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Not highway. Hybrids do city well. Highway is meh.
CX-5 with Diesel giving 36 mpg would give a 400+ mile range. Sweet.
Huh? I already have over a 400 mile range... ~460-480 when traveling just highway.
(uhm)
Not highway. Hybrids do city well. Highway is meh.
CX-5 with Diesel giving 36 mpg would give a 400+ mile range. Sweet.
36 mpg highway is nice but you need to check engine oil weekly and see if the oil level reaches to the added "X" mark on the dipstick or the oil change is mandatory. And while changing oil you have to use a hard-to-find 5W-30 diesel oil that meets certain specifications such as Japansese JASO DL-1 specifications、Mazda Original Oil Ultra DPF 5W-30、or the ACEA C3 full synthetic equivalent. Use any other diesel synthetic oil your DPF will be damaged or destroyed!Not highway. Hybrids do city well. Highway is meh.
CX-5 with Diesel giving 36 mpg would give a 400+ mile range. Sweet.
@Banjos: I can do low 4's outside of winter months...480? Wow- so you're getting 32+?
Teach me
36 mpg highway is nice but you need to check engine oil weekly and see if the oil level reaches to the added "X" mark on the dipstick or the oil change is mandatory. And while changing oil you have to use a hard-to-find 5W-30 diesel oil that meets certain specifications such as Japansese JASO DL-1 specifications or the APEA C1 full synthetic equivalent. Use any other diesel synthetic oil your DPF will be damaged or destroyed!
Then after you drive 400+ miles you better hope there's a Shell gas station around as SA-D won't like any diesel fuel other than high quality ultra low sulfur and high detergent diesel fuel.
And this's US special, you need either pee or buy some urea from time to time for DEF injection system!
All that said, there is no way I am buying the first-gen diesels. At least not new. I really love diesels and strongly considered waiting for the diesel CX5 to come out before buying but there are additional risks involved that I am unwilling to take, and I find the 2017 to be much less appealing than the 2016.5. Once they've been out awhile I will definitely be re-assessing and give serious consideration to picking one up.
I just checked my fuelly logs..I have broken 30mpg (just) a few times but never filled up with more than 14.5 and I'm quite sure those times were 0 range for more than a few miles So unlike in the bmw where when it says you're empty you're pretty damn close to empty, Mazda seems to leave a gallon or so buffer (as many now do) but when it says 0 I'm uncomfortable driving another 30 or 40 miles to see if I can get north of 450 on a tank even though it appears you could..For me the realistic range (without Seinfelding it) of the awd gas cx5 is 400, 425 if you're very conservative.
Your just trying to beat diesel one way or other. I would love to drive one for a day or two - wondering if I can get 30 combined in 2.5 if the diesel will hit 38.
That would be awesome.
CX-5 range is 12* 28 = 336 miles in USA for FWD. AWD could be 350 or so.
It is a 14.8 rated tank - it has a 2 gallon or so safety. The lights come on when 3 gals are remaining. After the range is 0 there is still 2 galls or so remaining. I fill before range = 0 and max so far was 12 ish.
why would you chance your fuel pump going bad. It is cooled with fuel - hence the significant margin. Its just that Mazda should advertise it as 12 gallon tank rather than 14.8.
I agree with this. The service manager at my dealership told me the same thing when I got my first CX-5. I complained about the the fuel tank only holding 12 gallons. He said the fuel circulates through the pump and cools it and to try not to run close to empty because the fuel temp would get too high and could shorten the life of the pump. He said Mazda was aware of this and that is why the car tells you it's empty with a couple of gallons still left in the tank. Could be complete BS, but that is what he said.
Right, putting realistic range of awd @4-425 getting 30. Waiting on banjos fuelly log of when he went 480 on 1 tank Is it theoretically possible- yes, do I doubt that you actually went 480 US miles between gas ups...yes.
Huh? I already have over a 400 mile range... ~460-480 when traveling just highway.
(uhm)
Oh, this suggested (to me at least) that you had done that deed. Eh simple math really- ensure your tank is necked, use all 15.3 gallons and make sure to get more than 31mpg, what's the problem(bowdown)