Recent content by Kevin08

I upgrade mine in minor phases for the board components and only do a chipset upgrade every 4-5 years or so. I have a - 6700k @ 4.7ghz (H60 cooler) - MSI Z170A SLI Plus mobo - MSI GTX 970 - 16GB DDR4 2400MHZ 15-15-15-35 timing - Samsung EVO 850 250GB - 2x WDD Caviar Black 1TB drives in RAID 0 -...

I wouldn't necessarily say more HP automatically equals worse gas mileage ratings. Peak power is usually achieved at specific points in the powerband and can be very easily tuned so as to not negatively impact the usual engine RPM sustained for driving at the speeds tested for EPA ratings. I...

Jalopnik has theirs up: http://jalopnik.com/the-2017-mazda-cx-5-is-still-the-crossover-for-people-w-1793234420 Looks like this car could really benefit from a bump in HP. It would probably scoot pretty well with a modest 220-240hp. But I guess that's the case with most of Mazda's vehicles.

It has pleather with faux suede, which for all intents and purposes, is considered leather seating on about 90% of cars and home goods produced today.

Reviews look good. Although, they are all of the Grand Touring, I'd like to see a review of the non-top-of-the-line trim (doubt any of the big magazines were sent anything but the top of the line, though). I wonder what those 17" wheels that come on the Sport and Touring look like....

There seems to be a lot of animosity towards the CX-5 from people who have "CX-5" listed as their vehicle. Why do you still own it? My girlfriend will be in the market for a new car next year and we pretty much decided the CX-5 was the way to go (looking at used 16.5s at first), then I read...

Does anyone have any idea when Mazda usually publishes the build&price for their new models? It is supposed to be on the lots this month but they haven't even put the configurator up on their site yet. (toetap) Interested to see the color options.