Recent content by Barnstaple boy

Bah Humbug.

The LED DRL's consume even less than that!

But the CX-5 isn't an aggressive type of vehicle. Perhaps you should have bought a BMW or an Audi.

Good grief, either you've been on the road 24/7 or Mazda exhausts are rubbish. How come you already need to replace your exhaust system?

When you do get your CX-5 spend some time sitting in the car with the handbook. There are quite a lot of electronic gadgetry to familiarise yourself with. The handbook is, in my opinion, a bit confusing in describing some of the controls. The wiper stalk and the light stalk are a good example...

An interesting letter in the UK "Diesel Car" magazine concerned a business man who had a small fleet with Mazda 2.2 diesels . He claims that the cars are driven by all of the companies drivers, none of the cars are driven by just one driver. All of these particular vehicles have now covered just...

I've heard a rumour recently here in the UK that the dramatic oil rise problem reported by some CX-5 diesel owners could possibly be something to do with a fault in a temperature sensor that has something to do with the DPF. This is causing the DPF regen. to be initiated far too frequently. Has...

There seems to be quite a lot of goodies left off the US and Canadian models. The entry level UK CX-5 seems to have pretty near most things as standard.

I've Had it three months now and very pleased so far. I have been quite impressed with how agile and planted it feels on our twisty Devon roads. It has also proved to be a very comfortable motorway cruiser. The gearbox is an absolute dream and the seats are as comfortable and supportive as my...

There's a very irritating thing with this forum which has happened several times now. I have been logged in and in the process of replying to some point or other only to find that when I click to send my reply I am told that I must log on again. Worse still is that when I do re-log on I am taken...

If it works like the UK/Europe model then if you turn the odometer knob clockwise several clicks it will set the dash lights to max. regardless of the headlights. But if from the max. position if you turn the knob anti-clockwise (even one click) it will set the dash lights to auto-dim. Hope this...

If the back-up sensors are not available in the US presumably the rearward camera is standard.

All UK models have power folding door mirrors. I have them on my entry level model. Refer to 3-29 in the Owners Handbook. How did you miss this?

I think you will find that this heat is generated by the laser and quite normal, unless you mean that the CD is almost too hot to hold. I've noticed that CD's get quite warm in my home HiFi.

I'm not surprised that you chaps in the US try to disable the DRL's if you have to put up with a dimmed headlight! In the UK we have the pretty LED running lights like Audi and BMW etc. I think they look quite sharp. LED DRL Upgrade kits for older cars are all the thing here at the moment to...