Mazda cx-5
 

Anyone have one of these? How do you like it. I'm looking at the grand touring model with the 2.5 engine with awd.

I have nothing to bad to say about any Mazda I've owned.

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I have a CX-9 with 37k miles on it, owned it for about two years now. Good car, reliable, rides very well.

Only gripe I have is the paint seems to mark up and scratch pretty easily. Otherwise it's a great car.

We've got a 2012 CX-9 as well, 22k on it with no issues. This is my 3rd Mazda - I expect another 200k out of it, just like the last 2.

We had a CX-9, too. No complaints from me, it was a great car. I'm still pissed at my wife for trading it in on a minivan...

Yup. Currently own a 2013 Mazda5, fantastic little car. It's Mazda #4 for us, we were deciding between a Mazda5 and CX9.

Yeah like when your 10 yr and his buddies decide to do you a favor and wash the cars which are filthy with our typical Dallas crud and the hose out front is not hooked up so they put about two cups of water in a bucket and think that's enough water to start washing the cars with when in reality all they did was turn the sponges into 20 grit sandpaper.:eek:

I swear I heard the paint scream from inside the house.:(

Don't get me started on the time he used the hose to "wash the muffler". :confused:

Suffice it to say an exhaust system holds a lot of water.:mad:

Just came back from the Mazda Dealership for my GF Mazda 3 2008 .. Bad news.. The tranny is leaking and whining, means a new tranny... $6K.. at 50K miles! :( No more Zoom-zoom in this house...

Between my wife's little sisters there is a 1st gen Mazda3, a 2nd gen Mazda3, and a 1st gen Mazda6. Despite teenage neglect they are all still going strong. Sorry about your luck Oracle, I guess everybody builds the occasional lemon.

Most underrated brand on the market....On my 4th Mazda Pickup, had 2 of the cars. The 1st car was a 1200 sedan back during the first "oil crisis" in the early '70's........

great cars, 100 percent reliable and these new ones have some cool eco technology on the engines. Nice looking car, we had a new mx5 and it was great car.

There achilies heel is the body work, hopefully the newest ones are better, our 4 year old mazda had a lot of rust spotting and the paint work does mark easily. Dont let that put you off the uk is pretty wet and great for rust!

And just to thread hijack for the OP, Richie Ramone is playing at my friend's bar tomorrow night. Not that it does you any good...

Richie Ramone, Madame Torment and Lost Tapes | Tonic Lounge | Live | Portland Mercury

More fun than the CRX, less fun than the X1.

I was checking those out when I bought my Speed3. I really liked it. Have had a Mazda 3 and a Speed 3. Mom had a 626 for many years and now a 6. No problems, except for stupidity induced :--)

I'm starting to shop for a replacement for my Explorer. I was pretty set on a Subaru but after seeing the gas mileage on the CX-5 I'm considering one also.

He was in my town about 3 weeks ago but I couldnt make it

im in upstate New York so it does put me off a bit.

i was surprised to discover that this vehicle is the first with an interior that i actually like the looks of besides much more expensive vehicles. it looks bmw-ish to me.

whether it feels the same i dont know as i have not looked at one in person yet. the pictures are quite impressive though. online reviews seem to be mostly positive with some random horror stories like any other vehicle

I can hook you up with Mazda in the bay area if you want.

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Bought my wife a 2014 CX-5 Sport on Jan 31st. She and I both like it a lot. 2013 only had one engine available. 2014 models get a larger engine for touring and grand touring. Ours has the smaller engine. Seems adequately powered but that's about it. Shift program is definitely toward economy, but tranny will down shift when you get on the gas.

Radio is complicated, but seems to work well once you've figured it out. Sound quality on speaker phone is terrible. Callers complain of lots of background noise. All our Mazdas have been that way. Haven't had a chance to see how the a/c does in an AZ summer. We'll see how that goes.

Base model seats are comfy. Cargo compartment carpet is way cheap. Bought the $50 cover... it's made of real carpet instead of the low grade stuff from the factory.

She's getting mpgs in the low 30s with mixed driving. At about 3000 miles, my wife has no complaints about the car. Says she'd definitely buy it again.

I love the Sky Blue color. It was discontinued for 2014. Available on early production 2014s, but gone for later production.

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ive heard the carpet is crap and that the 2.5 engine is what to get. Im also seeing reviews that the transmission feels like its never in the right gear but i know it has the manual mode to get around that and i would probably be happy just not having to shift any more. the older i get the slower i drive and the more i really hate shifting in a daily driver.

how does the inside material feel otherwise? plastic and cheap or decent feel? I have read the knobs all feel fairly high quality but there is a lot of plastic throughout

I think everything but the carpet is fine. Sport model does not have a leather covered wheel, but this one doesn't feel as plasticky as others I've experienced. As far as materials and feel of switches, etc, Mazda interiors are very nice. Just wish they didn't cheap out on the cargo compartment materials. The OEM accessory carpet piece is what should be there from the start.

This is the first automatic my wife has had in 25 years and she's very happy with it. I think it shifts very smoothly... just early to pump up the gas mileage. Bigger engine should help a lot with that.

Wife bought a CX-5 a month ago, the Grand Touring with probably every option. Its pretty nice, and drives very well, runs on regular, requires "0" grade synthetic oil.

Regular gas is a plus for sure.... one of my favorite Mazda benefits is that they have timing chains. Never have to worry about changing a belt.

Must be a pretty good engine for Toyota to use it.... Toyota will use Mazda's Skyactiv engine in new subcompact - Autoblog