Been awhile since I've posted on here.
My 2013 CX-5 has been great to me for every one of the 59k miles I have put on it but I've been thinking of trading up or away from the CX-5 for a long time as well purely because of the 2.0's lack of HP. When I bought it I was in need of a car asap because my Jeep Cherokee was falling apart and would have cost around 6k to fix. I purchased in November of 2012 and discovered a month or two later that the 2.5L was coming in the next model year. I've regretted not researching enough prior to my purchase ever since and I also miss having 4 wheel drive. The AWD model wasn't in my budget at the time either.
So here we are....6 years later, the car has been paid off for a few years, and I want to trade up or away. I have recently been looking at the new Jeep Cherokee's and tbh the reliability ratings suck. I would stay with the CX-5 if I can trade up to a newer year and with AWD if it wouldn't be a large financial problem.
For those of you that have traded up ( I've read that a few have ) how easy was it? What was your cost difference?
Lets say for example, I want to trade my 2013 touring with 59k miles for a 2014+ AWD GT. Whats the likelihood I could trade up for under $6-8k?
Trading and buying new isn't an option, wifey gets the next new car. She's been running around in a 08 altima with 100k.
Last option......... should I just keep the 2013, lower and throw some wheels on it?
sorry for the ramble lol
My 2013 CX-5 has been great to me for every one of the 59k miles I have put on it but I've been thinking of trading up or away from the CX-5 for a long time as well purely because of the 2.0's lack of HP. When I bought it I was in need of a car asap because my Jeep Cherokee was falling apart and would have cost around 6k to fix. I purchased in November of 2012 and discovered a month or two later that the 2.5L was coming in the next model year. I've regretted not researching enough prior to my purchase ever since and I also miss having 4 wheel drive. The AWD model wasn't in my budget at the time either.
So here we are....6 years later, the car has been paid off for a few years, and I want to trade up or away. I have recently been looking at the new Jeep Cherokee's and tbh the reliability ratings suck. I would stay with the CX-5 if I can trade up to a newer year and with AWD if it wouldn't be a large financial problem.
For those of you that have traded up ( I've read that a few have ) how easy was it? What was your cost difference?
Lets say for example, I want to trade my 2013 touring with 59k miles for a 2014+ AWD GT. Whats the likelihood I could trade up for under $6-8k?
Trading and buying new isn't an option, wifey gets the next new car. She's been running around in a 08 altima with 100k.
Last option......... should I just keep the 2013, lower and throw some wheels on it?
sorry for the ramble lol