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It will take way more than that to make the cabin Lexus (or Buick) quiet. Adding that to the doors will help give them even more of a solid "thunk" sound when they are closed. Although the CX5 sounds pretty good already there. It may reduce some noise while driving but much of the road...

The CX5 seems to cool well for an import. Typically we found that the American cars (or at least GM ones) had much stronger AC. When we were test driving cars the GMC and the Buick cooled super fast and could be turned down to one or two on the fan speed pretty quickly and still maintain a...

and then you remembered that you get to live here: :)

Will they slide up and latch? I tried one or two different ones from other models and the posts weren't as thick so it would wobble around and one didn't have notches to hold it in place.

That's pretty much what it comes down to, which option is going to make you the most happy. Being unhappy on a daily basis with a car can easily be worse than spending a bit more each month on a different car.

Ouch, I'd need one of those drugs that helps erase memories of recent traumatic events after that. To each their own so I can't pass judgement on how someone else spends their money but my mind would just continually run through other things I could have spent that on: AC for the garage (plus...

I thought about getting them for mine but thought it might be a bit tricky due to the shape of the headlights so I didn't.

congrats. I think something like that isn't one of those decisions that you can quantify on a spreadsheet but either just feels right or not to you personally. How does the $18,500 they gave compare to what kbb.com shows for trade? I ran mine the other day on there and it was nearly a...

The only way it can void the warranty is if it or the installation causes the failure of the specific part you are trying to get warrantied. good writeup on it: http://www.edmunds.com/auto-warranty/what-voids-your-vehicles-warranty.html For instance if you screw part of the hitch into the car...

The 2013 model also cuts power to the USB when the vehicle is turned off, yet it remembers where it was playing when you restart the car. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123826135-Resuming-Playback-with-2014-CX-5-GT-Tech-Stereo-and-other-issues/page5

I think the car magazines put a higher value on handling, whereas that might not gain it as many points with CR

I wonder what the log book has in it for the CX5. The summary has some negatives that probably affect their overall rating "Ride, noise, acceleration, low dash vents."

some really good tips here: http://www.detailingspot.com/?page_id=15 I, admittedly, don't use the two bucket system yet. However I spray the wash mitt off with the hose before it goes back into the bucket. Are the spots ones that are already on the paint or are they from the rinse water...

There's just something about these cars that they really love that type of driving for good mileage. I would have thought with all the steep up grades it would kill the mpg but my experience has been that it really loves that type of terrain. My commute is on mostly flat ground and freeway...

It is worth a shot having them take a look at it. It usually comes from contaminants picked up while the car is being transported; but some dealers may argue it happened after they had the car. Anyone know what parts of the car are covered with some type of protection during transport? I...

Interesting point, I wonder how much can soak in from the sides.

The leather on the car seats is vinyl coated so I just use 303 on it. I used to use the conditioners on the car leather but after reading up on the different leathers it just won't penetrate the coating on the CX5 seats to get to the actual leather so it is wasted on it. On uncoated leather...

Yep, I've thought the same. I didn't pay much attention to it when I was shopping and mine doesn't have it but the tech package was such a good price that you didn't have to really want all the features for it to still be worth while.

From what I've seen the 2013's with Bose worked properly. They don't start over on the first song when you restart the car and they load the music much faster. For some reason when Mazda reworked the programming for the 2014 to add new features they messed up some of the basics. I've only...

It has both. In the manual it has instructions for how to start the car if the battery in the key is dead using the reader in the push to start button on the dash. If the engine cannot be started due to a dead key battery, the engine can be started using the following procedure: 1. Depress the...