Funny you should ask - we have an 04 with dvd and navigation, Sage Mist Pearl with dark gray interior. Cool color, kinda gray, with some green in there. Their black leather interior is awesome. I think you can get it in the silver or black cars.
I really love it, but DH is 6'3"... not as much leg room as we'd like. Navigation rocks!!!
The rates are great right now, we got 3.99/60mos through the dealership... the tradeoff being that we were close to msrp starting. Well, actually, we weren't.... we started at $2400 under msrp, including tax and fees.
We added $2700 in dealer options, things that mostly should have been included, in my opinion. It's that Honda pricing thing, I guess. I just looked all our stuff up, we added/upgraded : air deflector for the front of the hood (167) Running Boards (603) Moonroof Visor (76) Body Side Moulding (236) Rear Tailgate Deflector - it looks like a "fin" (411) All Season Floor Mats - these are a NECESSITY, with children! (122) Wood Grain trim around DVD (80) Additional wood around the guages (150) Wood Shift Knob (130) Wood-grain steering wheel (560) Okay they shouldn't have all been included, but the stock models are very plain Jane, especially for the $$~!
We are now at 4400 miles, actually are selling this one to our friend for payoff and getting a Navigator. DH just hates the leg-room issue! Our friend is getting a killer deal, as new ones are $39k on ebay motors + options, this one is $39000 with everything included.
BTW, the Acura MDX is the only 3 row with standard side curtain airbags for all three rows. Storage, if all 3 rows of seats are used, is minimal behind the 3rd row. We rarely use the 3rd row, as I'm not really comfortable with the lack of space behind in, in case of an accident. Overprotective mother, I am!
I researched like crazy before we picked the Acura - our plan was that DH would be getting a Denali XL as a "family" car for us, so this would be "my" car. The Acura won, over the Honda Pilot, even though the pilot is an 8 passenger, because I wanted the extras you could get in the Acura and not the Pilot - sunroof, DVD + Navi, nicer interior. The Acura resale is awesome. For comparision, we built a used 03 with 16k miles, retail was $41k. NOT including the $2700+ dealer options. Trade was $35k.
Maintenance is great, the standard warranty is 48 mos/48k miles, oil changes are every 5k miles. Well, they say 3750 for extreme driving (short distance, extreme temps) or 7500 miles for normal conditions, I decided to split it and get it changed on even miles. starting with 5k! Oh, and if you have 2 little ones, pounce on the DVD! $1500 does seem to be a little high for a DVD player, but we wanted it included, mainly because it was covered by the manufacturer warranty along with the rest of the car. So $1500 including a 4 year parts and labor warranty doesn't seem like such a bad deal. We also bought an extra pair of wireless headphones.
That's all I can think of for now. If you have any questions, pm me!
