Rav4, CRV that was loaded - Id recomend the Mazda depending upon what the buyer was looking for. If you are buying and not leasing and value reliability and dependability - id prob go with a Honda or Toyota (resale val too) If a lease? Mazda hands down obviously without question. RDX vs Mazda - again, depends on what the person is looking for and what they value
my case may be rare with the lemon - but i also had many other of the exact same problems as the people on this board and others ahd- and those problems alone were big enough to have the car gone for 2, 3 , 4 days at a time in order to be fixed - thats just not good no matter what car and car brand, and altho everyone on this board has a 1st year car, there are just too many "small" or "minor" problems, and, some arent even that minor (imrc valve, drilling solenoids, engine tuning) and im talking we are experiencing these problems with relatively LOW MILES that is what most concerns me. if these problems popped up 1, 2, 3 yrs later hey whatever it happens, but not 3k,4k,5k,6k,7k that doesnt instill confidence in a product. THUS, not sure how comfortable i would be telling someone to go out and buy this truck hands down - i would feel bad when their engine light goes on and then the winter comes and the demons of this car come out and play (this car hates winter - warm up times, heat, engine bugs etc)
theres nothing on the road that drives like it for its price and its tough to match on std features - it just loses a notch on the belt in reliability/dependability and resale.