Cross post, but I thought it fit here - as well as the thread it originally posted in...
...We took a vehicle without the sunroof, which I wasn't thrilled about at first, but we needed to take immediate delivery, and with so few Acadia's available immediately, we had to take what was available in our area within the price/feature range we were looking. The model we took had every thing we had to have, except the sunroof/skyscape. The Acadia we test drove had the sunroof/skyscape and this is the first set of wheels I've had without at least a power moon roof. I thought I would rue the day I didn't get the sunroof for the rest of the time I owned it. Even though my preference would have been to get an Acadia with the sunroof, after today I have no real regrets, even though the lack of the option was not by first choice. The reason I've made my peace? First, the Acadia is so large and has so much headroom it feels very spacious and not at all closed in, unlike with some cars where the sunroof helps the cabin feel less claustrophobic.
Secondly, since I have several children who will have the DVD on every second they are in the vehicle, it's actually much easier to see (clarity/glare) the DVD with no skyscape/sunroof, even with the screen closed (and I don't think the screen/shade looked too sturdy, my young kids, as good as they are might have mangled that in an instant - I'd like to hear how you all make out with the sturdiness of that with kids) and the dealer said (maybe he was just trying to make sure I took the car in the showroom and he was overcoming my "objection", but this is what he said...) it can get pretty warm in the back with the skyscape even on a sunny [winter] day even with the shade screen and since we tend to like it very chilly in our cars, having the a/c not work so hard during the spring and summer to compensate for the radiant heat in a vehicle this size will be a plus for us.
I'm sure there will be some gorgeous nights or a few really "perfect" days I wish I had the feature, but at this time, I can honestly say I'm glad we don't have one. I just wanted to mention this since I see some people have been on the fence about this and it might help them in their decision making. If you love them and couldn't live without it, it's sure sweet and I say "Go for it!", but if you are on the fence for any reason, know, you'll probably be happy without one, even if you are a "sunroof person" like me - as how could you not be happy driving the Acadia. The thing just plain ROCKS![/color]
Btw, we have a white Acadia with Titanium leather interior sans sunroof, so it should, as the prior post states, stay one of the coolest interiors. Like I said, we like it frosty inside in the summer and without the sunroof, it will be a lot easier to achieve. Thanks for those temp readings. That was GREAT info and seeing those temps, even in retrospect, only reinforces (for us and our needs) that sacrificing the sunroof/skyscape was in the long run not such a bad thing and I don't have to feel like I have any regrets.