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To be fair, Mazda's paint has been pretty thin. Are the 2017's any better in this regard?
I love the way @mango gets under your skin (repeatedly).
To be fair, Mazda's paint has been pretty thin. Are the 2017's any better in this regard?
Oh seriously? Stop posting subjective BS like this, unless you have even the most remote real evidence.
"To be fair"??? Honestly, to be fair would to be quiet.
Someone mentioned the paint so I was just curious. Not sure what prompted that response???
My 2014 definitely has thin paint.
Oh seriously? Stop posting subjective BS like this, unless you have even the most remote real evidence.
"To be fair"??? Honestly, to be fair would to be quiet.
Hey, we need to have some fun right?
The part I love about it is that the joke's ultimately on him.
*Well, no, it's not. He knows more about the two cars than most posters.
Trolling a forum where he has no intent on buying/owning just to "warn" us about the CX-5 is priceless.
*Now that I cannot argue with - some level of entertainment for him I suppose - like most trolls. Still .... amusing .... how he annoys some who just can't resist feeding him. What befuddles me is how functioning (assumption) adults find the time for all of it.
Luckily potential Mazda customers are smarter than the average consumer and can see what's happening.
*Self-aggrandizement much?
This thread is a head shaker. You Mazda fanboys slay me. I love the way @mango gets under your skin (repeatedly).
I'll replace the wife's '13 Accord Coupe in the-not-too-distant-future. I too, am here to learn (not argue). To the OP: I'd be careful here - this forum is like most other brand-specific forums - objectivity comes in at second place to opinion. Just like my 4Runner forum, someone comes on shopping against, say, Jeep, and they get hammered.
The most valuable thing I've learned here is CX5's likely reliability. Very few real issues, which is great. Reliability is the absolute #1 criteria in my choice of cars. But against the real world of the CRV, the CX5 is just too new - that's not bad necessarily, just fact.
I've owned lots of CRVs. 3 brand new ones, and 3 bought used for kids. They indeed hold value. Don't believe it? Shop for CUVs in the 100K to 200K mileage range, and see which commands better prices, BY FAR. Been there, done that, irrefutable. Is that important in your car choice? - dunno, but they're not worth 25% more (used) because the world's wrong.
I had a 16 month old 2010 CRV get totaled, and I was absolutely amazed by it's residual value.
I'm only posting this to let the OP hear a more objective POV re CRV. A car is an expensive transportation appliance, and what you need from it is up to you. The relentless picking of nits in these CRV threads amuse me. The lack of objectivity by a few posters, simply points out their lack of overall knowledge.
The CRV just works, works well year after year after year, and the CRV and CX5 deserve to be top competitors in this segment. When our time comes, I'll likely go get a demo car from each, and spend half a day side-by-side, with the wife, and let her choose. (Me? I don't care for driving a CVT - but she could care less, and the Accord's CVT has been 100%, so .... (Her? She really loves red, so .....))
The CRV for a decade (06-16) missed its EPA by 15% or more, depsite having an average owner age of 60 years, despite being god awful slow and ugly. In that decade if you say gas was about $3.1 or so average and you drove 120k miles - poof 2 grand gone. So your resale surplus is gone.
If 60 year olds cant hit EPA in your car, I cant imagine what we Mazda owners would get. I am guessing 20 mpg.
In a way we Mazda owners are very much like CRV owners. Its just that we dont want to assault the general public with an ugly POS for being cheap.
lol at resale. Go get a jeep wrangler if you care about it that much
FWIW, last week my dealer has sent me two emails and actually called me on the phone to see if I was interested in selling them my '14 and moving into a 17. I'm thinking there's pretty damn good resale on it.
I love your posts Kaps. (drinks)
Reliability is the absolute #1 criteria in my choice of cars. But against the real world of the CRV, the CX5 is just too new - that's not bad necessarily, just fact.
A car is an expensive transportation appliance
A car is an expensive transportation appliance, and what you need from it is up to you. The relentless picking of nits in these CRV threads amuse me. The lack of objectivity by a few posters, simply points out their lack of overall knowledge.
This thread is a head shaker. You Mazda fanboys slay me. I love the way @mango gets under your skin (repeatedly).