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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    I concluded on the diesel where you're leaning Monterra...we just don't put enough miles on the car to justify a diesel, and as a first model year, there may be the inevitable issues that tend to come up. I think the torque would be fun for bombing around the city (90%+ of our driving), but I...
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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    Great question!! Looks like the answer--at least in Australia--is nope...only on base FWD. A pretty good hint as to what we might see in NA... https://www.mazda.com.au/cars/cx-5/specifications/?bodyStyle=Medium%20SUV&drivetrain=FWD&grade=Maxx&engine=2.0l%20Petrol&color=Jet%20Black%20Mica
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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    In terms of waiting for the 2018s, I've been fantasizing about an AWD, diesel, stick, but I'm betting that's no dice. Apparently, the CX3 is coming with a stick for the first time in 2018. I had emailed Mazda and they said the plan was for a diesel stick in Canada later this year (apparently...
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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    Really appreciate all the helpful insight. You folks have convinced me that it's either the 2018 VW Alltrack (manual) or the 2017 GT. I've never been a VW guy. In fact, VW never even crossed my radar screen--until a kid at work mentioned the R and I started reading about it. As my wife says, I...
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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    I agree we'd be better off--safety wise--with full snows and FWD than all-seasons and AWD. One of the reason I wanted the safety tech stuff is that my kid will be driving in a few years, but I suspect we'll see some drastic changes to the technology by then, so maybe if we go without now, we can...
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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    Thanks for the quick responses! Ugh. You're both right, but my fellow YVRer has hit the nail on the head. We'd be using this to get to Whistler, etc. and it's hard to argue with the peace of mind of AWD. And I have the safety stuff on my VW, which I swore I would disable and never use...but now...
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    Dumb to get bone stock 2017 and add leather/heated seats and big boy wheels?

    What do you guys think of this? I'd like a manual (Canada), but my only choice is bone stock with no options and FWD. The only option the wife really cares about is having leather/heated seats (apart from the tech/safety package), which I can add on aftermarket (~CAD$2,500). I don't think I...
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