So rubber grips aren’t available – not everything can be perfect. That minor quibble aside, the 2007 Mazda CX-9 makes warming up or cooling off a relatively simple affair. Equipped with a dual-zone automatic climate controls system, our Touring tester featured three dials – one for driver temp, one for fan speed, and one for front passenger temp. A small digital readout atop the dash informed of temperature settings and fan speed. A series of buttons below the three dials addressed defrost functions, heated front seats, and rear climate controls, which consisted of fan and temperature dials on the back side of the front center console.