Recent content by chloper

That is a 16.44% discount. Impressive. Eternal blue is not a popular color, maybe that helped? Would you mind posting a breakdown of incentives that were applied (customer cash, loyalty, dealer discount....) ?

Getting an extended warranty when buying a new vehicle does not make any sense to me. With Mazda you have three years of b2b warranty and five years powertrain. You can drive the car until warranty is almost up (mileage or time based) and then decide if you want to keep the car or not. If...

Immediately take it to a good Mazda shop (not dealer, few are willing to do it) and have them suck out the transfer case fluid. I would not drive the car unless it had fresh fluids. Our 2010 CX9 Sport AWD got its transfer case and transmission replaced at 65K. Luckily all under the powertrain...

That is completely ridiculous. Who in their right mind would pay anything close to MSRP for a mass produced run of the mill crossover. Even one as nice as the 2017 CX5. 2000 is the minimum discount to expect on a 2017 GT now that the model has been out for a few months. I would wait a few...

Sequoia starts at 45K, Cayenne at 60K. BMW X3 starts at 40K new. That is not even remotely close to the 24-33K CX5 price range. Add in options and those vehicles are double the price of a CX5. Adjustable suspensions ultimately result in expensive repairs. Adding such features would...

That analysis is very basic. While vehicle size plays a big role, there are many more factors at play: mileage/year, city vs country roads, daily commute vs weekend car, weather etc... Besides the small car vs big SUV matchup you cannot make too many conclusions here. The CX9 FWD has...

I took my 2010 CX9 in for Takata airbag recall and asked the dealer to replace the transfer case oil since it still had the original oil and at 65K was way overdue (I've only had the rear diff oil changed at 35K). No leaks that I could see. No sulphur style smell either. With the powertrain...

This looks very interesting: http://wot.motortrend.com/1401_mazda_and_opencar_launch_new_automotive_app_platform_at_ces.html I wonder what Mazda functionality the SDK will make available or allow you to control.