Recent content by chickdr

My point is, without having actually been in the car, we don't know what it is like. Specs are one thing, real world experience is another. Hopefully they finally reworked the seats and didn't just reuse them for the 26.

Have you been in a 26? If not, how do you know?

It remains to be seen what the hybrid brings to the table. By clean sheet I mean not a reskin of the same chassis. This is the same basic chassis they have been using since 2013.

Like a full redesign with a new chassis or swapping to the CX-60 body (which would be a new chassis).

And that is my point, Gen 2 was also a refresh, still using the original chassis and reskinning it. Gen 3 is doing the same thing, just stretching the wheelbase a bit for more legroom. Don't get me wrong, it's an upgrade in some respects (and a downgrade in others), but they could have done...

Mazda dropped the performance power train they offered previously. The chassis is a stretched version of the original chassis from the first gen CX-5. So, literally, they have refreshed the same car twice for Gen 2 and Gen 3. There has not been an entirely clean sheet redesign of the car...

There are no 2026 2.5T CX-5's. 2025 is the last year to offer it.

Essentially, updated tech with loss of physical controls, same power train - less the 2.5T option, and a slightly longer wheelbase with extra rear seat and cargo room. It's really more of an update than a new model.

Have you confirmed this in the new CX-5?

I definitely went with the 30k interval on my most recent two cars and will do so with my Telluride. Better safe than sorry.

Very surprised you didn't have issues waiting that long.

So you didn't change your ATF fluid until 100k?

The Kia stop-start system works fine. I don't like my motor turning off at stops. It makes me nervous, which isn't worth the tiny advantage in fuel economy it provides.

Just like the idle stop/start systems. Most folks hate it. I immediately overrode it on my Telluride.

For 99.9% of the motoring community, it really doesn't make any difference what brand of oil is used as long as it meets Mazda specs. This is a lot to do about nothing IMHO.