Howdy all!
I'm Tim from Central NJ and just picked up my 'new to me' 2019 Machine Gray Signature a few days ago. It's a CPO with 21k miles which I picked up for $36,200 at Ray Price Mazda in the Poconos. As part of the deal, I also got them replace the crappy Nexen tires they just put on it with some new Vredestein Quatrac Pro's. This being my first Mazda, I'd like to thank everyone here for their contributions this enthusiast forum. I'm thankful I had stumbled across this group several weeks ago, since just about every question I had about these vehicles has been asked and answered here previously. Finally (and perhaps most importantly in this day and age), I'd also like to commend everyone here for the helpful and respectful manner in which everyone seems to conduct themselves. This is a welcome change from many of the forums out there.
My "vehicular past" has involved Jeeps, an '89 GTI, a couple of Fords (01' Expedition, '11 Explorer), an '05 Outback XT, and most recently an '08 Infiniti EX35 which I'm still driving today. The last 15 or so years I've also been hobbying with old Bimmers, including E28's ('87 535is, an '88 535is, an '88 M5), E34's ( 2 '91 535i's), an E12 ('81 528i), and most recently a "garage queen" E38 ('01 740i Sport Pkg) which I finally I sold last year. Sadly, these wonderful machines that have brought me much joy, some pain and many life long friendships have become too rich for my blood, and too demanding of my time. So, now it's time for me to find a normal, more reasonably-priced hobby. Like needlepoint. Or maybe basket-weaving.
So why a CX-9, you ask? As an older-yet-still-righteous dude of 51 years (haha) with 2 early-teens who live primarily with their mom, I needed a vehicle large enough to drag them and a friend around, in addition to myself and my fiancée...but didn't want another Explorer-sized rig. We also have a 125 lb Bernese named Bear who doesn't fit in a lot of vehicles....and barely in our NX-200T. I also wanted better fuel economy than the awful 20-21 highway mpg I've been eeking out of my EX35 the last decade, but I wasn't willing to give up all things "sporty". I tend to keep my cars for 10+ years, so the CX-9's reliability ratings were also important to me. And here in the never-know-what-you're'-gonna-get winter weather conditions of New Jersey, a competent AWD system was also imperative. (I will also say Infiniti's ATTESA system is one of the best, rear-biased systems I've ever driven, but Infiniti builds nothing I like anymore).
So, in spite of the fact (unbeknownst to me) my kids' mom had leased a 2020 Signature a few weeks earlier (at least now I know where my child support is going....ONLY KIDDING!), these are the reasons why the CX-9 really resonated with me. Oh, and they're damn good-looking, too.
Apologies for the long-winded intro, but I do look forward to "meeting" everyone...
Tim
PS: For the record, I have zero complaints at this point, and the only mod I'll be inquiring about is a clear bra for the front end and where to source/install one.
I'm Tim from Central NJ and just picked up my 'new to me' 2019 Machine Gray Signature a few days ago. It's a CPO with 21k miles which I picked up for $36,200 at Ray Price Mazda in the Poconos. As part of the deal, I also got them replace the crappy Nexen tires they just put on it with some new Vredestein Quatrac Pro's. This being my first Mazda, I'd like to thank everyone here for their contributions this enthusiast forum. I'm thankful I had stumbled across this group several weeks ago, since just about every question I had about these vehicles has been asked and answered here previously. Finally (and perhaps most importantly in this day and age), I'd also like to commend everyone here for the helpful and respectful manner in which everyone seems to conduct themselves. This is a welcome change from many of the forums out there.
My "vehicular past" has involved Jeeps, an '89 GTI, a couple of Fords (01' Expedition, '11 Explorer), an '05 Outback XT, and most recently an '08 Infiniti EX35 which I'm still driving today. The last 15 or so years I've also been hobbying with old Bimmers, including E28's ('87 535is, an '88 535is, an '88 M5), E34's ( 2 '91 535i's), an E12 ('81 528i), and most recently a "garage queen" E38 ('01 740i Sport Pkg) which I finally I sold last year. Sadly, these wonderful machines that have brought me much joy, some pain and many life long friendships have become too rich for my blood, and too demanding of my time. So, now it's time for me to find a normal, more reasonably-priced hobby. Like needlepoint. Or maybe basket-weaving.
So why a CX-9, you ask? As an older-yet-still-righteous dude of 51 years (haha) with 2 early-teens who live primarily with their mom, I needed a vehicle large enough to drag them and a friend around, in addition to myself and my fiancée...but didn't want another Explorer-sized rig. We also have a 125 lb Bernese named Bear who doesn't fit in a lot of vehicles....and barely in our NX-200T. I also wanted better fuel economy than the awful 20-21 highway mpg I've been eeking out of my EX35 the last decade, but I wasn't willing to give up all things "sporty". I tend to keep my cars for 10+ years, so the CX-9's reliability ratings were also important to me. And here in the never-know-what-you're'-gonna-get winter weather conditions of New Jersey, a competent AWD system was also imperative. (I will also say Infiniti's ATTESA system is one of the best, rear-biased systems I've ever driven, but Infiniti builds nothing I like anymore).
So, in spite of the fact (unbeknownst to me) my kids' mom had leased a 2020 Signature a few weeks earlier (at least now I know where my child support is going....ONLY KIDDING!), these are the reasons why the CX-9 really resonated with me. Oh, and they're damn good-looking, too.
Apologies for the long-winded intro, but I do look forward to "meeting" everyone...
Tim
PS: For the record, I have zero complaints at this point, and the only mod I'll be inquiring about is a clear bra for the front end and where to source/install one.
