The lane change warning has never been turned on because besides being annoying its dangerous. I like the mirror light blind spot warnings and the backing up cross traffic alert but the frontal collision alarm goes off at random sometimes, first time almost made me stain the new leather so it was disabled very quickly, at least you can turn it off. My only issues with our new Chevy is the warning signal overload. The LTZ v6 suspension is a bit firmer than our 2013 but not painfully and has real hydraulic steering with much better feel and feedback than the electric units most common today including in the 4cyl Equinox. The Equinox is secure handling and predictable, never feels dangerous and can be driven all day without penalty to your body or ears. Why Edmunds praises jittery and stiff rides in a family car I can't comprehend, its not a track day machine guys and nobody wants their kids, or dogs, puking in the back because of the ride. It drives how I want the family truckster to drive, smooth ride, relaxed and quiet with plenty of get up and go. The acceleration is much better than the 2.4, taking care of our major issue with our 2013. So we got a v6 LTZ AWD and it was love at first drive.

Neither of these was especially quick compared to the 4cyl Equinox either and the rear seat room for people on the Chevy is unbeatable, its limosine levels of legroom. The CX-5 Mazda.I just don't get Edmunds praise, its a lot of money for a bumpy, harsh and noisy ride with poor interior space and a center stack that is unreadable in motion.

Still we almost bought it till we learned about the cvt vibration problems that most owners have, dodged a bullet on that. I tried to get another car, I tested the CR-V which rode harshly and … was loud inside with a terrible radio set up but did have the great magic seats, Honda does do a great interior. Its glaring weakness was the 2.4 engine that always had to be beaten hard to get anywhere and we didn't have AWD or leather which we wanted on the next car. As low rent as it was the features for the time were impressive and lacked nothing we really wanted. We came from a 2013 base model LS Equinox that was a lease.

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