I think the Acura salesman was blowing smoke. They most definitely do have a sliding 2nd row. This excerpt is taken directly from Acura's website, "In a single movement, the passenger-side 2nd-row seat will tilt and slide forward for easy access to the 3rd-row seats. "
:) They hire anybody to...
I pretty sure he is referring to matching it to the color of the paint. Yes it's possible. I know people that have done it to Chevy Avalanches. Most of the texture can be smoothed with a heavy primer and light sanding during prep. Any decent body shop can do this.
Keep the tranny temp down with a good front mount cooler, install a tranny temp gauge and 2" receiver and you can probably double the tow rating. If the tongue weight gets too heavy though, you may need helper shocks in the rear.
Take 30 minutes, jack up and support the front and lube the foam rubber bump stops on the strut shafts. You'll be surprised! Trust me, I was skeptical of this fix when our CX9 made that noise.
That's fairly normal this time of year. Being that it is so new, it's most likely just the condensation that is left on the evaporator when the car is turned off. That's why it goes away after a short period of operation once the evaporator starts to cool and remove humidity again.
Making sure...
We had one in the middle using the latch system. Some seats' built in belts aren't long enough to span from the left inner latch to the right inner latch. So if you haven't already purchased a seat, this may be something you want to check when looking.
http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/2007/Audi/Q7-V8-AWD/Utility-4D-Premium-S-Line-V6/Standard-Equipment
4 years later it has only depreciated approx. 35% of $53,000 sticker
http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/2007/Mazda/CX-9-V6/Utility-4D-GT-AWD/Standard-Equipment
My completely loaded 2007 after 4...
I have a 01 Audi and 07 Mercedes and the 07 CX9. Obviously the leather in the Mazda is slightly inferior to the other 2 but we still love driving it. If I cared more about only the fit & finish rather than the value, we would have bought a Q7. I like the CX9 hard leather or not. Plus we get...