Recent content by Mountkeen

Well I said farewell to the CX5 this afternoon. Did a PX with the local Mercedes dealer. I am now car-less (sort of) until the GLC is delivered in March. Incidentally I managed to get a significant discount from Mercedes through the Caravan Club Affinity Scheme - it effectively paid for the...

Nothing as fast as that I'm afraid. It's a 1300 - same engine that was used in the Spitfire and Herald. I got it running again this summer after a few years in the garage gathering dust. I try to take it out at weekends if it's dry. She's only got 31,000 on the clock from new.

The 220 and 250 have the same engine with the latter tuned to produce a higher output and torque. Same braked trailer towing capacity for both variants though. I've done without a space-saver in the current CX-5 and luckily never had any tyre incidents. I'm banking on the same with the Merc...

Yes I saw that video a week or two back. It confirmed my own thoughts about not going for another CX-5 and it also made me think twice about being an early adopter of the new model. I'm sure that the new CX-5 will not be using any particularly new technologies - the first model was after all a...

I popped into Heritage VW in Weston this afternoon to look at the Tiguan. Quite nice but by the time I'd specified it to the same level as the CX 5 Sport Nav the price was North of 32k!!! I mean seriously! As I say it was quite nice but definitely not worth that sort of money and that was only...

Thanks for all the responses. I've considered the Seat Ateca as a cut-price Tiguan alternative but they seem to have skimped on the quality of materials and features. It's been built up to a price rather than competing directly with the VW version. The X-Trail I've considered but Im not that...

Have'nt been on here for a while. My CX-5 is coming up for 3 years old and it's time to be moving on. Went along to my Mazda dealer just after New Year to see what there are in the way of offers. Apparently the stock of CX-5s in the UK is limited as the factory stopped producing them a few...

Thanks for the responses!

So I've had my 2015 CX-5 Sport Nav for a couple of years (I'm in the UK so it's the top of the range model with Bose sound system). Aside from the much commented on delay for the USB drive to be scanned following engine start-up and never resuming tracks, it's worked okay. But all of a sudden...

You're right. In the UK my fully loaded CX-5 is akin to the US Grand Touring but cost the equivalent of $40,000 including taxes. Having said that there are a number of extras that we get as standard but not really enough to justify the price difference.

Well surprise, surprise.......the dealer couldn't find anything wrong with the transmission. Software update was applied but seems to make not a jot of difference. Bit peeved though, having picked the car up I was travelling down the motorway only to realise that the bonnet hadn't been secured...

My CX 5 is going into the dealer this evening for them to look at a couple of issues. One is the high revs at startup, for which they're applying the software update but I'd be interested if anyone else has had transmission issues. This appears to be an intermittent thing and occurs when...

Interested to know how you've fitted this. Have you had it wired in for power?

Yes, but its only got 15,000 miles on the clock so it can't be normal wear and tear.

I appear to have an intermittent noise from the clutch when I release it in 1st gear and move from being stationary. It almost sounds as if the clutch plate is grinding against something with a groan. It doesn't happen all the time but seems to occur most often during wet weather or immediately...