CX-5 Resale value

Harley is a culture. That said, my Dad has an '82 Sportster that is only lacking upholstery and he has about $1500? in the bike. Motor blows 130psi on both cylinders. Straight frame. Etc.

A year earlier and under AMF he probably couldn't give it away. My father-in-law is a Harley snob... I hear lots of history at the holidays... too much :-(

I've never ridden one myself.
 
Harley is a culture. That said, my Dad has an '82 Sportster that is only lacking upholstery and he has about $1500? in the bike. Motor blows 130psi on both cylinders. Straight frame. Etc.

You pretty much have to re-manufacture those to get them to be reliable. They have exhaust manifold leaks, intake leaks, crappy carbs, unreliable ignitions and charging systems, really poor machining, poor fit and finish, half-baked engineering, leak oil from the cases and they are only rated at 50 HP but most of them couldn't even make that off the showroom floor. I don't know of any other motorcycle manufacturer from that era that could only get 50 HP out of 1000 cc's. 130 psi is very low compression for a motorcycle engine. No wonder they almost went bankrupt. But it's amazing what good marketing can do with the American consumer.

Please give your father my condolences! (lol2)
 
You pretty much have to re-manufacture those to get them to be reliable. They have exhaust manifold leaks, intake leaks, crappy carbs, unreliable ignitions and charging systems, really poor machining, poor fit and finish, half-baked engineering, leak oil from the cases and they are only rated at 50 HP but most of them couldn't even make that off the showroom floor. I don't know of any other motorcycle manufacturer from that era that could only get 50 HP out of 1000 cc's. 130 psi is very low compression for a motorcycle engine. No wonder they almost went bankrupt. But it's amazing what good marketing can do with the American consumer.

Please give your father my condolences! (lol2)
He's a tinkerer and eats that stuff up. I know it's not a powerhouse like your CX-5, though...

He had a 70's Sportster as a kid and loved it. P&P'ed it himself, etc. It's a hobby.
 
He's a tinkerer and eats that stuff up. I know it's not a powerhouse like your CX-5, though...

Correct. My CX-5 makes over 50% more HP/cc than the Sportster. And it's a friggin' car! Shows what some good ICE engineering can do.
 
Correct. My CX-5 makes over 50% more HP/cc than the Sportster. And it's a friggin' car! Shows what some good ICE engineering can do.

But...but...hp/L!

Hahahaha!

Seriously, you can't compare the appeal of an American icon to a throw-away rolling utility item.
 
Seriously, you can't compare the appeal of an American icon to a throw-away rolling utility item.

You obviously know little to nothing about motorcycle riding. There is no appeal to a 1982 Sportster unless you've been brainwashed by Harley cultists or just like to collect poorly engineered and poorly manufactured crap.
 
You obviously know little to nothing about motorcycle riding. There is no appeal to a 1982 Sportster unless you've been brainwashed by Harley cultists or just like to collect poorly engineered and poorly manufactured crap.

It's a tinker toy, and for $1500, why not?
 
You obviously know little to nothing about motorcycle riding. There is no appeal to a 1982 Sportster unless you've been brainwashed by Harley cultists or just like to collect poorly engineered and poorly manufactured crap.

Those things are a public nuisance. They make incredible amount of noise and are typically ridden so as to make passing them difficult.
They should either be made illegal or get a proper exhaust system.
 
Those things are a public nuisance. They make incredible amount of noise and are typically ridden so as to make passing them difficult.
They should either be made illegal or get a proper exhaust system.

They come with a proper exhaust, the riders take the exhaust off and replace it with the noisy one. It's part of the 'mystique'.
 
The residual on my 14 sport will be $12k this fall. Should I buy it and sell it privately? Will have about 28k miles.
 
The CX-5 especially the 2.0 ones have pretty decent resale value in so-cal and Arizona. Their known to have low cost of ownership and are fuel efficient. We're planning on keeping ours for about 10 years before selling it.
 
The CX-5 especially the 2.0 ones have pretty decent resale value in so-cal and Arizona. .

I've noticed this in the Pacific NW as well. The 2.0L seems to hold it's value better in the used market.
 
If mine had rear view cam and heated seats.... I would keep it.
 
I've noticed this in the Pacific NW as well. The 2.0L seems to hold it's value better in the used market.

lol..
Getting the 2.5L engine on a new mazda 3 costs $2,200 extra.
Yet you claim that somehow the 2.0L engine which had practically the same MSRP as the 2.5L somehow holds its value better?
 
lol..
Getting the 2.5L engine on a new mazda 3 costs $2,200 extra.
Yet you claim that somehow the 2.0L engine which had practically the same MSRP as the 2.5L somehow holds its value better?

Not sure what's so funny or why you speak of the 2.0L in the past tense. It's still offered and, last time I checked, cost about $2,000 less.
 
Not sure what's so funny
well, out of all your arguments in favor of the 2.0, I found this one to be the most unlikely. You are probably the only one on the planet that would even consider paying extra for the smaller engine in a CX-5.

or why you speak of the 2.0L in the past tense. It's still offered and,
As of 2016 the 2.0L is only offered with the manual transmission.

last time I checked, cost about $2,000 less.
The 2014 with the 2.5L was a $500 premium over the 2013 with the 2.0L
The 2014 2.0L was a $400 premuim over the 2013
so you could say that the 2.5L engine cost $100 extra

http://www.cars.com/mazda/cx-5/2013/snapshot
http://www.cars.com/mazda/cx-5/2014/snapshot
 
Sorry, but buying a brand new car with 'resale value' in mind just doesn't compute for me. However, I plan on keeping mine >5 years. I just don't see cars as investments. A lot of things can happen in that time.
 
Sorry, but buying a brand new car with 'resale value' in mind just doesn't compute for me. However, I plan on keeping mine >5 years. I just don't see cars as investments. A lot of things can happen in that time.

I totally agree, you should buy the car that suits your needs rather than concern yourself with potential resale value.

My comments were simply to say, the last time I checked on used vehicle prices, the 2.0L CX-5 had about the same asking prices as comparable 2.5L CX-5's. In a number of cases the 2.0L cars were one year older, similar mileage, similar options at the same price.

This tells me the 2.0L had more demand, relative to availability, than the 2.5L models.
 

New Threads and Articles

Back