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Originally Posted by eurohazard
Pretty good write up, as usual. I haven't reviewed many of the crossovers personally except the horrible Journey.
But I got some stuff to say about the full size competition. I seriously can not believe the Durango is the best full-sizer. The Durango wanders more on the freeway than Armada and Tahoe.
The 2-step folding 3rd row seat is lame too.....and I very surprised not to see it mentioned in a "7 passenger family car comparison". You have to manually flip the bottom cushion up and forward, then you're able to fold the seatbacks....it takes considerably more time than the Armada, Expedition, and Sequoia. Plus the 3 aforementioned SUV's offer power folding 3 rd row seats for even more ease. The silly Tahoe still rocks the removable, non-flat folding 3rd row seats.
The 4.7 V8 is an absolute slug (it's hard to believe you guys called it "powerful") compared to the Armada too, and yet it tied for the worst gas mileage. At least with the Hemi option, you can keep up with Armada/Sequoia in acceleration.....and because of the MDS cylinder deactivation, better gas mileage would be likely.
Did you notice the annoying glare/reflection of the round dash speaker grills on the windshield while driving the Durango? I did.
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I can't say I noticed a serious wander problem in any of the three. The seat-folding method probably could deserve a mention, but it's still fairly easy. A breeze compared to something like the Tahoe. The power-folding options are overpriced, so I didn't have them on the vehicles I reviewed.
The Durango's 4.7-liter was recently overhauled. What year was the "slug" you drove?
A lot of cars have glare on the windshield now. It's gotten to the point where it's not even worth mentioning unless it's particularly bad.