Just got my 2016 CX5 GS yesterday. Talk about a wait. Got to the dealership 8 am so they could swap the wheels over from my 2011 CX7 and get my 2016 CX5 ready for me, but they had 21 customers already booked and since they closed at 2, the service department was going to do their best to get me in and out.
At least they let me borrow a 2020 CX5 GT NA 2.5 for the morning so my wife and I didn’t have to sit around waiting.
Definitely an improvement over the CX7, which my wife hated. She feels more comfortable in the 5 than she ever did in the 7, so I’m ok with that.
And of course I like that it was better built and had more power than the old MPI MZR 2.5 motor.
This has the cloth seats but with power driver seat and heat which apparently was a rare combination for 2016 as most people didn’t take the power seat.
The dealership did fix up the damaged rear bumper and the TSB on the power driver seat since it was squealing like a stuck pig when I moved the seat on my test drive.
It has 124,000 kms on, I’m the third owner of it and the previous owner did 60,000 kms between February 2021 and October of last year when it was traded in.
Dealership replaced the brake pads and rotors and did all the fluid changes before I signed the paperwork.
I plan on adding rokblokz mudflaps, upgrading the speakers, LED fog lights and interior lights, and maybe the exhaust over the next few months. My wife and I are looking forward to running Frank the Tank 2.0 into the ground.
At least they let me borrow a 2020 CX5 GT NA 2.5 for the morning so my wife and I didn’t have to sit around waiting.
Definitely an improvement over the CX7, which my wife hated. She feels more comfortable in the 5 than she ever did in the 7, so I’m ok with that.
And of course I like that it was better built and had more power than the old MPI MZR 2.5 motor.
This has the cloth seats but with power driver seat and heat which apparently was a rare combination for 2016 as most people didn’t take the power seat.
The dealership did fix up the damaged rear bumper and the TSB on the power driver seat since it was squealing like a stuck pig when I moved the seat on my test drive.
It has 124,000 kms on, I’m the third owner of it and the previous owner did 60,000 kms between February 2021 and October of last year when it was traded in.
Dealership replaced the brake pads and rotors and did all the fluid changes before I signed the paperwork.
I plan on adding rokblokz mudflaps, upgrading the speakers, LED fog lights and interior lights, and maybe the exhaust over the next few months. My wife and I are looking forward to running Frank the Tank 2.0 into the ground.
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