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    Disable power lift gate BEEP BEEP?

    There is a small plastic circle just to the left of the latch, you need to pop it out and remove the screw there. Then slowly work around the edges and it will take some force but they will pull free. I did not completely remove it, but just pulled it down enough to work. You will need to...
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    I think you are joking (sometimes it's hard to tell), or maybe you are confusing Hybrids with a fully electric vehicle. You do realize that the RAV4 Hybrid has a gasoline engine and all the maintenance requirements that a CX5 has, correct? Oil and filter changes, air and cabin filters, engine...
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    Ok, let's say the batteries last 10-15 years. What about 8 years to make up the cost of the Hybrid? What bout 5 years to make up the cost if fuel is $5.00 per gallon?
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    But what about the Hybrid, right? $3.00 Fuel 39 Average MPG, 15,000 Miles = $1154 26 Average MPG, 15,000 Miles = $1731 Difference = $577 per year MSRP of RAV4 Limited Hybrid with Tech/Apdaptive Headlight Package $38,885 MSRP of CX5 AWD with Tech Package $34,315 So, it would take 8 years...
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    Buying Transmission Fluid

    Here: https://mazdashop.ca/products/mazda-automatic-transmission-fluid-atf-fz-skyactiv $11.16 No Tax, No Freight.
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    Agreed, and even at $3.00 per gallon a 2019 RAV4 AWD would save about $124 per year over a 2019 CX5 AWD. 2019 CX5 AWD COMBINED CITY/HWY 26 MPG @ 15,000 Miles and $3.00 Gallon = $1731 Per Year 2019 RAV4 AWD COMBINED CITY/HWY 28 MPG @ 15,000 Miles and $3.00 Gallon = $1607 Per Year 2019 CX5 AWD...
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    How many miles before you replaced your original tires?

    Yeah, as mentioned, I am considering the Michelin which is 27, but I will probably get the Bridgestone 422 Plus 99V, which is 25 LBS because I have a local dealer that will discount them. I was just mentioning that the Radar Dimax was on the chubbier side of the choices, and 15% heavier than...
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    How many miles before you replaced your original tires?

    They seem kind of heavy at 29.4 LBS. Most of the tires I have been looking at in this size are 25-27 LBS. Michelin 27, General 25, Bridgestone 25. Wheel/tire combo is one of the worst places to add weight, but I think the OE Toyo's weigh close to 29 LBS as well, so you probably wouldn't notice...
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    Has Anyone Installed a Switch To Control The DRL's ?

    For me, I plan on keeping this CX5 in the family for maybe 7-8 more years and I just don't want to run the headlights full-time, all the time. I know Mazda probably has everything worked out on the lights, but this was the first year of these redesigned headlights and "just in case" we start to...
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    30 mpg in Yellowstone

    Yes, ours do the same once you disable daytime running lights, but there is a yellow outer running light/reflector that comes on as well that takes away from the clean look the Euro ones have in my opinion.
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    box that rear view mirror is near

    On your 2019 I think you are talking about the "front camera cover" that holds the FSC (Forward Sensing Camera). Your vehicle is equipped with a Forward Sensing Camera (FSC). The Forward Sensing Camera (FSC) is positioned near the rearview mirror and used by the following systems: High Beam...
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    Has Anyone Installed a Switch To Control The DRL's ?

    You can disable the DRL's, then turn on your parking lights which will turn on the led halo around the headlights without the headlights turning on, but will also turn on your parking lights and tail lights. This is only option for US spec 2017+ CX5 I know of so far to do what you want while the...
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    Los Angeles dry roads tires for 2015 CX-5 Touring with stock wheels

    Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV, if you really want a summer tire and don't care about how long they last. If you do care about how long they last, the P7 you mentioned would be fine, or the Michelin Premier LTX. The most important thing to keep them quiet is to rotate them when you do oil changes...
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    You are correct, to make a fair comparison I changed all the specs to AWD only. It's funny how close they are in almost every measurable category except price. But in the end, if you want to spend the money on a RAV4 Limited, why not just get the CX5 Signature for almost the exact price? Fuel...
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    Well I was just comparing my 2017 CX5 FWD to the all new 2019 RAV4, and my 2017 FWD performs better or very close in every measurable category, including MPG, has a nicer, quieter interior, and the 2019 CX5 GT FWD costs thousands less than a comparably equipped 2019 RAV4. So that's a great...
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    I think you looked at it wrong. The 2017 CX5 is faster 0-60 and quarter mile, but the RAV4 is faster to 100. Where the CX5 really destroys the RAV4 is in top gear 30-50 MPH and 50-70 MPH, which are stats that truly matter in normal driving, unlike 0-60. Of course the CX5 turbo truly embarrasses...
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    30 mpg in Yellowstone

    Your license plates are just so much cooler than ours. Very nice mpg as well.
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    I agree that this comparison between a 2019 RAV4 and a 2019 CX5 Signature is really not fair. The engine and interior puts the Reserve and Sig in a class above as the reviewers state. A better comparison would be to see how far Toyota has come against the 2017 Mazda CX5 GT AWD released 2 years...
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    2019 CX-5 Diesel

    You can pick up the CX5D in July. Although not sure exactly who is going to want one with the 2.5T out now. https://thenewswheel.com/mazda-diesel-engine/
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    2019 Mazda CX-5 vs. 2019 Toyota RAV4 (Car&Driver)

    "While the Toyota is competent, the Mazda is exemplary. It's not the most spacious people hauler in the segment, but for those whose needs track more toward the modest end of the spectrum, the CX-5 is, in the words of one staffer, "a class-above vehicle despite its middle-of-the-pack pricing."...
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