Hi All!
Life has taken us in a whole new direction with the introduction of a small fussy crybaby into our lives. We needed the extra room and safety of a car that wasn't at eye level with every other SUV around here.
My wife and I got really good trade in offers for our two 2017 Honda civic's. We cross shopped with a Rav4 (marshmallow), CRV (turnip), outback XT (potato), and Q5 ($$$). In the end, the design of the new CX-50's really made it an emotional purchase. Plus our dealer had no markups on the higher level models. The car is almost station wagon like and the wheel arches are so flared out that the body is almost flush with the side mirrors. She, being the red head, ended up with a red turbo premium, and I have the more outdoorsy looking dirt colored turbo premium plus.
Really enjoying the CX-50's. The 320 ft-lbs of torque gives it great acceleration at on-ramps, especially for a car that weighs almost 1000 pounds more. With the 245/45R18 tires, it handles like a slightly heavier civic with heavier steering. It definitely feels more car like than most SUV's. I was getting 28-29mpg in the Civic during aggressive highway driving, the same driving at the same speeds in the CX-50 is around 21-22mpg.
We loved our Honda's over the past 5 years but between the small size, road noise, lack of rear AC vents, it was time to move on. I really miss our civics. They always punched above their class in terms of performance and reliability. Good honest cars that will always remind me of simpler carefree times. But onwards and upwards!
Life has taken us in a whole new direction with the introduction of a small fussy crybaby into our lives. We needed the extra room and safety of a car that wasn't at eye level with every other SUV around here.
My wife and I got really good trade in offers for our two 2017 Honda civic's. We cross shopped with a Rav4 (marshmallow), CRV (turnip), outback XT (potato), and Q5 ($$$). In the end, the design of the new CX-50's really made it an emotional purchase. Plus our dealer had no markups on the higher level models. The car is almost station wagon like and the wheel arches are so flared out that the body is almost flush with the side mirrors. She, being the red head, ended up with a red turbo premium, and I have the more outdoorsy looking dirt colored turbo premium plus.
Really enjoying the CX-50's. The 320 ft-lbs of torque gives it great acceleration at on-ramps, especially for a car that weighs almost 1000 pounds more. With the 245/45R18 tires, it handles like a slightly heavier civic with heavier steering. It definitely feels more car like than most SUV's. I was getting 28-29mpg in the Civic during aggressive highway driving, the same driving at the same speeds in the CX-50 is around 21-22mpg.
We loved our Honda's over the past 5 years but between the small size, road noise, lack of rear AC vents, it was time to move on. I really miss our civics. They always punched above their class in terms of performance and reliability. Good honest cars that will always remind me of simpler carefree times. But onwards and upwards!
