Ok, maybe I'm a little defensive...
My car cred includes a Lotus, BMW, Porsche, Triumph, Austin Healey, and other "enthusiast" cars. My first Mazda was the first RX-7 sold in in my market back in 1979 (that rust color with the weird tartan seats). I currently put around 6,000 miles on my Aston Martin DB9 each year, and I do its oil changes and replaced the twelve coil packs myself. The car I replaced with my CX-9 was a Mini Cooper S.
But the reason I wanted a CX-9 with all the newest safety gadgets is because I'm now 66 (not retired yet) and I drive my wife and various other family members 700 miles back to visit her parents and siblings four or five times each year. We do the drive in one day.
I haven't had an insurance-claim accident in three decades, but there are times when I've felt lucky. I don't want to look left one day and have my hands follow, steering me into the next lane. I don't want to be changing a radio station and glance down long enough to miss the other 66-year old who's just slammed on the brakes. I think that arguing against the best safety tech available is like arguing against seatbelts. Hey, if you drive properly, who needs them?
My car cred includes a Lotus, BMW, Porsche, Triumph, Austin Healey, and other "enthusiast" cars. My first Mazda was the first RX-7 sold in in my market back in 1979 (that rust color with the weird tartan seats). I currently put around 6,000 miles on my Aston Martin DB9 each year, and I do its oil changes and replaced the twelve coil packs myself. The car I replaced with my CX-9 was a Mini Cooper S.
But the reason I wanted a CX-9 with all the newest safety gadgets is because I'm now 66 (not retired yet) and I drive my wife and various other family members 700 miles back to visit her parents and siblings four or five times each year. We do the drive in one day.
I haven't had an insurance-claim accident in three decades, but there are times when I've felt lucky. I don't want to look left one day and have my hands follow, steering me into the next lane. I don't want to be changing a radio station and glance down long enough to miss the other 66-year old who's just slammed on the brakes. I think that arguing against the best safety tech available is like arguing against seatbelts. Hey, if you drive properly, who needs them?