Second Mazda for both me and my wife
Within 2 weeks, our van was hit at a red light and the transmission started crapping out on my Accord, so soon after we got the insurance check for the van's damage we started shopping.
We've been eye-ing a a 5 for a long time and after 2 test drives including an overnight to see how carpool with 5 kids went, we bought one.
We have a 2008 AT dark blue Sport with 59k and got out the door with taxes/etc for $12,500, plus it already had the windows tinted so that was a bonus.
Love it so far. Same mpg as my Accord but with more seats and better handling, and way better mpg than our Town & Country.
I got the hitch yesterday for the bike rack and eventually will put a roof rack for the kids' bikes too, but that's a rare occasion.
Next up is a Fumoto valve and canister filter conversion, then maybe LED interior lights that the kids can turn on themselves.
Within 2 weeks, our van was hit at a red light and the transmission started crapping out on my Accord, so soon after we got the insurance check for the van's damage we started shopping.
We've been eye-ing a a 5 for a long time and after 2 test drives including an overnight to see how carpool with 5 kids went, we bought one.
We have a 2008 AT dark blue Sport with 59k and got out the door with taxes/etc for $12,500, plus it already had the windows tinted so that was a bonus.
Love it so far. Same mpg as my Accord but with more seats and better handling, and way better mpg than our Town & Country.
I got the hitch yesterday for the bike rack and eventually will put a roof rack for the kids' bikes too, but that's a rare occasion.
Next up is a Fumoto valve and canister filter conversion, then maybe LED interior lights that the kids can turn on themselves.
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