Hello fellow Mazda owners! Throughout my research prior to buying the new CX-9 for my wife, google kept putting me right on top of this mazdas247.com forum, so I figured why not join after we bought it?
We just bought a black 2011 CX-9 Touring, sand leather interior, bose+sunroof/liftgate package. We were in the market for a midsize SUV, and narrowed it down to Traverse, Highlander, and CX-9 due to pricing, options, and reviews (CX-9 was edmunds top pick- although I still haven't figured out what "fun to drive" means. My Road King is fun to drive though!). Being a yota man, I wanted her to get the Highlander. We ruled out the Traverse, because...well, it's a GMC, and it didn't seem too exciting, and seemed like you had to cough up a lot of dough to start getting leather and a few other cool things. She drove the Highlander SE first, and loved it, except she couldn't get over the headlights. Then she drove the CX-9, and the search was over...and haggling began. I worked with 4 different dealers through emails and phone calls, over 3-4 days, and the one who gave me the lowest price over the phone got a visit from us on Sept 30. We traded in her 2010 VW Jetta (lease). We had our own financing walking into the thing, and got the CX-9 for 32k OTD, with tax, title, tags, fees, and negative trade equity. I even had the sales manager throw in the rubber all-weather mats, cargo mat, and cargo net (he wouldn't go for the remote start =( ) I think we ended up getting it a tad under invoice, out the door. I think we did pretty good overall, and she loves her new CX-9! So whatever the dealer made, is fine with me, he deserves it. He was about $500 lower than the other dealers, before I even gave my first and final in-person offer. I put the first 30 miles on it, leaving the dealership, and I am very impressed with everything about it. This is definitely a luxury vehicle to us, never had anything this nice before. I had never considered a Mazda before, but for what we got, and what it cost us, I think this is definitely a 10+ year car for our family.
My first mods/research on this site will probably be 1) replace the joke of a donut spare with full size, or closer to full size spare 2) installing OEM foglights-is wiring already in place? 3) matching window tint 4) researching AM remote start/alarm, and how it may interact/interfere with the factory keyless entry/start thing....
Wife wants black wheels like I have on my truck (my Tundra is murdered), but I'm not too sure about how that would look on such a classy looking vehicle? I'm trying to talk her into keeping the thing stock, for the most part, because I think it looks pretty nice the way it is.
I plan on starting the Mobil 1 5w20 oil changes after the 4 month mark, then every 6-12 months after that (she only puts 6-8k a year on her car). So far I've read that the oil change is a PITA, something about the filter? I crawled up under the car and it looked pretty easy to me, but I'll cross that line when I get there.
I look forward to interacting with all of you. Sorry I don't have much knowledge on this mazda yet, but once I start learning new things, I'll share
We just bought a black 2011 CX-9 Touring, sand leather interior, bose+sunroof/liftgate package. We were in the market for a midsize SUV, and narrowed it down to Traverse, Highlander, and CX-9 due to pricing, options, and reviews (CX-9 was edmunds top pick- although I still haven't figured out what "fun to drive" means. My Road King is fun to drive though!). Being a yota man, I wanted her to get the Highlander. We ruled out the Traverse, because...well, it's a GMC, and it didn't seem too exciting, and seemed like you had to cough up a lot of dough to start getting leather and a few other cool things. She drove the Highlander SE first, and loved it, except she couldn't get over the headlights. Then she drove the CX-9, and the search was over...and haggling began. I worked with 4 different dealers through emails and phone calls, over 3-4 days, and the one who gave me the lowest price over the phone got a visit from us on Sept 30. We traded in her 2010 VW Jetta (lease). We had our own financing walking into the thing, and got the CX-9 for 32k OTD, with tax, title, tags, fees, and negative trade equity. I even had the sales manager throw in the rubber all-weather mats, cargo mat, and cargo net (he wouldn't go for the remote start =( ) I think we ended up getting it a tad under invoice, out the door. I think we did pretty good overall, and she loves her new CX-9! So whatever the dealer made, is fine with me, he deserves it. He was about $500 lower than the other dealers, before I even gave my first and final in-person offer. I put the first 30 miles on it, leaving the dealership, and I am very impressed with everything about it. This is definitely a luxury vehicle to us, never had anything this nice before. I had never considered a Mazda before, but for what we got, and what it cost us, I think this is definitely a 10+ year car for our family.
My first mods/research on this site will probably be 1) replace the joke of a donut spare with full size, or closer to full size spare 2) installing OEM foglights-is wiring already in place? 3) matching window tint 4) researching AM remote start/alarm, and how it may interact/interfere with the factory keyless entry/start thing....
Wife wants black wheels like I have on my truck (my Tundra is murdered), but I'm not too sure about how that would look on such a classy looking vehicle? I'm trying to talk her into keeping the thing stock, for the most part, because I think it looks pretty nice the way it is.
I plan on starting the Mobil 1 5w20 oil changes after the 4 month mark, then every 6-12 months after that (she only puts 6-8k a year on her car). So far I've read that the oil change is a PITA, something about the filter? I crawled up under the car and it looked pretty easy to me, but I'll cross that line when I get there.
I look forward to interacting with all of you. Sorry I don't have much knowledge on this mazda yet, but once I start learning new things, I'll share