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CX5_Pete
Zoom Zoom'd a little too hard.
My take on the CX-5 after 20,000 miles
- Thread starter Goin' Ham
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Zoom Zoom'd a little too hard.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Yep.. got rid of the unneeded ride height and lowered the CG myself.
That's on a straight highway going in a straight line. Ulrich was hit in the rear quarter panel/right tire by a car swerving to avoid another accident. Of course roll-over is a risk during a collision!
The claim was that the CX-5 would roll-over if driven 70 mph on a twisty road in a spirited manner. The truth is the roll-over prevention system and excellent chassis dynamics protects against this. All bets are off in a multiple vehicle accident.
The claim was that the CX-5 would roll-over if driven 70 mph on a twisty road in a spirited manner. The truth is the roll-over prevention system and excellent chassis dynamics protects against this. All bets are off in a multiple vehicle accident.
Uh, no, he was driving along minding his own business when another vehicle impacted the side of his car. Nothing to do with zoom-zoom.
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
I had to make an evasive maneuver at 65mph the other day. I was in the passing lane passing a few cars when some idiot decided to merge into my lane before I had even passed him. I had to swerve rapidly towards the inner median and then rapidly correct to prevent being dragged into said median. Not a bell nor whistle went off. Very impressed and not once did I feel the vehicle was close to flipping, let alone losing control.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
But it DOES. See, a real race car, like the CX5, has the structural integrity to not collapse, as pictured, on the driver.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
I bet a ton of silent things happened, though. It was like that in my 370Z and Corvette. They would both allow you to think that YOU were some sort of track god. Silently, in the background, the ECM was watching your back and adjusting little things constantly...modern cars really are very impressive!
What are you babbling about?
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
You make a Corvette, you plan it around a 200mph crash. You make a sporty SUV, I would assume you plan it around a more...dynamic...crash than you do a lumbering slug of an SUV. The use of high strength steel, etc. in the CX5 seems to underscore to that concept.
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As a spirited driver I have pushed our CX5 on the upper PA turnpike where the twist and turns through the mountains are a blast to navigate. Even at 90+ mph the CX5 was very stable and never felt like it was going to tip or spin out of control. If It had the 2.5 turbo motor it would not only have best in class handling, but best in class acceleration in a CUV. There is a market for a "true" CX5 sport model and I can't wait to test drive the new CX9, although much bigger to check out its performance.
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised.
I've done track laps in my stock cx-5. Going into hairpin turns at 75-85 mph and at no point does it feel ready to let go and turn. The tires may squeal at times but it wont roll.
Haha, I live in central TX which is a hotspot of Mazdas. We have a CX-5 and a 3 in our drive, my neighbors across and next to me both own 3's. At my SO's office, 5 of her 6 co-workers own a 3 or a CX-5. I actually ran into one of my neighbors at the dealer shopping for a CX-5. Another friend of mine has a Miata and one is shopping for either a 3 or a new 6.
My street looks like a Mazda meetup whenever we have company.
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CX5_Pete
I wasnt being sarcastic at all.
