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Thanks AvoidinDeer. I do have the manual downloaded to my desktop and the screen saver is a good idea for anyone who uses the touch screen function. What I have found is when in the NAV mode, if you click on the Hide Buttons icon you can use the command knob to then change the magnification on...

I almost never use the touch screen. I don't want it to end up looking like my phone's screen. There is one instance though where the touch screen is helpful. In the NAV mode there are times that I would like to look to the north, south, east or west from where it shows my current position to...

My experience over the last 15-16 years or so and several cars in the SouCal environment is that batteries last about 4 years. And they die without warning. It used to be that you would notice slow cranking and have enough starts left to get to the store and buy a new battery.I also noticed that...

Just a quick experiment with Picasa software and a photo of my CX 5 GT-R.

If you have a free copy of Picasa 3 photo editing software and a few good photos of your CX 5 you can make some pretty artistic renderings.

Haha Avoidin Deer, I actually did do that one time. It was in the early 1970's. I was a stoner at the time and that may have contributed to the situation. I went to the grocery store, put my '62 Chevy in park, got out and locked the door by pushing down the lock button and closing the door as...

I just checked my 2019 GT-R. I have all the auto-door lock features completely disabled as I despise it. My SOP is to drive with all doors locked except the driver's side. When I exit the vehicle I thumb the lock button on the inside of the door panel to the lock position and close the door...

I have the center dash vent and side vent adjusted to blow air in my face when it is in the fresh air or AC position. And it usually works fine at the lowest fan setting. I never use the auto climate control feature. I really hate the thing coming on full blast at start up and in my face. Like...

The two USB ports in the center console of my car have USB sticks loaded with music plugged into them. I have one of the cigarette lighter adapter plugs stashed in the console and when I want to charge my phone on the road I simply plug it into the port that is forward of the gear selector lever...

I am a former Tesla employee and a stockholder. I own my own home outright and have several different investment/income accounts, some of them growth and some of them stable and safe. I was forced into early retirement last year but didn't much care as I was about sick of working anyway. By...

I dislike the black rims. In fact they rarely look good on any car. Regarding the exhaust tips, they look "boy racer" to me. It's an inline 4 banger and doesn't need 4 tips to try and make it look like there is some cubic inch muscle under the hood. I did add slightly larger diameter tips to my...

I occasionally use the Adaptive Cruise Control on the freeway and it works well when traffic is moving along at 70 MPH and sometimes slows to 55-60 and then speeds up again. But in conditions where traffic can come to a complete halt or slow to 10-15 MPH for several miles and then inexplicably...

I am not sure that an 8 speed is needed or desired. It will all depend upon the computer programming that controls the shift points. In order to achieve the almighty high mileage ratings, too many vehicles with auto transmissions shift to the higher gears way too soon, resulting in constant...

Someone asked me if there was a 24 Hour Fitness gym location up here. I said I didn't need one, shoveling snow and raking pine needles is all I need. Lots of wildlife up here too. Just this morning a pair of coyotes that looked like extras from The Call Of The Wild walked up the street totally...

Last fall I moved from a SouCal coastal city that gets something like 300 days of sunshine a year to a small mountain community. We get snow a few times a year but usually just a few inches and it melts within a few days. I am no stranger to snow as I lived in Buffalo NY until I was about ten...

Rutedown, I like those tips on your CX 5. If I had seen those prior to ordering the slip on ones from AliExpress I would have gone with those instead, even though they are more that 2X the price. I like the clamp on installation method. You might want to give the interior of the tips a couple of...

Nitpicking by C&D. I never use the touch screen either. And how often do you actually need to use the scan and/or seek feature for radio stations ? I would rather have a series of small buttons on the dash for my favorite radio stations and another button to switch between AM/FM/Sirius XM. My...

We can't even buy 93 octane here in Commiefornia. If I could, that is all I would run in my CX 5 turbo. So far it has had an exclusive diet of 91 octane. I don't drive that much so the cost of premium fuel doesn't bother me much, and in this over taxed state 91 octane already runs over...