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Nice ride, poor shift
Ed Lee, 09/11/2016
2017 Acura RDX Advance Package 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
16 of 24 people found this review helpful
It isn't the Lexus ride that I traded,. Then again, it was $12K less expensive. Life is a series of tradeoffs and this was one. The transmission shift is clunky. I expected much better gas mileage but the around town is a Killer. Looks good, easy to get around in and park. When you get out of either side, your foot hits the threshold and it gets dirty and stained really fast. Mine is a light color and looks nasty already
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Great luxury SUV for the money
Denise, 04/17/2017
2017 Acura RDX 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
I love this car. It has the space and height of an SUV, but drives like a car. The standard features are better than all of the competitors. Acura service is also top notch. They go out of their way to help and accommodate you when you bring the car in for maintenence.
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Decent car with some odd issues
Nor Cal Driver, 05/27/2019
2017 Acura RDX Advance Package 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
Bought with 10k miles after reading lots of reviews. Engine is powerful, but transmission isn’t very fun, sport mode pretty much unusable. Weird rattle from steering wheel that I just found out has a service bulletin on it from Acura so will need to get that fixed. Safety features sound good but adaptive cruise control over reacts and is pretty annoying. The blind spot works great though as does the emergency braking. Makes a squeaking noise when driving at slower speeds in front brake area. Pulls slightly to the right when driving, might just be alignment issue. For the price I was expecting less issues. Super comfortable seats and great acceleration. Good amount of space inside when you need it. Kind of hard to park in tight places like parking garages as it’s kind of wide, and turning radius isn’t great. Performed ok in the snow, not amazing or as good as my Subaru did. Overall I would not recommend this car. I definitely regret buying it. It’s just not very fun to drive. Neither sporty or that utilitarian. For some people I think it would be a good vehicle for some, just not for me.
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Not a lot of bells and whistles for a luxury brand
Albert Zack, 01/05/2017
2017 Acura RDX 4dr SUV (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
14 of 21 people found this review helpful
Even though we got the base RDX model, I was really surprised that to see the CRV from Honda (Acura's sister company) had some features the RDX did not. From my perspective, the base RDX should have more features than the highest-end CRV considering the Acura higher end positioning. Overall, we like the car, but just disappointed on how Acura cut corners.
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Not flashy but drives great!
Kleo77, 02/27/2017
2017 Acura RDX 4dr SUV AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
It's been a long road till I pulled a triggered and leased 2017 base model AWD RDX. I also looked at BMW x1 & x3 and infinity Qx30 & QX50. Acura was a winner due to the best deal and dealership experience. I traded in my 2011 3 series that I loved but the CPO warranty was about to expire and I refuse to pay for fixing cars so in order to prevent it I decided to get a new car. I wanted awd because we go often to the mountains. I did not want the technology package because I hate having too many buttons and features even though I'm very computer savvy. I just assume that simple solutions are always the best. My fiancee got x3, retail price 10k more- it was a demo so its fully loaded but my car drives almost as nice as his and mine gets better gas milage even though his is 4 cylinder turbo. I got 22 freeway and 20 combined which is exactly the same as my beemer and better than my 2011 AWD Nissan Rogue! I consider that very good and I hope it will stay at this level (BTW unlike most people I do manual gas milage calculation every time I go to the gas station and don't rely on the computer readings because they are hardly ever accurate- beemer was most accurate). My other car option was x1 since I've always liked but it would cost me still more than Acura and it is a much more smaller car. RDX is equivalent of x3 and is a perfect size for me. Base model had keyless entry, moonroof , heated seat and back up camera which is all nice to have. The drive quality is very good, X3 has a better suspension but is also a stiffer ride due to run flat tires and bigger rims. I was very dissapointed with how much my 3 series depreciate during my 3 years of ownership that I'm not longer their loyal customer. They also stopped offering free brakes in the first 4 years of ownership which was another bummer. ON top of everything I think their cars are kind of outdated looking so its time for major overhaul. I might consider the x3 in 3 years if they come up with the nice design. Not that my Acura is a hot looking car because its super bland but the deal i got justifies it. The lease on Acura and Infinity was much cheaper for a very simple reason - Japanese cars don't depreciate as much as German cars. Anyway RDX is great car and the only downside is there will be anew model coming up soon thats why I opted to lease. Highly recommended, safe and efficient vehicle.
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