We take as many "road" trips as possible every year including the "family circle drive" that includes stops in Florida (home) thru GA, TN, KY, IN and AL. We typically take my '02 Corvette that "kinda holds" our modest wardrobe requirements and a case of wine. But this year our plans were changed by a ... dinner bell! Yep, the dinner bell that used to reside on my grandparents Indiana "farm" was being given by my sister to our TN daughter. Need clothes. Need wine. Now ... a dinner bell. Need more space!
And so, my wife suggests we take her new CX-5.
New world for us. Space! That usual "discussion" my wife and I have over the law of matter re duel occupation of space? Never happened. Even reserving estimated space for a dinner bell I hadn't seen in thirty years, left enough room for almost everything she had in her "hope" line.
So with less that 2000 miles on the clock the tires and fluids checked - iPhones filled with recent music additions, we headed for stop one, Chattanooga. This little Crossover is not a Cadillac, but it's more quiet and rides better than the other, non-bell option Chevy.
The cloth seats were surprisingly non-tiring. My usual squirming was minimal after the first 9 hour run. Road noise thru the downtown streets of Atlanta only required a slight adjustment to the stereo volume.
On the freeways, straight line stability was good despite that extra-case-of-wine weight in the back plus the gifts I didn't know I was delivering. Steering input was a bit tricky once (at about 80mph) when I over reacted to someone who wanted to be where we were, but I improved.
Everything worked well. Average mpg settled at 27.5 for the trip. I'm a big cruise control user and it teamed well with the transmission as we went thru the mid-south hills.
So for us, it's all thumbs up for the CX-5. Of course when it comes to road trips, I wish it was a Cadillac. But for this trip, I was glad it wasn't the Chevy.
And so, my wife suggests we take her new CX-5.
New world for us. Space! That usual "discussion" my wife and I have over the law of matter re duel occupation of space? Never happened. Even reserving estimated space for a dinner bell I hadn't seen in thirty years, left enough room for almost everything she had in her "hope" line.
So with less that 2000 miles on the clock the tires and fluids checked - iPhones filled with recent music additions, we headed for stop one, Chattanooga. This little Crossover is not a Cadillac, but it's more quiet and rides better than the other, non-bell option Chevy.
The cloth seats were surprisingly non-tiring. My usual squirming was minimal after the first 9 hour run. Road noise thru the downtown streets of Atlanta only required a slight adjustment to the stereo volume.
On the freeways, straight line stability was good despite that extra-case-of-wine weight in the back plus the gifts I didn't know I was delivering. Steering input was a bit tricky once (at about 80mph) when I over reacted to someone who wanted to be where we were, but I improved.
Everything worked well. Average mpg settled at 27.5 for the trip. I'm a big cruise control user and it teamed well with the transmission as we went thru the mid-south hills.
So for us, it's all thumbs up for the CX-5. Of course when it comes to road trips, I wish it was a Cadillac. But for this trip, I was glad it wasn't the Chevy.