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No, it just amused me that 5 years ago I was fine with a paper map printed from Google that missed 5% of the time. Then I was fine with missing 5% of the time with an iPhone, probably less, because I live in an area that does have some cell problems. Really I can only think of two times where...

So, I been thinking. Five years ago I was well behind the phone curve flipping away. When I needed to get somewhere I'd get on the internet, print out instructions, and off I went. I'd guess that I had about a 5% failure in finding places but mostly I got there fine. Today, I'm sitting here...

I guess what I'm saying is that for Honda's I think the wait is, forever. And Mazda's may be close to that. Now, Nissan's, Toyota's, anything American, they're probably already there. But I'm open to ideas!

I've done that before with an Altima Hybrid (O:o, it had a CVT), but I have no idea how to get a Honda, or even a Mazda, really. I'd be willing to drive to Oakland, or San Francisco, leave my car in long-term parking for a day of driving around the Bay Area but I can't find either of these cars...

Sonoran, Almost exactly what I felt when I test drove both. They're different cars but they're both good cars, just in different ways. One thing that's always bothered me in the Mazda is I've never been able to get my left arm comfortable. It's too low on the arm rest and too high on the...

So, it turns out that properly inflated tires matter. I checked them and they were at 23PSI. No idea how they got that low as I had an oil change about a month ago but there they were according to my old tire gauge. Inflated them to 35PSI and the handling is back and the car is quieter. It's...

The way it turns on a dime.

Dear Denver, Want to trade tax rates. Will trade your exorbitantly high rate of 7.65 for my lower rate of 8.5. And yes, that is on the lower side here in California. At one point, during the dark times, we had counties/cities at 10%.

bluegrass, You have to click the view 2017 model link underneath the model name then reconfigure everything. FWIW, I ran the numbers last night, reran them just now and they've changed, everything went up. I wish I could trust TrueCar but I don't feel like I can anymore. But can you really...

Just to add to/correct one of my earlier points, Honda does not have .99% financing on the 2017, or at least it doesn't any more. I thought it did but it clearly doesn't today. That basically makes the financing a draw between the cars for me: 1.99 Mazda and 2.09 through my credit union. It...

I agree. I don't think mine is accurate, but, they should work for relative comparisons. It's was 44 on a hike, 61 idling, 84 under acceleration, so it's at least a baseline for the various cars. I'd also think, but I've never driven on one, that a track is likely to be more consistent than a...

My db meter is an app, so probably not very good. The Honda apparently has some kind of Active Noise Cancellation system. It could be playing with the sounds in some fashion causing weird readings. Or it could be as simple as that I was checking at a point where the Mazda's design made it...

I debated adding the part about the CVT in, because, well, I was pretty sure something like this would happen. I almost feel compelled to say that I thought Hillary was a great presidential candidate just to watch the world burn.

So, I took a couple of rides today: CX5 and CRV. It was closer than I thought between the two vehicles, and I have a mystery that maybe someone can answer later. The Mazda dealership pulled out a Sport model, not touring like I'd hoped. It caused problems because I never got comfortable in...

I'm part of this recall. I guess now I know why I haven't heard anything back on this. I wasn't aware that it was a rust problem. I thought it was a manufacturing issue but obviously I haven't been following it too closely.

You can always refinance elsewhere. My credit union is at 2.09%. This game is always interesting to me because it implies the price and the financing terms are related, somehow. It's not like the dealer has a bank hiding next to the service department. Sure, they might get some kind of...

A couple of, probably final thoughts. I drove my father's Chevy Colorado over the same stretch of road with DB software. it ran 79/80 where the Mazda was running 83/84. So, much better sound wise. On the other hand, I nearly hit the curb doing a U-Turn because it had such a wide turning...

Those numbers seem low given that your car has a city number of 24 MPG. Course, depending on the part of the Bay Area, the highway can be worse than the city. My 2015 barely budges from around 28 MPG. I've gotten it to 30 a couple of times and hit 25 on occasion but 28 MPG it is. Of course...

Just to clarify a few thoughts. I can't really speak to the performance. I noticed it on one turn, where I was late making the turn for the onramp to the freeway, it didn't respond like my CX5 did, and it felt heavy. Everything else felt fine. It's hard to really know without an extensive...

I bought my CX5 from one of them. I had an email with a price quote, from them. Drove up to the dealership, agreed on everything with minor haggling on the trade-in. Lets just say that the final paperwork did not match the email or what I thought we had agreed on. I did get the price but I...