New to the forums here, but not new to MAzda. I'm a 2017 Mazda 3 GT Premium Tech owner in Canada. We've had our new CX-5 on order for about 3 weeks now and are patiently awaiting delivery - we are scheduled for pickup on Sat. It will be a white GS trim with comfort and i-activesense packages. It seemed to represent the best value for us while meeting the vast majority of our requirements.
In 10 days my 3 will be 6 months old and I've got 18,000 kms on it as of now - it's been an absolute treat. I've been a pocket Mazda guy for a while: I had a '10 3 GT before my '17 3 which was unfortunately written off, but the car did a great job keeping me safe from the GMC 2500 that chose to use my car to stop it vs it's own brakes.
The new CX-5 will be replacing my wife's current car - a 2014 Kia Rondo EX Luxury with 80,000 kms on it. We bought that car new, our first new car ever, and this CX-5 is bailing us out of what has been a terribly frustrating ownership experience with that Kia literally since day 1. In hindsight we should've walked away before taking delivery, but hindsight is always 20/20. The most recent issue with the Kia combined with the availability of the new CX-5 is what broke our back and made us comfortable with jumping ship from the Kia MUCH earlier than planned. I'll admit, not a wise financial decision but we're already more comfortable knowing that very soon we won't have to deal with it any more.
I've secretly been waiting for the new CX-5 to come out for over a year now and once the local dealer had them I got the wife in for a test drive - this was mainly due to my experience with my new 3 and how much I absolutely love that. We took our time and cross-shopped the new one vs the 2016.5 (I would've been ok with a clearout deal / incentives!) as well as the competition (Rogue, RAV4, CRV, Forester) and the Mazda was simply the winner for her - which I am absolutely OK with. For me the only cars I were willing to buy were either the Mazda or Suby, but she was the one who made the call.
The 17 was the only vehicle my wife actually wanted over her current car. Everything else was either "ugly" to her or she was indifferent of them vs her current car. She actually used the term "meh" on a couple of test drives, except for the Rogue, she (and I) despised that thing. The '17 CX-5 thoroughly impressed her to the point where she said "ooooohh" when getting on the highway with it and she had a smile on her face while testing it out.
The only thing the new one will be missing from her checklist is premium audio but we didn't want to jump up to the GT just for that. She was indifferent to the rest of the GT's enhancements and quite frankly with us purchasing a second vehicle quite so soon after my new 3 I was ok with saving some $.
Anyhow just saying hi. This is the spot with the most CX-5 info I've been able to find anywhere so I figured it wouldn't hurt to join up.
No real mods planned of any sort. Dealer is tinting the 2 front windows before delivery and before winter comes around we'll be getting some floor liners when the aftermarket catches up. I have a Curt hitch already waiting in the garage for bike rack use and light utility trailer hauling around town. Unfortunately I don't see a plug and play tail light adapter yet so I think I'll have to wire in a universal. Not sure if I can wait too long for that or not.
Thank all
In 10 days my 3 will be 6 months old and I've got 18,000 kms on it as of now - it's been an absolute treat. I've been a pocket Mazda guy for a while: I had a '10 3 GT before my '17 3 which was unfortunately written off, but the car did a great job keeping me safe from the GMC 2500 that chose to use my car to stop it vs it's own brakes.
The new CX-5 will be replacing my wife's current car - a 2014 Kia Rondo EX Luxury with 80,000 kms on it. We bought that car new, our first new car ever, and this CX-5 is bailing us out of what has been a terribly frustrating ownership experience with that Kia literally since day 1. In hindsight we should've walked away before taking delivery, but hindsight is always 20/20. The most recent issue with the Kia combined with the availability of the new CX-5 is what broke our back and made us comfortable with jumping ship from the Kia MUCH earlier than planned. I'll admit, not a wise financial decision but we're already more comfortable knowing that very soon we won't have to deal with it any more.
I've secretly been waiting for the new CX-5 to come out for over a year now and once the local dealer had them I got the wife in for a test drive - this was mainly due to my experience with my new 3 and how much I absolutely love that. We took our time and cross-shopped the new one vs the 2016.5 (I would've been ok with a clearout deal / incentives!) as well as the competition (Rogue, RAV4, CRV, Forester) and the Mazda was simply the winner for her - which I am absolutely OK with. For me the only cars I were willing to buy were either the Mazda or Suby, but she was the one who made the call.
The 17 was the only vehicle my wife actually wanted over her current car. Everything else was either "ugly" to her or she was indifferent of them vs her current car. She actually used the term "meh" on a couple of test drives, except for the Rogue, she (and I) despised that thing. The '17 CX-5 thoroughly impressed her to the point where she said "ooooohh" when getting on the highway with it and she had a smile on her face while testing it out.
The only thing the new one will be missing from her checklist is premium audio but we didn't want to jump up to the GT just for that. She was indifferent to the rest of the GT's enhancements and quite frankly with us purchasing a second vehicle quite so soon after my new 3 I was ok with saving some $.
Anyhow just saying hi. This is the spot with the most CX-5 info I've been able to find anywhere so I figured it wouldn't hurt to join up.
No real mods planned of any sort. Dealer is tinting the 2 front windows before delivery and before winter comes around we'll be getting some floor liners when the aftermarket catches up. I have a Curt hitch already waiting in the garage for bike rack use and light utility trailer hauling around town. Unfortunately I don't see a plug and play tail light adapter yet so I think I'll have to wire in a universal. Not sure if I can wait too long for that or not.
Thank all