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For reasons I don't need to go into (it's a bit of a saga of electrical problems caused in my opinion through water ingress) I had a new ECU fitted a couple of months ago and ever since my fuel economy has improved by nearly 10%

Hi Xtrailman, Thanks for the detailed info, what you are saying about the 175 sounds good. I looked at BMWs last weekend - I instantly discounted the x1 as too small so I didn't really look at one - I did look at the x3, x4 and 5 series (x5 is out of my bracket) - I really liked the x3 (though...

Hi and thanks for the info. I'm only interested in the manual on the Mazda and thinking of the Awd which to have the top spec sport model, if I've read the list right, I have to have the 175 .... I'm not that bothered about the drive around town but can I ask how is the gearing ratio for...

Can't make mind up Hi new Brit here - I've had a cx5 2.2d sport (non nav) fwd as company car for coming up to 3 years - have to swap it and trying to decide between the updated cx5 either 2.2d sport fwd again, the Awd 175 sport, Land Rover disco sport or Mitsubishi outlander phev - I really...

Bmw 320d. - the cx5 was bigger ( have twin boys so a must for holidays), has all the whistles and bells as standard and most importantly has saved me a fortune on company car tax over the BMW - miss the handling of the BMW but don't miss RWD in any bit of snow or ice!

I hear you my friend, 'death and taxes' and all that. Is your tax more about discouraging car use altogether? I'm still blown away by the cost. A few years ago I did this 'banger rally' where you have to buy a car for less than 250 and drive it through France Belgium Germany Switzerland Italy...

Hi, I've just joined after looking for inspiration for a replacement company car (currently have a cx5 2.2 d that's reaching 3 yrs old and has gone over my 60,000 mile threshold - and trying decide between the latest cx5 and a land rover disco sport) - saw your post and staggered by the cost...