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Sorry, no congrats til we see pics!! (rofl) (Congrats anyway!)

Most importantly, glad your wife is ok. Cars can be replaced.

I'd much rather have the low- to mid-range torque than have to rev the crap out of it to get the horses. Unless you're planning on tracking it, which I am not, there's no place to take advantage of that upper end performance. 0-80 and throwing it into and out of corners is where I get my...

According to this article, Mazda wants to know if people are interested. I'm inquiring into how to reach them to let them know I most definitely am. For now, I dug up this email address: MazdaCustomerAssistance@mazdausa.com. If I come up with something better, I'll post. Likewise, if...

Oh, that would be sweeet.

Mine only had a few thousand miles on it -- sometimes they just get a bad coil. Curiously, I had a coil go in the car before this one, too. Haven't had a lick of trouble with anything else since.

Has your CX5 ever not gotten you up your driveway?

I had this happen last year on my 2017. Idled slow, every few seconds almost felt like it would stall. Went on like that for a few weeks before the yellow CEL eventually came on, but it otherwise seemed to be running fine. Ended up being a coil that had to be replaced. Definitely take it to the...

If you don't mind driving a sled, knock yourself out. Some people will sacrifice a little space to feel something a little less yawn- inducing when they get behind the wheel. Rear seat and storage capacity aren't always at the top of everyone's priority list.

When my lease was almost up on my 3 last year, I would gladly have gotten another -- if AWD had been an option. I test drove a CX3, which almost ticked all the boxes, but just didn't quite cut it compared to the CX5 (or another 3). Now that AWD is coming to the 3, I'm pretty sure I know what...

Nothing wrong with brand loyalty. It's not like you go out and buy a new car every day (not most of us, anyway) -- it's a big purchase, and usually your most reliable information is your own experience. If you've had good experience with a brand and you've been happy with your purchases, deep...

I've been using a snowbrum for years and love it for removing heavy snow. It's much better with the deep stuff than a brush. No scratches or other damage to the paint finish that I've ever seen, and my wife and I have both used them in several vehicles over the years. I still keep a brush...

What a pile of junk.

I've found dryer sheets stuffed anywhere you can stuff them do a better job than moth balls at keeping those little bastards out of my car.

Vehicle weight, suspension, brakes all have to be factored into what defines a safe maximum towing weight. CX-5's base weight is still only 3655.

This news is glorious. I'm one year into a 3-year lease on a CX-5, which I only moved up to because I couldn't get AWD in a 3. I traded in a 3 GT hatch for this one, a I kinda miss the more compact package. I heard about the 2.5 turbo being available in the CX-5 and thought for sure that would...

If my red CX5 is a feminine car, then I guess I'm a girlie-man. And proud of it.

I don't think so -- mechanical things fail. If they were regular occurrences, I'd be concerned; but they seem mostly isolated. I had a coil go bad big time in MINI at under a year old -- 3 cylinders, limp mode, sounded like cylinders were swapping parts. I had another MINI two days when the...

Bad coil! Strange, because I've had coils go before on other cars and they would run like total crap, usually on just 3 cylinders. This time it only idled rough after it warmed up, but regular driving around felt fine. Anyway, all fixed now, and nice and clean, too.

A/C was off, as was the windshield defroster. Interestingly, though, this morning I had the defroster on and the problem wasn't as bad. Still there, but not quite as pronounced. Edit: Well, the yellow CEL came on this afternoon, so something is obviously amiss. Going to the dealer tomorrow...