My 1st road trip

Bought it brand new in April and the weekend after I took it Joshua Tree and Palm Springs. Felt great. There will be more adventures. At least that's the plan.

Tell us more about your trip and how the CX5 did as to mileage and any issues. Ed

Not to hijack your thread, but I figured I'd just plop my experience here instead of starting a new thread for the same topic. I bought my CX-5 about 9 days ago, took it on a road trip this past Saturday (from Memphis, TN to Hot Springs, AR). Gotta say, it performed like a champ! If the app is to be believed, we averaged roughly 34 MPG highway (it was probably 90% highway driving). My passengers remarked on how smooth and quiet the ride was, and that the seats were comfortable. We streamed Google Music via Bluetooth, and did not have a single hiccup with that. The roads to Hot Springs, once you leave I-40, are nice and twisty, and I may have alarmed my passengers by hugging the curves, but I wanted to see how the CX-5 handled it (very well). Had a lot of fun driving it, and it's nice to now have a vehicle that can actually do a road trip without making everyone cranky -- my previous car, a Genesis Coupe, was not popular in that respect.

We used the navigation a lot, and had no problems with it that I can remember.

I did discover a weird noise that occurs on less-than-smooth roads, right by my left ear. Not a rattle -- kinda sounds like crumpling paper. I think it's the seatbelt vibrating/rubbing against the inside of the car. Would not be that bad if it wasn't a few inches from my ear, and at the exact same height as my ear.

Didn't think about getting photos of it with the mountains in the background, maybe next time