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Thanks for posting this! I'm trying to help a friend buy a CX-5 this weekend and as we go through the usual hell of trying to find a good deal, it's nice to know that we're not getting better deals because of how in-demand the CX-5 is. I had just explained to him how, if he were buying some...

I found this spot a few weeks ago. We went for a swim. Camera video is pretty poor quality, but from it I could tell the spray was about five feet high. This adventure was using OEM Yohohama All Season Tires on gravel, mud and water. No problems at all. The more mud and snow I find, the...

Colorado Traffic Jam. We both like my CX-5 because it has food in it.

You should contact local consumer groups and or government consumer protection about your 7.9% rate. In this current post-recession time of extremely low interest rates 7.9% is VERY HIGH. VVVVERY HIGH. Right now banks can borrow money for nearly nothing which is why you're seeing rates of...

I financed my Honda in 2007 with Capital One and had no problems. I actually got pre-approved at 2.9% for the CX-5, but Mazda, using Chase, gave me 1.9% so I used them instead. If you want someone besides a big bank, you've got to arrange a credit union account and loan ahead of time and use...

Last tank was 32.5, my best tank ever. This is a bit of a surprise because on this trip I had to climb mountains: https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213810621514618373701.0004e7564409f993e5d6d&msa=0&ll=39.068247,-105.817566&spn=1.669651,2.807007 I'll try to summarize this fun trip: * Start...

Whoooooooooops! 60 MPH My latest tank is 31.5 MPH and tonight I drove from Denver to Fort Collins in the slow lane at 60 and 65 MPH most of the time. I don't mind the extra time to go slower, most drivers politely drive around me and I get to listen to a few more podcasts. This is really a...

I just recorded my first tank at 32.2 MPG, my highest yet. After six years of driving a little 109HP manual transmission Honda Fit and getting 32.5 week to week, I'm still surprised that a bulkier, heavier and higher CX-5 can get the about same under the right conditions. To achieve this I...

I just passed one of these on the highway the other day and did a triple-take look at it. I like the looks of it in blue, but it takes a while to get used to the fact that the front and back look shrunken in relation to the normal sized front and rear seating areas. You've gotta hand it to...

Thanks (to all that liked my shot) I used a Nikon D90 SLR with a 35-70mm lens and processed it very lightly in Google Picasa. I'm really shocked I've had this car all summer and haven't been up the mountains more than 4-5 times. That'll change soon and I'll bring back as many shots as I can...

Congratulations on your purchase! Your new car should be free of defects. However, cars are mass produced and travel far so things happen. It's your dealer's job and your job to identify these before you accept the car and work out any adjustments or corrections that need to be made. Good...

OK, Thanks everyone for sharing. For the first month I was driving like grandma around town to minimize the impact of city miles. I suppose I still do, but I'm doing less so because it's soooo boring for not much of an impact on my fuel efficiency. I think the big thing as you guys have...

I've been through 10 tanks now with my 2014 AWD Touring and I'm getting satisfying numbers: https://www.fuelly.com/driver/maxwax/cx5 However, I want better. I think the three strikes against me are: * Driving at 5000 feet altitude in Colorado. I think I'm losing engine efficiency compared to...

I haven't done much except safe, cautious driving in town and from Fort Collins to Denver and back on a regular basis. For that it's been comfortable. In 2-3 weeks I'm going to take it camping for a week and I'll be looking for opportunities to take it on scenic routes. I know one rocky...

I think I noticed this the other day, too. Probably had my windows cracked to let heat out, got in and started driving. It's not a big deal so far, just another thing to keep an eye on. If I need to keep the windows lower than 1-2" that's OK with me. Kind of reminds me of when people...

It's good to remind everyone that there are a lot of FWD cars that do really well in the snow with proper snow tires on them. I put Bridgestone Blizzak WS70s on my little Honda Fit and it handled very nicely in the snow. No accidents, but I did specifically avoiding driving up some steep...

Glad to hear you're mostly OK. Looking at that picture, if you had been going faster and/or not been able to brake, you would have done a *lot* more damage. If there was a passenger in their car, they'd be very damaged and your car would have been totaled. I think we all want to see our new...

I think you're going to get a lot of interest and questions about this. The Sport model owners are going to see this as a relatively inexpensive way to get features similar to the Touring and GT models. Touring and GT owners like me want to know that this is possible so when technology rolls...

My sales person not only inspected the car with me before the deal was complete, he wrote up a "Will Do" list while I was with the manager completing the deal. IOW, I didn't have to push them, they were already on it. When I was ready to take the keys and leave, the sales person then guided me...

I bought my CX-5 from Sil-TerHar in Broomfield Colorado on May 31st, last day of the month, a Friday night, and after emailing and working the phones I showed up at 6pm to close the deal. When I arrived we started doing paperwork while the car was being transported. While doing the paperwork...