GIAHORT: Pick the next Tradmobile!
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Mazda isn’t a luxury brand but the CX5 drives just as good as my Audi Q5. Test drove one a few weeks ago and thinking about getting one this year.
I understand that. I'm a Nissan guy. I recommended a QX 55 in post 58. Trad shot it down and settled for a Mazda. I was poking the bear with a stick so to speak...
LOL my husband used to bring that home once in a while when we lived in Madison and he was with Oscar Mayer. Gave our kids and all their little buddies in the neighborhood a ride.The choice is obvious...and the wife will love it after getting such a small one all these years.
I like it!Well, it turns out the Mazda CX-5 was the winner!
Closed the deal on the Carbon Edition Turbo today. Nice little SUV with plenty of pep and fun to drive. Gas mileage is underwhelming, but that's the trade off for turbo.
The "Zircon Sand Metallic" exterior color, the blacked out wheels, mirrors and trim, and the "Terracotta/Black" leather seats are only available on the Carbon turbo.
Off to North Carolina to really stretch its legs on Monday. Zoom Zoom!
They are great vehicles. The interior is way better than Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai.
He speaks very highly of the Mazda-built transmission, which by the way, is a wonderfully-responsive, six-speed automatic, not the horrible CVT crap.
Yeah, I have a CX-5 and really like it
Bumping this to the top after my North Carolina trip....
All the reviews say this thing is fun to drive and that's an understatement!
Everybody talks about 0-60 time which seems like unnecessary muscle-flexing to me. It's rare that stomping it to the floor from a dead stop is something you'll need to do in real life.
HOWEVER, having those ponies under the hood to quickly go from 70 to 90+ is...
Fueled up with 93 octane and set her to "Sport" mode and I have no fear of cutting anyone off because this thing takes off like a rocket from "normal" highway speeds.
Mazda's six-speed automatic is super-responsive and ready to roar at the slightest urging. I went from 70 to 100 mph in no time on a bridge where I knew no cops could possibly be watching, and the car had plenty more to give if I wanted it. Wasn't even revving high at all.
I wonder why the car reviewers don't measure acceleration speed from anything other than a dead stop? As I've never driven a turbo or an otherwise high-performance car before, I didn't realize this was a "thing"....
ZOOM ZOOM! 😍
All the reviews say this thing is fun to drive and that's an understatement!
Everybody talks about 0-60 time which seems like unnecessary muscle-flexing to me. It's rare that stomping it to the floor from a dead stop is something you'll need to do in real life.
HOWEVER, having those ponies under the hood to quickly go from 70 to 90+ is...
Fueled up with 93 octane and set her to "Sport" mode and I have no fear of cutting anyone off because this thing takes off like a rocket from "normal" highway speeds.
Mazda's six-speed automatic is super-responsive and ready to roar at the slightest urging. I went from 70 to 100 mph in no time on a bridge where I knew no cops could possibly be watching, and the car had plenty more to give if I wanted it. Wasn't even revving high at all.
I wonder why the car reviewers don't measure acceleration speed from anything other than a dead stop? As I've never driven a turbo or an otherwise high-performance car before, I didn't realize this was a "thing"....
ZOOM ZOOM! 😍
