Well, we ended up picking up an Advance/Ent AWD model 5 hours away from home (Long story). Nothing like a 5 hour drive to learn about the car!
All I have to say is WOW (and this is from a BMW guy). First off, the Lane Keeping Assist Systme (LKAS) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) make long drives soooo easy. The miles melted away. I honestly can't believe how useful these two features are (oh also got to try the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) once too - when a car merged right in front of us - across two lanes).
In short, If you take long highway trips, the Advance model is the way to go.
The wife also loves the new heated steering wheel. I personally HATE the fact that it is a dealer installed option as our steering wheel is now crooked (boy that sucked for a 5 hour drive).
Also love that the car detects as you walk near it and lights up the puddle lights and interior lights before you even touch the car. That feature is awesome (even though I thought I had left the interior lights on the first time).
And yes, we couldn't even get the remote start to work at the dealer, so the failure of that system continues.
The voice recognition works very well - thank GOD because the touch screen/knob interface is horrific. Can't believe a Japanese car company designed something so bad. Also really is sad that they have locked out so many features/settings from access when you are driving.
Still, an amazing car for $57K (plus heated steering wheel) :)
All I have to say is WOW (and this is from a BMW guy). First off, the Lane Keeping Assist Systme (LKAS) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) make long drives soooo easy. The miles melted away. I honestly can't believe how useful these two features are (oh also got to try the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) once too - when a car merged right in front of us - across two lanes).
In short, If you take long highway trips, the Advance model is the way to go.
The wife also loves the new heated steering wheel. I personally HATE the fact that it is a dealer installed option as our steering wheel is now crooked (boy that sucked for a 5 hour drive).
Also love that the car detects as you walk near it and lights up the puddle lights and interior lights before you even touch the car. That feature is awesome (even though I thought I had left the interior lights on the first time).
And yes, we couldn't even get the remote start to work at the dealer, so the failure of that system continues.
The voice recognition works very well - thank GOD because the touch screen/knob interface is horrific. Can't believe a Japanese car company designed something so bad. Also really is sad that they have locked out so many features/settings from access when you are driving.
Still, an amazing car for $57K (plus heated steering wheel) :)