Recent content by B-ham Gary

I've used these H&R 18mm (#3665673) and 20mm (#4065673) wheel spacers on the front and rear, respectively, on my 2016 CX-5 for two summers they worked great and I really like the way they improved the look compared to the stock wheel fitment. I have a set a BBS rims with a more pleasing offset...

Curses, you've uncovered our dastardly plot! All that work to make driving safer was really just a front to extract money from the masses. (Did you know we use 0W20 oil in the tire formulations? Shhh, don't tell anyone...)

I wouldn't presume to be the most knowledgeable by any means. I have no expertise at all regarding the true drive-line stress induced by using tires of (slightly) different rolling radius, so I'd side with the manufacturers on this: replace all four. Since the OP's tires are close to end of...

Very, very incorrect. Oversteer is inherently more dangerous than understeer. In extreme situations, either can lead to an accident, but having a vehicle swap ends is order of magnitudes more dangerous -- and less controllable by the average driver. There's a reason all tire and auto...

I have the X-ice's and they are quite amazing. We've had a week of compacted snow and ice and the grip and braking performance has been outstanding. I'm a long time believer in winter tires and have used the Michelin's throughout their evolution from the original X-ice. Add the CX-5 AWD to the...

Do you mean the recessed plastic hand hold to grab and close the hatch? If so, mine's been a bit loose (some slop) since new. I just figured that's the way it is for a vehicle at this price point (along with the no so well anchored center console). Gary

Yikes, you caught me. Please forgive me for pretending. (headshake

I've gotten some water dropping down by the left foot, passenger side when I run my A/C on the hottest of days (it never really gets very hot around here). This has been the first summer with the car. Always garage kept and never had an issue with leaf or pine needle build-up. I'll use this...

Perfect summary, craigo. EPA highway mileage is a narrowly defined test, useful for vehicle comparison and not an absolute indicator of what the entire range of users will obtain... or Unobtain. ;-)

What you're telling me, and others, is that we're dishonest. You are correct, however, in your assessment that it's "something". That something appears to be you. Sorry. It's just a car; if it's causing you that much stress, get rid of it.

Um, no. Hyperbole is hyperbolic. ;-) When I drive 60, I don't wish to get in a wreck. When I drive 70, I get 29-30 mpg and am quite happy with that. I believe there may be others with similar experiences. I'm sorry you're upset over your mileage expectations not being met.

This variation would be averaged out over the roughly 30 fill-ups I've measured so far. Cheers, Gary

My experience too. You would think that the OE calculated mpg would be optimistic, but it's conservative. I've been comparing it to hand-calcs and actual mpg is typically 0.2 to 0.7 mpg better than the display over the 11k miles I've driven thus far.

We slowly lost all our options out this way. Only one station with a dedicated ethanol-free pump within 10-15 miles... and it's ~$1/gallon more than premium. Bummer.

Isn't that what yrwei52 has been telling us? I agree, my experience with japanparts.com was excellent. I'm happy to have the black cloth rear headrests.