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chilidogtampa

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2008 cx-7 sport
just checking in, we got our CX-7 sport last Monday, gotta love the fact that the car is the shop now for the second time,(drunk) and our first full tank got us 15mpg!!... but we do like it anyway!! (nervous) first trip in was FOR the passenger window not responding, (I guess ive read that is common adjustment and easily fixed) now the brakes have a vibration like a warped rotor (not good when the car has 300mi on it). anyway love the forum and you'll see me around...unless i get kill filtered...(rockon)
 
yeah, the window thing is completely normal, its actually in the manual on how to fix it ;)

if it happens again (which it probably will) just roll down the window a crack, roll up and hold the button until it clicks. then you're all set.
 
im more likely to get my info on the net though...

I don't know if I got this thing called a manual...is it under that fat book lookin' thing in the glove box???(confused) JK.... yes if it wasn't the very first day of ownership I might of looked harder but we had had it 18 hours!! the brakes issue was exactly what it felt like to me, warped rotor, they turned it, frankly I think they should have tossed on a new one but I didn't argue, it doesn't vibrate now. its such a cool car and ive never actually had a cool car before, im a motorcycle guy...(yes)(yes)
 
I don't know if I got this thing called a manual...is it under that fat book lookin' thing in the glove box???(confused) JK.... yes if it wasn't the very first day of ownership I might of looked harder but we had had it 18 hours!! the brakes issue was exactly what it felt like to me, warped rotor, they turned it, frankly I think they should have tossed on a new one but I didn't argue, it doesn't vibrate now. its such a cool car and ive never actually had a cool car before, im a motorcycle guy...(yes)(yes)

The window is an easy fix, but even I had to call the dealer to tell them the farkin window wouldn't go up.

As for the rotor, I'm sorry you didn't post here before you went to the dealer. If the car is new, push the dealer hard to not turn the rotor, but REPLACE the rotor. Turning it takes metal off the rotor making the brake have to work harder in the long run. The car is new, the rotor shouldn't warp, although sometimes it can happen if it is really hot and you run through water.

My wife's suby (back in 2002) all four rotors warped. They turned them. Then two more warped. They turned them. Then the car became unsafe and I dumped it. You could press the brake peddle to the floor and the car would slowly stop instead of stopping immediately. They wouldn't replace the rotors under warranty, so I dumped it on them.

And yeah, the gas mileage, get used to it. If you take it easy on the highway, you should be able to get 20-24, but around the city, be prepared for 14-16. Some (very FEW) are getting 18.

I find it interesting that on the new Mazda 6 commercials and Mazda 3, Mazda flaunts the MPG. But when they play the Mazda CX7 and CX9 commercials, they don't talk about MPG and they don't even put the MPG in small print. (shady)
 
I could of had a V-8!!

the sad thing is the other car we were considering was the rogue and im sure we could of squeezed 28-30mpg out of that, but the CX-7 is just so much cooler(headbang).... bummer is if I was gonna settle for mid to high teens I could of picked up a full size SUV, they are pretty much GIVING them away now...(chair)
 
the sad thing is the other car we were considering was the rogue and im sure we could of squeezed 28-30mpg out of that, but the CX-7 is just so much cooler(headbang).... bummer is if I was gonna settle for mid to high teens I could of picked up a full size SUV, they are pretty much GIVING them away now...(chair)

Yep. My wife's lease on her CX9 is due next March. The value on this fully loaded awd? $17k. The lease says that I could buy it for $28k at the end. lol, that won't be happening. And this is exactly why nobody is doing leases anymore on the SUVs because in the end, they loose too much money.

Wife and I are debating right now whether we should pick the CX9 up in March for 17k. It gets 14 MPG city and she ferries the kids around a lot. The car is costing us an additional $400 a month just in gas because of it. We could get into a comfy Suby Outback for less and get 23-28 MPG instead. Not as much room, but still nice.

We'll see.
 
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