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I have owned an RDX - second year they were available.
Ride was stiff, and handled pretty well. Fuel economy was not the best. Only about 17mpg.
I found the maintenance (dealer) ridiculous expensive. They try to guilt you into SH-AWD maintenance at a really frequent interval.
I recall that the seats were really comfy.
Overall, I only kept it a little over a year. Went back to a Subaru for practicality and lower ownership cost.
Fast forward to 2014. We shopped for a replacement vehicle for my wife (2004 Odyssey), which was starting to act like the transmission was going to give up. Only about 105,000 Miles.
Figured we should get rid of it before lots of bad things start happening. It had previously needed a front wheel bearing - which also drove a few other repairs....
In any case, we went to test the current MDX at the time. I always had like them but had never driven one. My wife actually cried while we were at the dealership because of the quantity and complexity of buttons on the dash. Couldn’t figure out how to change the radio without pulling over.
Did not buy. Went with TDi Audi Q7 instead. She loves that and we intend to keep for quite a while. Don’t know if this opinion is of any help, but that is our experience.