buyingconstant7
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- 2014 CX-5 GS AWD
So the family is heading to Vancouver, from home, which is about a 10 hour drive(1,000km). It's going to be hot and have steep mountains to climb. I was told by the Mazda tech I talked to , after getting the CX-5 serviced, he said the car has no engine oil coolers or transmission coolers, since Mazda never had a heat issue when the car was in it's testing stages, so it never came with one. Should I be concerned about heat? Also, some people tell me I should use premium fuel for this type of drive? Is this true? Also in Vancouver we're meeting up with my uncle who has a 2,000lb(dry) camper trailer, where he tows it with his 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander, his car is currently having issues with faulty cooling fans and will not be ready for another couple days, so he asked if we could tow his trailer on a 1 hour drive to a campsite. The roads going there will be flat and slower speeds(50mph). The CX-5 has a hitch and wiring harness for his trailer, we just haven't fitted a brake controller. And since his trailer is about 2,000lbs dry, he'll have about 100lbs of water and let's say 200lbs of miscellanious stuff onboard. Can the CX-5 take this?
To summarize my questions:
-Should I be worried about heat with no oil and transmission coolers in hot weather on steep mountain roads?
-Should I use premium, so the car won't have to adjust ignition timing so badly that we may have reduced power on regular fuel?
-Can I tow a 2,300lb trailer with no brake controller for about an hour drive?
To summarize my questions:
-Should I be worried about heat with no oil and transmission coolers in hot weather on steep mountain roads?
-Should I use premium, so the car won't have to adjust ignition timing so badly that we may have reduced power on regular fuel?
-Can I tow a 2,300lb trailer with no brake controller for about an hour drive?