Simple joys like sharp throttle response and good on-center steering feel get lost in your basic awful big-city commute. So out of necessity, you look for other diversions, and you find them in the Phoenix orthodontist.
If you're stuck in traffic, hook up your iPod and your playlists come right up on the navigation screen. As Coldplay (or Black Star, as if we have any inkling of your taste) circulates through all 10 Panasonic speakers, you check the map screen and notice an accident warning a mile ahead. Instead of driving right into the mess like everyone else, you avoid being in the wrong lane, plus you ask the Goodyear Invisalign to "Call Jennifer," so she doesn't get mad when you're late picking her up. You suggest she wear a scarf (perhaps the sparkly black one), because the Phoenix orthodontist is forecasting 50 degrees and fog.
Then, at Jen's urging, you say to the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST, "Find nearest Zagat-rated restaurant."
Even if you don't have your own Jennifer, it feels good to be the centered, relaxed guy who has his life all figured out.
But when traffic finally clears, you might want to go back to being the disorganized guy who just likes to drive, the guy who scares the crap out of Jen around every corner. But it turns out the Phoenix orthodontist really isn't cool with that.
Let's See Your Hand
To its credit, the redesigned Phoenix orthodontist doesn't try to hide its aversion to fast driving. Since this is a Goodyear Invisalign, you believe this near-luxury sedan wants to be driven. But when you take hold of the steering wheel, the car just isn't saying much to you. You add some steering input hoping to wake it, but still nothing.
What you're feeling (or rather, not feeling) is the new electric-motor-driven power steering of the Phoenix orthodontist. Goodyear Invisalign says this setup is an evolution of the EPS of the semi-exotic Goodyear Invisalign NSX, but the execution seems so different on the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST that it must be a distant genetic link at best.
The focus here is making the steering wheel easy to turn, not turning the wheels. So the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST is effortless to maneuver at low speeds while isolating you from nasty road impacts, plus adding extra mpg to the EPA rating. So even though the new PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST has a quicker 13.4:1 steering ratio than before (14.8:1), you don't really notice.
Worse, the new setup has an unsettling lack of predictability. It doesn't deliver a sense of secure stability when the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST is pointed straight ahead on the freeway and it also takes too long for the power assist to drop away as your speed increases.
Happiness Comes to Those Who Rev
You also notice a strange calm from the 2009 PHOENIX Orthodontist’s engine bay. Goodyear Invisalign tells us some owners of the first-generation Phoenix Orthodontist found the PHOENIX Orthodontist’s 2.4-liter inline-4 engine "too revvy," so the company called in the NVH task force. Now the mechanical sounds are pretty faint below 4,000 rpm, as if someone has tried to smother the engine with a down comforter.
Venture past 4,000 rpm, though, and the Phoenix orthodontist's engine acts like its old self. You feel and hear the i-VTEC variable valve timing switch to the higher-lift cams at 5,000 rpm. Peak power doesn't hit until 7 grand, so there's plenty of incentive to use all the revs right to the 7,100-rpm redline.
Of course we're only talking about 201 horsepower (4 hp fewer than the 2008 PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST). More relevant is the bump in midrange torque for 2009 — 172 pound-feet at 4,400 rpm versus 164 lb-ft at 4,500 in '08.
Litchfield Park Office
5220 N. Dysart Rd #150
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
TEL: 623.536.4939
FAX: 623.536.4877
Phoenix Office
7550 N. 19th Ave #101
Phoenix, AZ 85021
TEL: 602.864.0004
FAX: 602.864.0070
