Just thought i would provide some feedback on our recent road trip the last few weeks.
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Route: Vancouver to Boise, ID; Boise to Las Vegas, NV; Las Vegas to Phoenix, AZ; Phoenix to Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles to SanFransisco, CA; San Fransisco to Portland, OR; Portland to Vancouver, BC.
Total KMs: Just over 5,900
Total Cost of Fuel: Approx $450 (week in phoenix included)
Avg Fuel Consumption: 8.2L/100km (29MPG)
Reset Avg fuel consumption when departing Vancouver. Also includes some city driving in the destinations and the week in phoenix visiting family.
Passengers: Myself, Wife and 2 kids in the back (Age 4 and 12). Hatch fully loaded had to squeeze that shut!
Review:
Thinking we had enormous space in the back we quickly realized how fast we filled up our rear storage. (Also think the kids over packed!) We prepped for the worst, traveling that long with kids not the car, but to my surprise it was a fantastic trip and would do it again in a heartbeat! I'm 6'2" and did not have any complaints the entire trip regarding the CX-5 (except the black leather seats burning my ass in arizona!) I think infiniti had it right with those air conditioned leather seats they should be standard in Arizona.
I will happily report that the CX-5 surpassed all but one category on the trip. I watched for vibration of the hood and mirrors like others posted. I did not find this to be of any concern or issue and honestly didn't really notice for the most part unless i specifically wanted to. The long journey was very comfortable although i couldn't sleep in this vehicle when i tried. Handling was better than expected, very fun to drive and great on the winding roads through the mountains and when heading to the coast and up highway 101.
The one noticeable issue which im sure has been discussed many times is the lack of power. Never an issue climbing the hills or on the main interstates but dealing with a few single lane highways i needed to take a good run at it to get passed slower vehicles and avoid head on traffic. This is the only problem we found on the long journey other than the frustrating Safety Lock feature of the Navigation.
Navigation: To my surprised I was expecting worse from a lot of the comments. I found the navigation to be extremely easy to use, very accurate, and the traffic updates excellent and directed me around some of the slower routes a few times. Maybe not as high end of some systems from BMW etc but practical enough for our needs. The complaint as mentioned above was having my co-pilot wife unable to edit navigation points or make changes unless i pulled over which kind of defeated the purpose. Would love to see the option to disable it at your own risk or if anyone knows how to hack this!
Road noise was standard and dependent on road type. Average vehicle road noise i would say. Loved the BSM (Blind Spot Monitoring) this made driving in some of the bigger cities and freeways a breeze. Loved this feature a lot. Now that im home i expect to hear the beep in my dodge but its not there!
Needless to say we very much enjoyed the long journey in the CX-5 with the few minor drawbacks. For the kids sake i wish it had a rear dvd entertainment system but thank goodness for the iPad and loaded Kobo.
If you are looking for any feedback on anything specific let me know.
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Route: Vancouver to Boise, ID; Boise to Las Vegas, NV; Las Vegas to Phoenix, AZ; Phoenix to Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles to SanFransisco, CA; San Fransisco to Portland, OR; Portland to Vancouver, BC.
Total KMs: Just over 5,900
Total Cost of Fuel: Approx $450 (week in phoenix included)
Avg Fuel Consumption: 8.2L/100km (29MPG)
Reset Avg fuel consumption when departing Vancouver. Also includes some city driving in the destinations and the week in phoenix visiting family.
Passengers: Myself, Wife and 2 kids in the back (Age 4 and 12). Hatch fully loaded had to squeeze that shut!
Review:
Thinking we had enormous space in the back we quickly realized how fast we filled up our rear storage. (Also think the kids over packed!) We prepped for the worst, traveling that long with kids not the car, but to my surprise it was a fantastic trip and would do it again in a heartbeat! I'm 6'2" and did not have any complaints the entire trip regarding the CX-5 (except the black leather seats burning my ass in arizona!) I think infiniti had it right with those air conditioned leather seats they should be standard in Arizona.
I will happily report that the CX-5 surpassed all but one category on the trip. I watched for vibration of the hood and mirrors like others posted. I did not find this to be of any concern or issue and honestly didn't really notice for the most part unless i specifically wanted to. The long journey was very comfortable although i couldn't sleep in this vehicle when i tried. Handling was better than expected, very fun to drive and great on the winding roads through the mountains and when heading to the coast and up highway 101.
The one noticeable issue which im sure has been discussed many times is the lack of power. Never an issue climbing the hills or on the main interstates but dealing with a few single lane highways i needed to take a good run at it to get passed slower vehicles and avoid head on traffic. This is the only problem we found on the long journey other than the frustrating Safety Lock feature of the Navigation.
Navigation: To my surprised I was expecting worse from a lot of the comments. I found the navigation to be extremely easy to use, very accurate, and the traffic updates excellent and directed me around some of the slower routes a few times. Maybe not as high end of some systems from BMW etc but practical enough for our needs. The complaint as mentioned above was having my co-pilot wife unable to edit navigation points or make changes unless i pulled over which kind of defeated the purpose. Would love to see the option to disable it at your own risk or if anyone knows how to hack this!
Road noise was standard and dependent on road type. Average vehicle road noise i would say. Loved the BSM (Blind Spot Monitoring) this made driving in some of the bigger cities and freeways a breeze. Loved this feature a lot. Now that im home i expect to hear the beep in my dodge but its not there!
Needless to say we very much enjoyed the long journey in the CX-5 with the few minor drawbacks. For the kids sake i wish it had a rear dvd entertainment system but thank goodness for the iPad and loaded Kobo.
If you are looking for any feedback on anything specific let me know.
