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- 2016.5 CX5 Touring
My wife has a rather old Rav 4. We now have over 215k miles on it. Pretty soon it is going to need quite a few repairs to keep it going. Off the top of my head it will need:
Tires, Rotors, Brakes, Battery, New Arm rest in the car, driver visor, starter(purchased already), shocks and struts. It could also use a valve cover gasket and a timing chain gasket.
With us wanting to sell it, we do not want to invest over 1000 bucks in it. Some of these can be put off, others need doing. Tires are 400 alone. The car uses very little oil and has been great. With these things fixed I have no doubt it will go on to 300k miles.
We have looked at many new small Suv's. We like the 2016 mazda cx-5 touring or grand touring. The grand touring is a bit out of the budget. We want the touring with the Bose speakers, maybe the moon roof. Backup camera is a must along with navigation.
Now I read that the 2016.5 has heated seats and navigation as standard where the 2016 itself does not. However, the touring has cloth seats and I do not know of any vehicle with heated cloth seats. How is one to tell if the vehicle is a 2016.5 version? My wife does not require the heated seats but they might be nice.
Is maintenance costly on these? Do only dealers work on them? With a Toyota we have plenty of 3rd party dealers who can work on it. Cuts the cost down a lot.
Is the Window shattering issue still a thing?
The 2016 has LED headlight on the Touring correct? Or only on the grand touring?
Tires, Rotors, Brakes, Battery, New Arm rest in the car, driver visor, starter(purchased already), shocks and struts. It could also use a valve cover gasket and a timing chain gasket.
With us wanting to sell it, we do not want to invest over 1000 bucks in it. Some of these can be put off, others need doing. Tires are 400 alone. The car uses very little oil and has been great. With these things fixed I have no doubt it will go on to 300k miles.
We have looked at many new small Suv's. We like the 2016 mazda cx-5 touring or grand touring. The grand touring is a bit out of the budget. We want the touring with the Bose speakers, maybe the moon roof. Backup camera is a must along with navigation.
Now I read that the 2016.5 has heated seats and navigation as standard where the 2016 itself does not. However, the touring has cloth seats and I do not know of any vehicle with heated cloth seats. How is one to tell if the vehicle is a 2016.5 version? My wife does not require the heated seats but they might be nice.
Is maintenance costly on these? Do only dealers work on them? With a Toyota we have plenty of 3rd party dealers who can work on it. Cuts the cost down a lot.
Is the Window shattering issue still a thing?
The 2016 has LED headlight on the Touring correct? Or only on the grand touring?
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