LIke seeing an old friend after a long absence, it was good having Mazda’s CX-9 back in my driveway. The CX-9 is Mazda’s largest vehicle, a midsize, three-row crossover with all the expected virtues -- a comfortable, high-tech cabin, abundant cargo capacity, available all-wheel-drive. What…
Looking out my window this morning, I see a car -- a midsize Japanese sedan -- painted a dark and sober shade of gray called Polished Metal. Last weekend, in the grocery story parking lot, I led the young man pushing my cart to another…