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Zf8, you're correct. Their Q5 base does use dct and I forgot.

My temporary roommate's wife has a q5. An audi is not a Mazda. You'll spend more in 1 service visit routine for Audi than an entire year on a Mazda. The DCT also needs servicing, etc. They are very dissimilar cars. The RDX is much more like the Mazda. The Audi needs either a dealer, or a good...

Yes. No Audi dealer local. Maintenance is also much more a pain.

I drove a 2019 and experienced none of these issues. The data doesn't lie, but there's more to it going on. The car felt strong. I do not know how to reconcile the data vs what I felt driving it, but it was significantly more fun than my cx5 was. Especially the corners. Regarding acceleration...

That's annoying, but I hope you're squared away.

This is my 2015. My 2019 GT Reserve was the same. The Stelvio was not QUIIIITTTTEEE as bad, but still notable. The RDX I did not note this with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7HhuUKj1E

I drove a 2019 RDX. Loved it. Absolutely loved it. I am probably going to put money down on a 2022 A-Spec Advance tomorrow. It had none of the lagginess the Stelvio had, and was much more engaging to drive. Whether it is ultimately faster or not than the CX5, I do not know, but it also had none...

Yes, and the CX30. They both garner complaints over this. Cheaper.

Cx50 is just a cheaper platform. Simple non-IRS. Pirated drivetrain. Some new sheet metal curves and interior bits. No ty. Its cheaper where it matters to me.

Killed a catalytic converter doing this in about 70k miles on my ws.6.

Yes, but if you can't get the car properly serviced, no ty. Goes for any brand.

This is pushing me hard to look at the Acura RDX A-spec advance. I have a test drive next week weather permitting.

Honestly, I would not own a car with such terrible support. This is also part of why I won't buy a Stelvio. No dealer within 180mi.

I hope youre wrong, as the cx50 is pretty lame in many ways, but if the cheapen the cx5 and "turn it into" the cx50, per se, maybe they can have low margins on cx70 and not price it too high.

She don't do so good with the AWD :/

I drove and picked it up. Easy peasy.

Yes, but now I am reading the Mazda may or may not be an oil burner, now. That kinda stacks as worse than a noisy pano roof. I am also seeing evidence that it's faster than numbers suggested in the past, etc. Dunno, torn on it.

It was mostly said in gest, but this oil burning issue has me looking at the RDX A Spec Advance. I keep trying to find some YT of one racing a CX5 turbo out of curiosity, lol!

I keep seeing issues like limp mode and boxy flex/pano roof popping and dash rattle that all seem t o have no resolution from Acura. It's a "nope" for me for those reasons. Then we have Mazda with burning oil and no fix. It may push me to Alfa Romeo as a more reliable solution, lmao! Wild!