I consider myself quite the researcher, but still found myself surprised by a few things after a few weeks of owning the CX-5 (2015 GT). Curious if others have had these experiences or have others to share. I'll start the list. Perhaps this may help those still considering who haven't yet purchased their CX-5:
1. When the rear windows are down at least half way, there's this rubbling sound. Quite annoying.
2. The two cupholders are different depths.
3. Acceleration is more impressive the more and more I drive it. I drive a supercharged 4-cylinder now as my primary car (CX-5 is my wife's) and my last car before was a 2002 Toyota Rav4 which I swear was 0-60 in 13 seconds. So no to hard to impress me with acceleration I suppose, but I still feel the CX-5 is very zippy. Rav4 is close, but CX-5 seems quicker off the line.
4. Never noticed that weird slot left of the steering wheel until someone brought it up on one of the threads here. Not sure what that's for still.
5. It should be obvious that a white car is hard to keep clean, but it's still surprising to me how quickly it gets dirty. My current car is black and my last car was silver. Silver wins as far as hiding dirt and scratches.
6. I can't tell what radio station I'm on unless I go through all the menus. A little annoying, but I like the clean look of the dash and think it's worth it. Too many cars these days with way too many buttons.
7. The dead pedal is way comfortable. I love the size, location, height. It's perfect for me.
8. Memory seats I knew I didn't have, but didn't realize that they have it overseas (outside USA). I'm jealous.
9. Moonroof doesn't have one touch close. Only one touch open.
10. No lip on the rear windshield that catches the water and diverts it away. Every time I clean the rear windshield at the gas station, the whole back of the car gets all nasty and black. Someone teach me how to do it cleaner if there's a way. Maybe I'm just stupid and totally missing it. '
11. No lock on the glove box! Looks like there could be one. Outside the USA?
12. There's actually two USB ports in the front.
13. And a cigarette lighter adapter plug in the arm rest.
14. The rear cigarette lighter adapter in the cargo area can charge stuff even when the car is not on! Bingo. But gotta be careful about that.
15. The two little pockets on either side of the rear cargo come in handy. I forgot that they were there.
16. The older models don't have aluminum trim on the rear doors! Really?
17. I didn't realize the turn signals on the side mirrors were knew to 2016. Hadn't really noticed it was lacking on the 2015 and earlier models.
18. The adaptive cruise control or whatever you call it is plain awesome!
19. Dual climate control can be turned off so it's easier to change both sides at the same time.
20. I swear there was a MAX setting for the air conditioning, but I'm blind. Can't find it again.
21. That sensor thing or whatever it is called under the rear view mirror on the windshield is huge! But totally not that obvious from the driver position.
22. Roof rack is silver - not black. Only the OEM crossbars are black.
23. Didn't even notice that the GT model has different rims.
24. I knew we had LED headlights, but didn't realize the foglights are LED on the 2016 model too.
That's it for now. I'm sure I'll think of more later. Feel free to comment and/or add to the list. Please continue with number 25 so others joining the thread can reference the number when making their comments if they want to.
1. When the rear windows are down at least half way, there's this rubbling sound. Quite annoying.
2. The two cupholders are different depths.
3. Acceleration is more impressive the more and more I drive it. I drive a supercharged 4-cylinder now as my primary car (CX-5 is my wife's) and my last car before was a 2002 Toyota Rav4 which I swear was 0-60 in 13 seconds. So no to hard to impress me with acceleration I suppose, but I still feel the CX-5 is very zippy. Rav4 is close, but CX-5 seems quicker off the line.
4. Never noticed that weird slot left of the steering wheel until someone brought it up on one of the threads here. Not sure what that's for still.
5. It should be obvious that a white car is hard to keep clean, but it's still surprising to me how quickly it gets dirty. My current car is black and my last car was silver. Silver wins as far as hiding dirt and scratches.
6. I can't tell what radio station I'm on unless I go through all the menus. A little annoying, but I like the clean look of the dash and think it's worth it. Too many cars these days with way too many buttons.
7. The dead pedal is way comfortable. I love the size, location, height. It's perfect for me.
8. Memory seats I knew I didn't have, but didn't realize that they have it overseas (outside USA). I'm jealous.
9. Moonroof doesn't have one touch close. Only one touch open.
10. No lip on the rear windshield that catches the water and diverts it away. Every time I clean the rear windshield at the gas station, the whole back of the car gets all nasty and black. Someone teach me how to do it cleaner if there's a way. Maybe I'm just stupid and totally missing it. '
11. No lock on the glove box! Looks like there could be one. Outside the USA?
12. There's actually two USB ports in the front.
13. And a cigarette lighter adapter plug in the arm rest.
14. The rear cigarette lighter adapter in the cargo area can charge stuff even when the car is not on! Bingo. But gotta be careful about that.
15. The two little pockets on either side of the rear cargo come in handy. I forgot that they were there.
16. The older models don't have aluminum trim on the rear doors! Really?
17. I didn't realize the turn signals on the side mirrors were knew to 2016. Hadn't really noticed it was lacking on the 2015 and earlier models.
18. The adaptive cruise control or whatever you call it is plain awesome!
19. Dual climate control can be turned off so it's easier to change both sides at the same time.
20. I swear there was a MAX setting for the air conditioning, but I'm blind. Can't find it again.
21. That sensor thing or whatever it is called under the rear view mirror on the windshield is huge! But totally not that obvious from the driver position.
22. Roof rack is silver - not black. Only the OEM crossbars are black.
23. Didn't even notice that the GT model has different rims.
24. I knew we had LED headlights, but didn't realize the foglights are LED on the 2016 model too.
That's it for now. I'm sure I'll think of more later. Feel free to comment and/or add to the list. Please continue with number 25 so others joining the thread can reference the number when making their comments if they want to.
