Nearest Mazda Dealer is 2 hours Away...How Big a Disadvantage?

[mazdadude]

Appliance is in the eye of the user....

With the AVERAGE new car sales price hitting $33,560 in April of this year, the thought of having a full loaded and optioned CX-5 for just only the AVERAGE price is quite a deal if you ask me! No appliances here...

 

[lowincash]

I guess I'm an idiot then because I got it because I wanted to.

You are aware that your opinion doesn't apply to everyone else in the world, right?

Yeah, he knows everything, he must be right

 

[fdew]

Well, if the CX5 makes you happy, it's personal. Noone can argue that, but I could get much more "happy" for a $4500 Honda Civic, if "corners" are what does it. Just sayin' You bought the CX5 because it does all the other s*** you want. The "it handles corners" is just what you tell yourself to feel better. Otherwise....why the hell did you buy it? 0.83g is like late 80's cheap sports-car territory.

I have always bought cars that handled well. It is important to my wife and I. I have developed a health problem that makes driving a car where I sit low painful (Sitting in a position where my butt is just a few inches off the floor.) I discovered that riding in friends SUVs was not painful, so I drove a few. They were terrible to drive, in fact in some cases I could tell from the passenger seat how bad they were. I put up with the pain instead. I read about each new SUV and even trucks that came out. When the CX-5 came out, many car magazines were embarrassed to admit that it was actually fun to drive. I drove one. In fact I drove one on three separate occasions. The bigger engine was a must, and that had just come out so for the first time in my life I bought a new car. I have owned and enjoyed BMWs Saabs, Peugeots, and a Audi. I love my CX-5. BTW I paid cash with no trade. I could have spent more. I could have bought something else. I didn't want anything else. I wanted a CX-5 because it fits my physical needs and it is fun to drive. It makes me smile. It makes me grin. I am sorry you bought a car you don't enjoy, but I did my research and bought what I knew I would enjoy and I do. I don't need to say anything to make myself feel better. I feel GREAT. Zoom Zoom.

 

[mangoconchile]

Just sayin' You bought the CX5 because it does all the other s*** you want. The "it handles corners" is just what you tell yourself to feel better. Otherwise....why the hell did you buy it? 0.83g is like late 80's cheap sports-car territory.

Seriously. People buy these cars because they need the extra room an SUV provides, provide decent reliability and most importantly is within their price range. I know some people here like to close their eyes and think their CX-5 is a Ferrari, but let's be honest here these cars are designed to haul kids around and pick up groceries, just like a RAV4, CRV, or Tucson. If you want something that 'handles corners well', go buy a Macan or SQ5.

 

[Unobtanium]

I have always bought cars that handled well. It is important to my wife and I. I have developed a health problem that makes driving a car where I sit low painful (Sitting in a position where my butt is just a few inches off the floor.) I discovered that riding in friends SUVs was not painful, so I drove a few. They were terrible to drive, in fact in some cases I could tell from the passenger seat how bad they were. I put up with the pain instead. I read about each new SUV and even trucks that came out. When the CX-5 came out, many car magazines were embarrassed to admit that it was actually fun to drive. I drove one. In fact I drove one on three separate occasions. The bigger engine was a must, and that had just come out so for the first time in my life I bought a new car. I have owned and enjoyed BMWs Saabs, Peugeots, and a Audi. I love my CX-5. BTW I paid cash with no trade. I could have spent more. I could have bought something else. I didn't want anything else. I wanted a CX-5 because it fits my physical needs and it is fun to drive. It makes me smile. It makes me grin. I am sorry you bought a car you don't enjoy, but I did my research and bought what I knew I would enjoy and I do. I don't need to say anything to make myself feel better. I feel GREAT. Zoom Zoom.

So up until life situations dictated otherwise, you chose not to have a cuv. Didn't I kind of say that? You wrote a whole wall of text basically agreeing with me. The cx5 only came about in your life...because it had to.

 

[Unobtanium]

But was your Jeep GC was worth the $40k+? That car certainly drives worse than the cx5 and it's not much faster if at all. Yes, it was more luxurious but at thousands more. Didn't you buy that new?

I paid 21k for it. It was significantly faster. As in skull dragging a cx5 faster, and handled just fine after I threw bilsteins on it. No, I didn't buy it new, because it was an appliance to me, and why buy a Chrysler new?. It failed it's job because it was an unreliable one, and the cx5 took its place.

 

[7eregrine]

Ugh. Must we continue this ridiculousness? That's not at all what I got from his post. A car finally came along in a sea of bad SUVs that he thought actually might be fun to drive.
You sure you aren't in politics? You are good at spin.

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[Unobtanium]

Steep ass drive here too changed my tune pretty quick on awd is for pussies snow tires are for those in the know...yeah? BS i need both if not tracks! You did lose me @G20 tho just saying...you fell for that gussied up sentra? Old acuras were good i had an 06 stick tl but guess what..snow tired up... no bueno..traded in for crv yeah it was kinda sad but that thing torque steered like a drunken sailor so good riddance still had my mr2 turbo at that time...

It was in good working order, or so I thought...and had plenty of comfort for what I wanted at the time. It was my daily appliance that got 30+mpg while I drove my z06 corvette on sunny days. It's job wasn't to be fast or sexy, just cheap. The z06 covered fun.

 

[Unobtanium]

I guess I'm an idiot then because I got it because I wanted to.

You are aware that your opinion doesn't apply to everyone else in the world, right?

I'm glad you are driving your dream car. Props on obtaining it! Many people go their whole lives not having or doing what they feel is "the pinnacle".

 

[Unobtanium]

Ugh. Must we continue this ridiculousness? That's not at all what I got from his post. A car finally came along in a sea of bad SUVs that he thought actually might be fun to drive.
You sure you aren't in politics? You are good at spin. ��

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When Healthcare becomes too raw of a deal, I've considered law.

I fail to see where the current cuv market is bad. Back in 2012, I'll agree thougb, except the rav4 v6 was tearing around back then.

 

[7eregrine]

If you had actually test driven....any of them....you'd understand what I meant.

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[murky]

Funny story. My wife drives a Honda Element and isn't happy with how noisy it is or how it handles, but likes the usefulness of it. My job was to search for her next car. While I was at it, she decides that she wants to keep the Element. But too late, I'd already found the CX-5. I'd never considered a crossover, but now I want it for myself.

 

[Chris_Top_Her]

You can easily increase grip (skidpad) by getting rid of the oem skinny economy tires. Of course they are going to be low on grip lol. There is a road and track test where they gained .7 skidpad just by changing oem dunflops for higher end and 10mm wider dunflops on an FRS. For comparision my tires are 255 up from the oem 225 (?) R19s. And I run a toyo proxes st2 performance all season. Plus my suspension adjusted to my liking. All that plus LSD and awd. So I can handle well and still have the car useful for the reasons I purchased it for over a sedan or coupe.

 

[Unobtanium]

If you had actually test driven....any of them....you'd understand what I meant.

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Friends have a older crv, and I worked for Ford and test drove plenty of everything. It just wasn't a factor. Reliability, cost, and importantly...trade value for my Chrysler were major factors.

 

[Unobtanium]

Funny story. My wife drives a Honda Element and isn't happy with how noisy it is or how it handles, but likes the usefulness of it. My job was to search for her next car. While I was at it, she decides that she wants to keep the Element. But too late, I'd already found the CX-5. I'd never considered a crossover, but now I want it for myself.

Cx5 is useful and works well. I have heard only good about the element though.

 

[yrwei52]

Cx5 is useful and works well. I have heard only good about the element though.

For some reason I like the Honda Element a lot even if it's a toaster. If Honda is still making the Element, we could have got an Element instead of a CX-5.

 

[7eregrine]

Friends have a older crv,

Oh silly me. You're an expert! I didn't know. My friend has a sick ass $90,000 Porsche. I'm a Porsche expert, if you have any questions.

and I worked for Ford and test drove plenty of everything.

Yea, you "test drove" them. I believe you. Because you love CUV's so you wanted to get a feel for them, right? Totes believable.
Or did you just 'test drive' them from the back of the lot to the front? How long ago? 5 years at least, amirite? Probably more. Bah... what could change in 5 years? #Expert #alwaysRight

 

[jhu8]

I paid 21k for it. It was significantly faster. As in skull dragging a cx5 faster, and handled just fine after I threw bilsteins on it. No, I didn't buy it new, because it was an appliance to me, and why buy a Chrysler new?. It failed it's job because it was an unreliable one, and the cx5 took its place.

Not that it matters but what version and year did you have? I have failed to see any 2010+ Jeep GC that is a sub 7 second 0-60 vehicle besides the SRT.

 

[7eregrine]

I'm sure it was the SRT because any other GC is maybe 1 second faster then a CX-5 to 60.

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[7eregrine]

For some reason I like the Honda Element a lot even if it's a toaster. If Honda is still making the Element, we could have got an Element instead of a CX-5.

My friend had an Element forever. Practically lived out of that thing. Might have been a toaster, I guess, but it was a very handy toaster to have around for someone very outdoorsy. There have been few cars like it. Sadly they don't last forever like all Honda's do (or so I'm told).

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