As Al Pacino once said, life is just a game of inches, and the Equinox falls just a little short.My passenger and I also found Apple CarPlay connectivity spotty and sluggish. And while my tester had almost 10,000 hard miles from automotive journalists-the equivalent of a long-term rental by giant toddlers-the interior trim on the driver's side A-pillar had already developed a rattle that even the squarest punch wouldn't fix. There are too many hard plastic surfaces, the knobs and buttons feel a little flabby, and the leather seats are stiff. The interior looks the part, but its premium edges start to fray on closer inspection.Of course, I didn't realize this until the second time it seemed like I was running out of gas too soon and dug through the owner's manual to check the tank capacity. And here's another complaint: the gas gauge in my tester was horribly mis-calibrated, with the needle sitting below E while there was still about three gallons in the tank. In other words, that's hardly more efficient than my one-person trip to L.A. On a hellish, traffic-choked, seven-hour slog from Brooklyn to Wellfleet, Massachusetts, I averaged 20 mpg combined. But like other reviewers, my real-world use saw mileage numbers fall below what the company promises. The upgraded 2.0-liter engine comes with the 9T50 nine-speed automatic the company co-developed with Ford, which seems as though it should help the Equinox meet its stated 24 mpg city/30 highway/26 combined fuel economy figures. The old unit is maddeningly slow to downshift when you step on it at higher speeds, and just as unhappy to hold onto gears as long as you want it to in any given situation.
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