Day-by-Day Review: 2013 Chevrolet Equinox

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Well it turns out ground clearance and AWD were helpful today, despite the fact there was no snow and it is nearly negative 30 Celsius in the capital today. When I got home, lucky me I was greeted by the friendly city snow grader building a wall in front of my driveway. Good thing I got home when I did — five minutes later and I would have never made it into the driveway.

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Besides plowing through snowbanks that snowplows build, the AWD has been useful for the time I’ve had the Equinox as there was a lot of snow on the roads. Better tires would certainly be a plus; the tires my tester is equipped with are Michelin Latitude Green-X winter tires and they are absolutely horrible! Unless you plan on driving sideways and never plan on stopping avoid these tires please — I assume just like green summer tires they trade overall grip for reduced rolling resistance.

But back to the Equinox itself — while I waited for the inside of my windows to defrost today I played around with some of the switches and buttons. The interior layout is pleasing to the eye and the buttons feel solid but they do not seem to work every time you press them. If you press them with gusto they do work but a full on/off cycle of the switches didn’t always seem to work despite feeling like I pressed adequately.

Some of the buttons are also quite small for the HVAC system (defrost and rear-defrost) which means removing any bulky gloves you may be wearing due to said previously mentioned negative 30 weather… don’t get me started on the keyfob, the buttons on it are basically impossible to use without snapping a finger off from frostbite.

Leg room and headroom, though, are excellent and the large size of the Equinox compared to the competition (of compact SUVs) allows for greater rear passenger room as well as a large cargo space area.

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