Responsiveness and other things

Responsiveness - it would seem that responsiveness runs in my family. A simple post, email and comment have gotten my Dad's attention and he now follows my blog. No response to any of the three except action. I like it.
I tend to respect Responsiveness because those who respond are generally those who care. I have built my career on being responsive. So what if you do not know the answer- respond and let people know that you will get it. Or just say that you are working on it- whatever- JUST RESPOND.
With that being said I think I will continue with cars.
We purchased the Mazda CX9 (2010) to replace our Jeep. If you do not know what Jeep I am speaking of then start reading posts in order dammit.
I narrowed down the vehicles based on my wife's criteria and my own. The Criteria is as follows:
1) It had to have equal to or greater cargo space than the Jeep.
2) It had to have reasonable get up and go- with the knowledge that with better gas mileage we most likely will not get equal performance to the Jeep
3) It had to have all the feel good features that make a vehicle nice to ride in- things like dual or Tri-zone climate control, memory seats, keyless entry and exit, keyless starting, power liftgate and so on
4) it had to look decent
5) The service center had to be somewhat close.
6) It had to have some towing capacity for my ATV habit.
So after reviewing most options out there I came to the conclusion that the CX9 was the best possible choice. The interesting thing is that towing capacity ruled out certain vehicles I really liked and the interior options ruled out most of the rest. All Toyota products were ruled out because they do not have Memory seats- crazy! You have to buy a Lexus. Nissan was out because they did not offer the get up and go and handling aspects- or the interior space, GM was out because all the options they offer were HUGE to drive and crazy expensive. Oh yeah- did I mention that cost was a driving force too?
Ford had a good option in the new flex but the cost again was much higher for all the options and features (of course the boosted 6cyl was the engine choice). I would have chosen the ford if I could have gotten the boosted engine and all the same options the Mazda had for just a few thousand more- but I could not. It came out to about $7-8k more!.
The Mazda out the door price LOADED was $36k.
We have had it now for about a month and I have to say it is such a nice vehicle. It has some quirks that you would not otherwise know unless you bought it. Like for instance the memory seats are JUST for the seats- not for the mirrors- which is different than most.
It handles so well- and the pickup is just fine. It is REALLY comfortable and the stereo is not bad for BOSE.
My first Mazda is so far well liked. But I liked the Jeep in the first month too- after that it went downhill fast.....