3rd row seat I would be all over the Saturn/GMC/Buick model. It is a lot nicer with more features, better ride and fuel economy.”

With all the camshaft problems in those, I’d stay far away from those. My Enclave’s engine went bad at 4000 miles
When it was working, the engine was adequate but that sucker was a tank.

At least with all the rain we are getting up here in the N.E. the interior would be washed (water leaks that could never be traced)

By: Mach

Mach — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:43:28 +0000

Very wise of LLN to close the chat in the story. “Ford idles stamping plant after worker killed this morning”
Honestly, no sarcasm this time.

By: tastyorange

tastyorange — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:46:05 +0000

I know this isn’t that important to most people, but I found both models to suffer the same issue affecting many vehicles and SUV’s today: A back seat that’s too low and un-supportive. You know.. with your knees up off the seat, like your’e sitting on the floor.

How hard is it to make a nice supportive back seat where you could sit like a human being?

By: cwa107

cwa107 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:30:18 +0000

If that’s the same Aisin-Warner 6-speed that was in my ‘06 Mazda 6s, then you hit that part right on the money. That has got to be one of the worst automatic transmissions I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Slow to downshift, constantly wants to be in 6th – even at 30 MPH, lugging the engine. At times I thought the transmission was going to stall the car out. The worst part was the way it would slam into gear when you were coasting at a slow speed and would then apply the throttle – BAM, it would slam into gear and rock the car. All of this I was told was “normal”, and with only 12,000 miles on it.

Never again Mazda – no matter how pretty you make ‘em, until you can find some way to refine these vehicles, all the lipstick in the world is not going to get me in one of your dealerships.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:47:02 +0000

Well, I guess the iPhone bet was lost. Dang it!

However, if you say you spell fine, but type poorly, is it safe to say that you have a problem with your hands? Quadruplegic, maybe? Not trying to offend, but knowing will help us understand.

By: ktulu

ktulu — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:19:37 +0000

The Detroit Lions had scott mitchell. 2 baf they don’t get better. Should have drafted quinn.

some crossover vehicles are interesting to look at. This is 1 o’ ‘em.

Mazda designers R alwarts deciding that the status quo wasn’t nearly good enough. T

I don’t like faux wood oir Acuras

I’d like 2 C htat the blind spot monitoring system in action.

17.3 mpg is not good.

Badges don’t mauen a lot … uit’s what’s unbder the badge that should ciunt, Hyindai will figure thus out with the genesis.

there R more democtats, but republicans vote mire. some sau the 200 & ‘04 elections were stolien. i don;t bveleive that.

I donot spell poorly, *I type poorly. I no how 2 spoell, but tyoping is hard & I mess things up. I’l;;lm try 2watckh out 4 it N the futirte.

I wish I had an iPhone. If I typed with my0 tongue, I couldn’t see anything. what is Tourettes?

If I needed a 3rd row seat I would get a Cx-9 or a Traverse, or maybe a xr5 if I had the $. Or a volvo SUV (SC 90?)

Odyssey is not bad, but it is a minivan.

Karl is a genius & we R going 2 die

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:02:15 +0000

Stinging review. I think I’m getting a rash.

By: Xile

Xile — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:30:36 +0000

Karl is a genius. He turned a coke head into the President of the US and we are all better for it. Right?

By: xyunya

xyunya — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:59:25 +0000

… and I would jump into Odyssey. Comfortable, roomy, nice cruiser and handles well. No issues whatsoever with engaging gears.

By: Ford_Sucks

Ford_Sucks — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:57:01 +0000

If one needed a 3rd row seat I would be all over the Saturn/GMC/Buick model. It is a lot nicer with more features, better ride and fuel economy.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:56:31 +0000

About Karl, I think they are trying to say that he is a vampire.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:54:51 +0000

Ktulu almost never responds twice in one thread, so I’m going to try to catch him before he posts:

Ktulu, why do you spell so poorly? My guess is you are using an iPhone or a Blackberry or some kind of Smartphone. Others have wondered if you type with your tongue, or if you suffer from Tourettes. Please tell us. We want to know.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:47:09 +0000

OK, so if I am not Democrat, can I still partake on this forum? I don’t know what 2008 will bring, but 2000, 2004 proved to be that there are more republicans either voting or giving **** about voting.
Karl Rove is a bright guy: he screwed democrats twice. About this vehicle, was there anything good said? I mean fog lights, aside? Where is the logic for purchasing it or even for it existence? What did I miss, except Rove jab?

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:26 +0000

Well at least the author was right about the Detroit Lions…

By: maross600

maross600 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:35 +0000

“Karl Rove will always bed down at night in a sarcophagus filled with bats” What? Not sure what this means. Karl Rove seems fine to me.

By: rds130

rds130 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:16:19 +0000

After having sat in an MDX recently, I have to politely disagree with the comment about the CX-9’s interior. That is not a diss to Mazda nor the CX-9 as it is a fine vehicle, but it’s very blatantly obvious having sat in them back-to-back-to-back-to-back where the extra money was spent. The same can be said about the CX-7 and RDX and anyone that argues with that has more than likely either never been in both or is only looking at bottom line pricing. That said, in these particular climates, the Mazda’s interiors are adequate and fairly decently made (CX-9 moreso than the CX-7), and if one needed third row access in an SUV, I couldn’t think of a more comely vehicle than the CX-9.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:15:55 +0000

So the only good thing you could find to comment on was how the fog lights look? That in itself says a lot.