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The snow tires went on yesterday and I've switched adventures. So next year I'll take the CX5 back and get some better video. I'm starting to think it would be really cool to get someone to pilot a drone with a camera alongside me and then edit a youtube video. What I've shown you guys gives...

Hi Justin, I shoot with a Nikon D90 and a pair or old lenses. I'm sure some people see me and think I'm nuts, position my *car* just right, then walking, hiking and climing up and around to get a good vantage point. But I like the feedback on here, and it's a fun challenge so I keep doing it.

I drove manual transmission Hondas for over twenty years and whenever I would rent a car I'd end up with an automatic and tolerate it. I would find the gears to be thinking on their own, out of sync with what I want and often jumpy: going up or down when I don't want them to. So when I'd...

I use these two sites to track my fuel economy. I started using fueleconomy.gov about seven years ago with a Honda and last year with my CX-5. Six months ago I moved to a temporary place in the mountains and my commute has involved low-gear, high-rev driving up about 2000 feet every day. That...

I'll make an observation and share an opinion in response to this question. Before I bought my CX-5 I owned a Honda Fit Sport with 15" wheels and thinner sport-style tires. With that vehicle I did 3.5 solo cross country road trips going from place to place on asphalt roads, then going...

I just posted a big thread about off road driving with these tires and lots of pictures.. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123844398-CX-5-Rocky-Mountain-Adventures-%28off-road%29-LONG&p=6340243&posted=1#post6340243 Enjoy

Looking back at these pictures, I forgot to mention that I actually made 4-5 passes through the north side of that mud puddle. You can see the trail of my tires on the right side. I would come down the hill with plenty of momentum then steer straight and to the right. With these All Terrain...

In August I replaced the factory All Season tires on my year old CX-5 Touring 2.5L AWD. I bought a set of Yokohama Geolandar AT/S All Terrain tires. Within a few days I bought a fifth full size tire from Ebay and mounted a fifth Geolandar ATS on it. I was ready to go have some adventures...

I think these tires would be a really good fit for your needs. On asphalt, they're comfortable and I don't feel like I'm sacrificing ride quality to have ATS tires. IOW, I don't feel like I'm riding around on big knobby Jeep tires. I did notice a difference when I switched from worn down all...

Yokohama Geolandar AT/S: Nice big tread, likes to pick up pebbles :)

I'll do a writeup soon. I've taken the tires into the mountains one day for each of the last four weekends. Yesterday was pretty rough and I almost got stuck, but the tires, the car, and I survived. VERY happy with these tires and I won't be buying all season again. more info soon.

Double Rainbow + CX-5. Southwest of Nederland Colorado minutes after a storm has passed and the sun has returned. Muddy from US Forest Road 105: http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=211

Warning: Long, hope you enjoy it. I bought a set of Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S tires today and took them out for a test drive in the mountains of Colorado. My goal is a tire that enables my CX-5 to drive on muddy dirt and gravel mountain roads confidently while still maintaining the driving...

Jeep. I struggle with wanting something that will be a fast, comfortable and efficient city and highway car and something that will play like a kid in the mountains of Colorado. My CX-5 has keep gaining accessories that add weight and enable the mountains but detract from the highway.

I want to reinforce what shingles is saying here: Negotiate on the internet, close in person. it's the only sane way to buy a car. I did mine mostly on the phone and by the time I was walking in, I had all my core costs worked out. So the closing experience was straightforward and hassle...

I'm at about 22,000 miles right now but I had snow tires on for about 7500 of those.. My OEM tires are getting pretty thin and I'm trying to wear them out as much as is safely possible before switching them out. When I do switch'em.. I'm going to put something with more teeth on for mountain...

Hey Groove, There are a couple of us in Colorado. We haven't done anything as a group yet, but that's something that could be organized. I'm actually more interested in doing some group stuff this winter when it snows.. If you get stuck, you'll need the extra people to help get you out. It'd...

I love watching videos of CX-5 getting dirty and there aren't enough of them. Here's one of the most recent and best: This is Dave Erickson of the Everyman Driver series on Youtube going through some serious mud pools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0_uFKYsAmI And a previous experience...

Just before my CX-5 reached its 1 year anniversary, I took it in to the dealer to investigate this issue. They ended up replacing the entire rear differential -- under warranty! -- and this has completely fixed my issue. While investigating they changed the diff fluid and found it to be dark...

Two weeks ago I got my CX-5 stuck bad in 8-12" of snow and ice that had been accumulating all season. Oops. It put my attitude in check a bit about what the CX-5 can can't do. But in the last few days Colorado has had two snow storms, each dumping enough to make the streets a mix of...