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Hey - wow old thread - I'm 2 cars on since my '15 CX-5 experience... So no - I never found an answer other than trading the car. I got a Land Rover Discovery Sport SE in March 2015. I ended up only keeping the CX-5 for about 5000km (3000mi). Traded it and decided afterwards that there really...

It was an experience like yours that told me I really needed to change something - I had been "suffering" in quiet contemplation for almost 2 months. I wasn't driving any other vehicles but had been riding as passenger in carpool buddy cars along the way and noticed I always felt a lot better...

Spent the day car shopping. Came home with a Land Rover Discovery Sport SE. They offered me the most trade on the CX-5, I got a decent discount, and I got a lot more luxury than I had before. Fuel economy will drop to about 9L/100 on the highway from the 8 I got in the CX-5. It's a 240HP 2L...

Lot of that depends on how they drive it - do they drive it like it's a mclaren? Or do they get on the highway, set the cruise at 66mph, and drive 88 miles non-stop in rural traffic (what I do each way each day). I've had no problem exceeding manufacturers MPG estimates in almost every car I've...

The only benefit I really see in higher HP is longevity of the drivetrain system as a whole. I as a habit never push the pedal in a car more than halfway - makes the wear and tear on the vehicle a lot less. So if I have a car that "needs" 100-150 hp to drive, climb hills, merge into traffic, and...

Well after a long talk with my wife tonight - I think the CX-5 is on the chopping block. She doesn't want me throwing money at it to try and fix it when it might not work - when I can just go find another car that has better more comfortable seats and throw the money at that. I've made...

Yup I've got mine as lowwwww as it can go (I'm tall - that's always an issue so I don't hit my head getting in and out of the car).

No I don't leave my wallet in my pocket - that would be miserable - I tend to carry it in my breast pocket of my coat. To put it into context, I'm not a little guy - I'm 6'4 and 250 pounds - so I put a lot of weight on the seat while I sit - I noticed today driving into the office that I'm...

Ok Ok.. tons of people seem to like the seats in the CX-5. I HATE mine with a passion (GS/Touring trim - cloth). I have a 90 minute (each way) commute to work each day. I've had my CX-5 for 6 weeks now (4000 miles / 6000 km). I just get a little past half way to or half way home from work and my...

But to confirm, by doing it this way, you no longer have true high beam headlights correct? Your HB's are now "DRL brightness only" -- that is, when your headlights (LB) are on your HB bulbs are either A: "Off completely" when driving in LB mode, or B: "Only as bright as your DRL's" when you...

Canadian minimum wages are typically higher than US by about 25%, I don't know about middle class wages across the country - but in general I think they are somewhat similar to the US. Housing varies widely here (Toronto and Vancouver housing prices are like San Jose or San Francisco, however...

Not a fan of the Hyundais either - I know people who have had a lot of suspension issues on Santa Fe's, and I know older Kia's (pre '10) were relatively poor. Since they re-vamped their entire product line I'm much happier with the build. The problem is their prices are now rivaling some of the...

I put 150,000 miles (over 230,000km) on my '12 Sorento in 3 years - never once had to go back to the dealer or garage for anything - everything just worked from day one - and it was quieter and shifted as smooth as my cx-5 -- the manual mode on the automatic especially. The only thing I ever...

Don't count out the Subie's since you've driven them before. I was about 30 seconds from signing on the dotted line for an Outback before the Mazda dealer called me with another chunk off the price on the CX-5 and sold me on it - I would have had to wait 5 weeks for the arrival of the Outback...

The new car looks awesome - the palm trees, green grass, and sunny sky look more incredible than the car even.... when all you've seen is 6' high snow drifts and brown snowbanks for 3 months... *sigh* it's -10F with windchill of -30F outside right now :( Considering I just picked up my '15 CX-5...

Since the TSB has a MPN attached to it (GHP9-66-DH0Z) I wonder if it would be possible for those of us in North America to have someone in Europe just order a batch of these parts from Mazda Europe and send them over to us - we can then have our stealerships (or ourselves if there's no...

Please post photos of the light pattern and brightness once you get them installed - I'm waiting with baited breath (also detail what position you found works best). Also which colour temperature did you decide on? 5000K or 6000K? Now that the 2016 CX-5 announcements are out I see they now have...

So I've had my CX-5 GS AWD for a few days now, I've put a few hundred km on it now (almost 1 tank of gas) and I've got a decent feel for the interior, the drivetrain, the exterior, the gadgets and everything else... So it's time to put up my comparison with the other SUV I own that I've driven...

I'd likely pick up the 5000K units to have a colour that's as close to stock HID bulbs as possible - that's sort of my goal - not "super bluish white light" (as testing from independent labs has shown that the bluer the light the more it scatters - creating more problems with glare for oncoming...

Depends on your definition of long term. I drive 60,000km a year (37000 miles) and I plan on keeping my new (as of Friday) CX-5 for probably 6 years -- so somewhere between 360,000 and 400,000 km (225000 - 250000 miles). Mazda Canada is offering unlimited KM 3 year bumper to bumper, 5 year...