Welp, I no longer have the CX-5.
There was nothing inherently wrong with it (other than the ice / roof / hatch damage that occurred and seriously peeved me off) and I was generally a fan of the CX-5 vs the competition. That said, it was never bought "for me" and over the last year and a bit of being the primary driver of it, with as much driving as I do, I was really missing my previous 2017 3GT Premium.
If we had gotten the GT when buying the CX-5 I'd probably still have it. But we didn't because it was for my wife to put around town and none of the GT stuff mattered to her. When we later learned that the twins were on deck it made far more sense to trade in my older & higher mileage beloved small hatch for the minivan and to keep the CX-5 instead of keeping the small hatch and trading in the nearly new CX-5.
In retrospect, reversing that the order of that deal would likely mean that I'd still be in my '17 3 GT right now too... Unfortunately, I tried to do what was "smart" and mad the most sense.
While I thoroughly enjoyed the CX5 as a weekend cruiser when it was my wife's and I drove the 3 day to day, driving the CX-5 day to day after being in the 3 GT Premium for 60,000kms felt like a bit of a down-step that chewed away at my soul. The problem is not only am I in my car a lot, but I'm a car guy. So the perfectly fine CX-5 GS (Canadian) with convenience and Iactivesense packages would be more than most people need.
But after being spoiled in the 3 GT Premium I missed the niceties of leather seating, premium audio, heads up display, paddle shifter, etc. I also missed the lower center of gravity and better performance of the same motor in a smaller car. AWD was great in the CX-5, but I don't need it. I tried tinkering with the CX-5 to make it mine here and there, but it wasn't the same.
So... after helping my bro car shopping I ended up falling into a deal that worked for me on a few levels. Much to my surprise my wife was on-board with me proceeding. I think she could tell I wasn't really happy in the CX-5 and it was slowly eating me away haha! As soon as she said "ok" I acted before she could change her mind.
So, I knew the 3 was going to be too small still. And comparing dimensions I knew that the back seat of the 6 was pretty close to the back seat of the CX-5. A test fitting confirmed this. Can you see where I'm going here?
I got a killer overall trade deal (IMO) on the CX-5 towards a Mazda Canada "demo" 2018 Mazda 6 Signature. The demo was executive driven for 11,000km.
So here I am. I lost AWD and hatch utility, which has me mildly concerned, but reality is we have the van for moving big things. With the 6 I've picked back up the turbo motor - rated for nearly the same fuel efficiency in the FWD 6 as the AWD CX-5 with base motor (so no theoretical increase in operational costs), a much nicer interior to be in on my long commute - most importantly the cooled seat
In the end I'm a very happy camper. And the current vehicle stable should be sticking around for a while at this point
There was nothing inherently wrong with it (other than the ice / roof / hatch damage that occurred and seriously peeved me off) and I was generally a fan of the CX-5 vs the competition. That said, it was never bought "for me" and over the last year and a bit of being the primary driver of it, with as much driving as I do, I was really missing my previous 2017 3GT Premium.
If we had gotten the GT when buying the CX-5 I'd probably still have it. But we didn't because it was for my wife to put around town and none of the GT stuff mattered to her. When we later learned that the twins were on deck it made far more sense to trade in my older & higher mileage beloved small hatch for the minivan and to keep the CX-5 instead of keeping the small hatch and trading in the nearly new CX-5.
In retrospect, reversing that the order of that deal would likely mean that I'd still be in my '17 3 GT right now too... Unfortunately, I tried to do what was "smart" and mad the most sense.
While I thoroughly enjoyed the CX5 as a weekend cruiser when it was my wife's and I drove the 3 day to day, driving the CX-5 day to day after being in the 3 GT Premium for 60,000kms felt like a bit of a down-step that chewed away at my soul. The problem is not only am I in my car a lot, but I'm a car guy. So the perfectly fine CX-5 GS (Canadian) with convenience and Iactivesense packages would be more than most people need.
But after being spoiled in the 3 GT Premium I missed the niceties of leather seating, premium audio, heads up display, paddle shifter, etc. I also missed the lower center of gravity and better performance of the same motor in a smaller car. AWD was great in the CX-5, but I don't need it. I tried tinkering with the CX-5 to make it mine here and there, but it wasn't the same.
So... after helping my bro car shopping I ended up falling into a deal that worked for me on a few levels. Much to my surprise my wife was on-board with me proceeding. I think she could tell I wasn't really happy in the CX-5 and it was slowly eating me away haha! As soon as she said "ok" I acted before she could change her mind.
So, I knew the 3 was going to be too small still. And comparing dimensions I knew that the back seat of the 6 was pretty close to the back seat of the CX-5. A test fitting confirmed this. Can you see where I'm going here?
I got a killer overall trade deal (IMO) on the CX-5 towards a Mazda Canada "demo" 2018 Mazda 6 Signature. The demo was executive driven for 11,000km.
So here I am. I lost AWD and hatch utility, which has me mildly concerned, but reality is we have the van for moving big things. With the 6 I've picked back up the turbo motor - rated for nearly the same fuel efficiency in the FWD 6 as the AWD CX-5 with base motor (so no theoretical increase in operational costs), a much nicer interior to be in on my long commute - most importantly the cooled seat
In the end I'm a very happy camper. And the current vehicle stable should be sticking around for a while at this point