Another random question I ran into last night about the adaptive front headlights...Does only the inside light turn? In other words, it looked like when I was turning right in my parking garage only the passenger light turned, and the drivers side stayed straight. I played around with it a bit and I think it's working correctly because it does the same when I turn left. I guess I just wanted to confirm that's correct?
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It's hard for me not to trade for a WRX STi. How do you guys with low ground clearance (cars) deal with snow? My main fear that drove me to an SUV was those large chunks of ice semi's drop in the center of the road. That's $15-3500 in instant damage if you hit it in a sports car.
Last night I read through the i-Activesense portion of the owners manual and you're right, it is littered with warnings about adjusting the ride height. I'm going to try to do some digging to see if anyone has lowered it to see if there are any effects.
I may take a look at the front emblem. There has to be a way to get the cover off. And actually I may just see how much a new one is, do what I want to it, then swap it out.
I've lived in Denver all of my life. I've driven a lowered car year-around since I was 16. You certainly have to be more cautious but it's totally doable. The chances of hitting a chunk of ice are slim - you just need to be alert when you're driving. But that's the life of driving a lowered car anyway - I was constantly scanning the road for potholes to avoid. In fact that's one thing I'm loving about the CX-5 so far. The ground clearance is a welcome change.
When it snowed a lot (>1 foot) I turned into a snow plow. But with the Subaru AWD and snow tires it didn't matter until it got REALLY deep. And even then if you could make it out of your neighborhood you were good to go. An STI at stock height would have zero issues. Just be light with the throttle so you don't overpower your grip and you'll be fine.
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Solid. Once I build a house and have a drive-way put in (gravel, currently, NOT sports car friendly. My 370Z proved that, lol!) I will probably go with an STi. I love my CX-5, but it's a total snooze-fest, and while it does everything I bought it for, it's killing me to drive it. That said...it really is stoopid cheap to own and does everything you think it should do, pretty much, so I'm not in a hurry to dump it, either. Just find myself missing having a performance vehicle. I guess the mature thing is just to pay it off and buy another corvette or something though. Decisions. Fantasizing right now, lol!
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I'm fairly certain both of the headlights turn, its just more obvious with the inner one. Here's an example pic:
http://www.msmazda.com/blog/understanding-mazdas-adaptive-front-lighting-system/
Both lights turn but the inner one is more obvious because that's the one lighting up new territory. To see the outer light aim inwards it helps to focus on the dark area outside the turn.
My 2016 GT works like VRCX5's, only the right light turns when going right and only left when turning left. But I don't have iactive package. According to Mazda site both lights move with iactive package, but they also don't list the 2016 CX 5. So maybe it's changed.
When I test drove the salesman said only one moves. So who knows.
When I test drove the salesman said only one moves. So who knows.
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Drive a windy on-ramp at night. Then you'll know both turn.
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I remember Emailing Coleman (glad I still had my SCC Mags from a while back with his email) about a year ago asking if he knew anything about a 2.5l Manual CX-5 and he said no, but to look into a Mazda 3. I then asked him what his thoughts were on lowering the CX5 Mildly with the Eibach springs but got no response.
If I read correctly somewhere he fine tuned the CX5 after the 14 model year for some unwanted oversteer I think
I've been trying to find some info on lowering with the i-Activesense and I haven't found much. However I did find this thread on another forum with two people that have lowered theirs with little downside. I might join there and see if I can get some more info...
http://forum.mazda6club.com/suspension-brakes/380521-i-activesense-warnings-about-lowering.html
http://forum.mazda6club.com/suspension-brakes/380521-i-activesense-warnings-about-lowering.html
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This is one thing I thought was worthless until I moved to where I am, now. The tight/curvy mountain roads really make me wish I had this feature!
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Since he works for Mazda now, he probably didnt answer due to liability and whatnot. Oversteer huh? I wouldn't mind a slight oversteer bias.
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No kidding. Oversteer will at least keep you on the inside of the corner instead of in the other lane in oncoming traffic. That said, neutral is best. You can make it do what you want with less input, IMO
But if you're in the opposite traffic (outer lane), oversteer can take you into the oncoming traffic, sorry for being Captain Obvious
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But if you're in the opposite traffic (outer lane), oversteer can take you into the oncoming traffic, sorry for being Captain Obvious
It can at that, but also consider which you would rather on a steep mountainside road...random odds of a front-on...or sure odds of flying off the edge?
Oversteer/understeer has nothing to do with keeping you out of the oncoming lane because roads have both right and left hand corners.
