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I was thinking the same. If he is truly getting ~$5k off a $46k MSRP, that's not a bad deal, but the numbers don't add up. I searched new inventory around me (Minneapolis) and the highest MSRP is 43690. Maybe the CX5 the OP is looking at has a bunch (or all) of factory options that increase...

Those are loaded questions. :) For me, personally when I was looking at the CX5 back in 2020, I was eying up the Grand Touring Reserve. The turbo was a requirement. I test drove both the GTR and Signature and I couldn't see spending more on the Signature at the time. GTR gave all the features...

I think AWD ‘lock’ that Boby@ is talking about is not locking all diffs, just applying power to the front/rear diffs together like a traditional 4WD system (i.e. transfer case). The front and rear diffs would still function normally (open or limited slip). My mom’s old (2006?) Escape had that...

Sliding in snow, 95% sure it's the tires, 4% is the specific conditions and the last 1% is the car. (all those are made up, but I do believe it's very little to do with the vehicle and mostly tires). I can say for certain the OE tires on my 14 Explorer and 18 Edge were terrible in the snow, even...

Bumping an old thread. Coming up on 5 months since this issue happened, any word on resolution?

I was thinking the same thing. Makes you wonder which bot created thread.

My wife's old 09 CX9 did something similar and it turned out to be a misfire. It seemed to happen more at low rpm under load while the torque converter was locked (i.e. accelerating slightly on the freeway). I could see the misfire counts go up on one of the cylinders when the shudder happened...

Been a few weeks since your last post, how's the fogging? I was going to ask when the last time you checked/changed the cabin filter. Maybe it was wet/damp and after sitting for a few weeks it dried off.

I'd say Florida is worse on batteries due to the high temps. Both extremes are bad, but hot is worse. Cold temps cause lower cranking power, but high temps are more likely to damage the battery. I've used Everstart batteries a few times, including motorcycle and one of my vehicles. They...

I've never experienced that with Amazon. Coincidentally I purchased something from Amazon on Saturday as well and everything lines up. I have had some odd 'charges' that show up for a transaction, but are later refunded. They show up as a separate charge though. My understanding is sometimes a...

Every time I hear Dacia, I think of James May. But to answer the OP, I think the first car I officially drove for driver training was a mid-90's Mazda 323 (I think). Something small, no power steering or power brakes. After that 90% of my driving was a 1991 Toyota Camry until I got my...

Clarification, it's not the PSI, it's the air flow, but I agree, with the CX5, the N/A and turbo use the same air filter, so you'll pull in more debris with the turbo due to the potentially higher air flow (really depends on how you drive). Jumping on my soapbox.....changing filter too often is...

I agree. I think the "hyper grounding" tagline would be closer to "May restore the 2mpg and 8hp you lost over the many miles/years due to corrosion and breakdown of the factory wiring, but first just try cleaning all your ground terminals." Regardless of which vehicle, if manufactures could...

I agree with madar, it could just be a very thin layer of rust on the rotor that only takes a couple turns to wipe away. As for the axle idea, I was thinking maybe there was something contacting that wore away after a few rotations. Off the wall example would be a part number tag on the axle...

Premium gas - if manufacturer recommends or requires, yes, otherwise, meh. Air Filter - Why would you change the air filter so often? I sure hope the argument is not to keep the air clean.

If your first question is if inside your engine is too clean, I would say if you've done regular oil changes, looks normal to me. How long after shutting engine off are you checking dipstick? I know if I check too soon on my vehicles, there is some oil that splashes/wicks up the dipstick tube...

Got a video? Without hearing it, it does seem like maybe some light rust on the rotors, but since you state it sounds different, not sure what else. Maybe something rubbing on an axle or driveshaft? Just throwing out ideas.

I'm trying to figure out how to state this nicely but I'm not sure how someone can say the 2.5NA Skyactive is similar to the C8 V8. Skyactive: 2.5L, 4 cylinder, DOHC, 13:1 compression C8 V8: 6.2L, 8 cylinder, Pushrod, 11.5:1 compression I have much more to state, but don't want to get banned.

I do believe engines in today's vehicles may take some advantage to higher than recommended/required minimum octane, but any increase in MPG (topic of this thread) will not offset the increased cost unless something else is wrong with the engine. My detailed MPG tracking has shown no MPG...