I noticed something odd?
It seems slower and not as engaging. The steering feels unlike Mazda and is light. The sound is glitchy and at low rpm after a start the transmission is doing weird things in a spasm or 2.
Is this a difference in the trims? Is the meridian tuned differently? Or is this my imagination. It is quieter but the pickup and noise and heavy steering all are reduced. it feels more like a cx5 or Honda Accord than a fun SUV :-(
I work as a tech in healthcare and I have reached an age that I can say "College kids" unironically. Since my beginnings as a worker I saw that (regardless of age, experiences, gender, personnality or responsability) someone who arrives 1 hour before normal working-hours can drink coffee and do nothing before lunch and will leave before the normal end of shift woth no trouble. People assume that the person is a good worker and find excuses for their incompetence.
If you arrive later than the normal working-hours, Let's say 1 hour later. Even if you work a full normal shift, not loosing time on the job, with a high stardard of quality, you will still be identified as a Lazy worker.