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- 2017 CX-5 GT
So our poor CX-5 is in the shop getting repaired yet again because some lady in her Yukon just couldn't wait.
Anyhow, we dropped our CX-5 off at the Mazda collision shop this past Tuesday. Signed the paperwork and they called the nearby Enterprise rental location that they work with to pick us up. 5 minutes later we're at the Enterprise location giving them our info. Our insurance pays for the rental of a similar vehicle while our car is out of service, so towards the end of the info-gathering, the Enterprise rep asks us what model our car is. I tell him it's a CX-5. He turns to the other rep and asks if they have anything comparable to a CX-5 or if they need to bring a car in from another location.
2nd rep scans the lot from behind the counter and says: "They can have that Durango over there". So rep#1 steps outside, walks over to the Durango, starts it up and drives it over to the office. As he pulls up I see the "HEMI" badge on the side. "Huh", I think to myself. "This could be interesting"
After driving it for the last few days, I...uh...well...uh...kinda really like it.
Ride is firm but not overly stiff. Handles well and corners flatly. Relatively quiet inside except for the sound of the V8 rumble. Cabin could be a bit nicer but it's not bad. My biggest beef is you can only control the heated seats/steering wheel controls via the touch screen. But then again, the steering wheel is heated around its entire circumference (ahem, Mazda). Build quality seems good; no rattles that I can hear but it's only got 16K km on the odo.
It's not overly large, or at least doesn't feel like it. The Expedition Enterprise gave us last time did not give me the same feeling.
The engine is always good for a laugh, as long as someone else is paying for gas. It's not too bad on the highway; I was seeing 11l/100km cruising at 120 km/h. Start having fun though and watch the gas needle drop.
Nothing I would buy, but it does have me thinking about trading our 2.5 NA GT for a 2.5T GT.
Impatience
What happens when the lady behind you just can't wait another 30 seconds for the light to change and has the overwhelming urge to squeeze her Yukon Denali XL between the median and your car to get into the left turning lane. The shop we got the CX-5 fixed at 4 MONTHS AGO (when some lady...
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Anyhow, we dropped our CX-5 off at the Mazda collision shop this past Tuesday. Signed the paperwork and they called the nearby Enterprise rental location that they work with to pick us up. 5 minutes later we're at the Enterprise location giving them our info. Our insurance pays for the rental of a similar vehicle while our car is out of service, so towards the end of the info-gathering, the Enterprise rep asks us what model our car is. I tell him it's a CX-5. He turns to the other rep and asks if they have anything comparable to a CX-5 or if they need to bring a car in from another location.
2nd rep scans the lot from behind the counter and says: "They can have that Durango over there". So rep#1 steps outside, walks over to the Durango, starts it up and drives it over to the office. As he pulls up I see the "HEMI" badge on the side. "Huh", I think to myself. "This could be interesting"
After driving it for the last few days, I...uh...well...uh...kinda really like it.
Ride is firm but not overly stiff. Handles well and corners flatly. Relatively quiet inside except for the sound of the V8 rumble. Cabin could be a bit nicer but it's not bad. My biggest beef is you can only control the heated seats/steering wheel controls via the touch screen. But then again, the steering wheel is heated around its entire circumference (ahem, Mazda). Build quality seems good; no rattles that I can hear but it's only got 16K km on the odo.
It's not overly large, or at least doesn't feel like it. The Expedition Enterprise gave us last time did not give me the same feeling.
The engine is always good for a laugh, as long as someone else is paying for gas. It's not too bad on the highway; I was seeing 11l/100km cruising at 120 km/h. Start having fun though and watch the gas needle drop.
Nothing I would buy, but it does have me thinking about trading our 2.5 NA GT for a 2.5T GT.