And on the flip side, I've often said how awesome I find my CX-5 to be, and I wish I had discovered the brand a long time ago.
I've mentioned that it's the first car I've had in a long time I've enjoyed enough to turn off the tv on a warm summer's night and just go for a long drive across 3 counties.
I've been a Mazda fan for awhile now. First one was a 2013 Mazda Miata had a 2016 Mazda 6 GT that I absolutely loved but once I met my then GF - eventual wife- needed something without the parchment interior and more room for the dog.
That put me into a Jeep Renegade for a couple years.....the lack of refinement and crappy gas mileage really irked me over time. During this time my wife needed to replace an aging Hyundai Veloster....we test drove a Kona and thought it was cheap feeling. She drove the 2018 CX5 Touring and was hooked, it became her new commuter.
I found myself taking her CX5 all the time, the Jeep just was annoying to drive especially on the highway (9 speed always hunting for gears, cruise control would struggle to maintain constant speed)....last month I traded it in for a 2019 CX5 GT
We are a 2 CX5 family, we love what we drive, plenty of room for our family and they have been rock solid reliable. We plan on keeping them 5-7 years at least.