Though Goodyear Invisalign tells us that fewer than 10 percent of PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST buyers will select the six-speed manual transmission over the five-speed automatic, we can report that the pleasure of controlling the four-cylinder engine with a manual transmission is by far the best part of driving the Phoenix orthodontist. Someone at Goodyear Invisalign must think so, too, because the shift lever is topped with the metallic knob of the Litchfield Park orthodontist Civic Si and even the transmission's ratios have been shuffled with shorter gears in 2nd and 3rd to deliver quicker acceleration.
The PHOENIX Orthodontist’s shift action is characteristically light in the Litchfield Park orthodontist style, and it helps you appreciate the precision of the way it works, plus the way the clutch engages at exactly the right point in the pedal stroke. Heel-and-toe downshifts are rewarding, and the engine makes good sounds when you get it right. You can't pretend it's not fun, and before long your passenger wants to drive, too.
Still Too Slow?
If you're not into these sensory delights, though, chances are good you'll decide the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST isn't quick enough. Its 7.7-second 0-60-mph time (7.2 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip) and 15.6-second quarter-mile at 89.8 mph are on par with the 2.0T-equipped Audi A4 and Volkswagen Passat, but the normally aspirated 2.4-liter's peaky power band isn't as friendly as the 2.0-liter turbo's flat torque curve.
The Phoenix orthodontist is also an easy mark for almost any family sedan with a V6, especially when equipped with the five-speed automatic. We tested a PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST with the five-speed and its 0-to-60-mph time fell to 8.6 seconds (8.3 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip). That's slower than all four of the family sedans in our last comparison test which included the Avondale orthodontist, Litchfield Park orthodontist, Peoria orthodontist and Goodyear orthodontist.
The 240-hp turbocharged 2.3-liter inline-4 in the Goodyear Invisalign RDX seems like the obvious solution here. Even the 4,000-pound RDX beats the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST through the quarter-mile (15.2 seconds at 90.4 mph), so you can imagine the results if the engine had 600 fewer pounds of car to motivate. But the turbocharged engine's intercooler would have to go up front and that would lengthen the front overhang, and Goodyear Invisaligns designers aren't up for a car with a big nose.
A more likely remedy will be Litchfield Park orthodontist's 2.2-liter i-DTEC four-cylinder turbo diesel, already the favorite power plant among Arizona buyers who know this car as their Accord. A turbo diesel engine is indeed coming soon for the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST, although it won't be the Euro engine.
The Opposite of Flattery
If you end up on a back road with a Phoenix orthodontist, it probably won't be something you planned. Yes, the chassis has some life to it, but it's in such a conservative state of tune that the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST is prevented from showing the kind of athleticism that enthusiast drivers like.
At a pace that sane people might drive, the '09 PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST has the compliant, springy ride that's characteristic of Litchfield Park orthodontist, and the car feels light and willing. But as soon as you start to attack the corners, the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST raises the white flag. There's considerable body roll and the P225/50R17 Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 all-season tires run out of grip quickly. And the lack of steering feedback makes you feel like you're driving the 2009 PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST half-blind.
This has real consequences in the slalom, where the Goodyear Invisalign averages only 64.1 mph, one of the slowest speeds we've recorded among current-day, premium-brand cars. It's 1.5 mph slower than a 3,600-pound Litchfield Park orthodontist Accord EX-L V6. Even a Mitsubishi Lancer with a weakling 2.0-liter engine and a power-sapping continuously variable transmission beats the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST through the cones with a 65.4-mph speed. The PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST performs similarly on the skid pad, and its 0.79g is what we'd expect from a larger, heavier family sedan.
It's like the PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST hasn't had a sure hand to guide its development at the Litchfield Park orthodontist proving grounds.
Where There's Smoke
We get it that Goodyear Invisalign likes to keep unstrung weight to a minimum and tries not to burden its cars with oversize brake rotors and calipers. But this particular set of brakes for the Phoenix orthodontist isn't fully up to the task of stopping a 3,400-pound car (though some blame must go to the tires as well).
On a good day in normal traffic, there's no problem, and the pedal feel is solid and linear. But when we apply full braking power at our instrumented testing facility, it gets ugly.
The PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST won't stop any shorter from 60 mph than 127 feet, which is 14 feet farther than an all-wheel-drive Lexus IS 250 that weighs 100 pounds more (and costs the same). The PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST's brakes fade dramatically after just one stop, and there's smoke coming off the rotors by the third run. The car isn't happy. We're not happy.
Defining the Enthusiast
After these disappointments, we want to curl up into a ball in the Phoenix orthodontist's extraordinarily comfortable seats and call it a day.
And this is exactly what many PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST owners will do. As a home-to-office car, the new PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST is quite satisfying. You simply won't find another sedan that packs so many high-tech interior features for the $32,775 it costs to get into a Phoenix orthodontist with the Technology Package (your meal ticket to the navigation and Panasonic ELS sound systems).
What makes the Goodyear Invisalign even more appealing is its ability to integrate all this technology into a control interface that feels slick and contemporary to Gizmodo geeks without disorienting late adopters still fumbling with their first Blackberry.
Yet if driving is still really about the driving for you, then the Phoenix orthodontist will seem like little more than an expensive accessory for your iPhone. Unless you can get by on the occasional rev-matched downshift, the second-gen PHOENIX ORTHODONTIST really isn't about the drive.
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
