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I have/had several pairs of Rudy's and for the most part I like them. The X2 photochromic are problematic in one area. I bought the red because I'm in an area where you go out in sunlight and come home in fog. The problem with the X2 is they basically go clear in those cases when you actually...

0% 36 Months? So, $800/$900 month payments? I guess they are trying to go upscale.

Typically, you can repair hits that are fairly small. Safety glass has two layers, and the hit allows air into the window. Essentially a repair sucks the air out and fills it with resin. Alternatively, some of the kits, I did a repair on my CX-5 with a RAIN-X kit, just force the resin in and...

If it only takes an hour that is good news. Maybe I can get it done with only a 1/2 day off from work. I wish I could blame Mazda for this but I work in an old school kind of town. Not one foreign car dealership here. There was a Datsun/Nissan dealer in the way back days.

My all-time favorite political cartoon, that might have some relevance, or not, to the topic. https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/comic-riffs/StandingArt/OHMANperryboom.jpg?uuid=QXvThrB8EeK691vCqdxvRA

This is Mazda's biggest problem, not enough dealers. I don't mind buying a car from out of town but having to take one out of town for warranty repairs sucks. 50 miles is too far without a dealer and I have to admit that I wouldn't do it. When I bought my car it was from out of town, 50 miles...

Maybe they have a big Withings and weighed it? Thought it was a good review. We should point Mango towards it and ask how the CR-V scored.

Can't stop myself and when it comes to warranties the percentages for you are the same for me assuming we both buy the same vehicle. If I toss a coin there is a 50/50 probability of heads or tails. If heads comes up 3 times in a row, it still means that the next toss is a 50/50 probability...

A extended warranty can go for 1 day after the manufacturer's warranty and be a good value, if it's priced at a level that makes it work. The problem, again, is that we can't predict the likelihood of repairs being needed, or the cost of them, in any way to effectively evaluate the price. As...

I really don't want to dynamat it myself but I'm not sure I want to pay $1,500 for someone else to do it either. I'm gonna see if the tires improve things enough. There is a significant improvement at lower speeds and especially on good concrete. Noisy freeway, wind noise, engine noise, those...

Got the new tires and I have to say that the situation has improved. I don't know if it was the old tires, the new tires or my imagination but it's better. The one negative is that the tires seem to ride kind of soft, or floaty, but it's a trade I'm willing to make. It's still not a quiet car...

I looked at the Subaru line. The combination of power, ride and options just didn't work for me. Worse, to get the options I wanted, and even a hint of performance, along comes a moonroof which lowered headroom down to about 37.6 inches and even the interiors look old. I kind of like the...

I think this is kind of what held me up. The car is nice but it was still the same car, and in some minor ways, even less of a car. I'd net around $3K on a trade-in but that still left me with $30K of new payments for too much of the same car. If the diesel really gets 30% better mileage, and...

That's pretty much the list. I don't know how far I'll get with it all. I was looking for shops, the only one talking about Dynamat is not close by, probably need a day off. There's a place with some videos showing CX-5 work but that's a couple of hours away. I'm somewhat challenged by the...

I drove the 2016.5, if it was quieter than my CX-5 I could not discern it, although I read that there had been improvements. And, the Honda people all claim the CR-V is quieter, even the quietest car they've ever owned, which is truly a mystery, except perhaps the older CR-V's were truly awful...

I think it's more of a guideline than an actual rule.

I'm convinced that it's not relevant from one person to the next. My father barely hears the noise, of course he's 86. Driving around the city it's fine. At idle it's really quiet. Put it on the right freeway and it's good too. Get it on some old concrete with a side wind, it's noisy as can...

I'll have to see on the tires. I ordered Continental TrueContact. #2 on CR and #1 at TireRack for noise and comfort. It shouldn't hurt as I'm still OEM tires at 45,000 miles. They've got tread but it's low enough that I don't mind replacing them. I figure I'll have to soundproof, and if...

I never drove the RDX but reading about it, it never got my interest. It also has one very large problem, there's no dealer nearby if I needed warranty work, and it didn't pencil in as rock-solid despite the price. It's interesting about the cars, the CR-V checks all the boxes, except the one...

And, actually, I can upgrade the stereo and get Apple Play, something I wouldn't have had with a 2017. Now, I just gotta get the damn thing quiet.