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08/08/2008 01:38. Three legs down and only one more to go. This was the shortest leg of the four, and the CX-9 fared all right. Packing it was far easier than packing the Journey. First, the damage for Leg 3:

The CX-9 wound up with the worst mileage (by far) so far on the trip. The CX-9 certainly felt sprightly, albeit noisy, and felt a lot roomier than the Journey.

As for packing the CX-9, it was much easier than the Journey.

The layout of the seats was virtually identical to the Journey’s setup, including the 50/50-split third row, with some space behind the third row. The difference was a little extra width to the car and about 6 to 9 inches of additional space behind the third row. This time around, the bags didn’t block my view of the road (although I still tried to keep up my safer... // Cars.com