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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:
The CX-5 isn't adaptive, however it sounds sort of like you pushed the Sport button

Well, you made me wonder, so I went out and looked. There's no sport button in ours. We don't have the Sport model. I checked the manual, and searched for "adapt" and pulled this up on page 7:

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Active Adaptive Shift (AAS)
Active Adaptive Shift (AAS) automatically controls the transaxle shift points to best suit the road conditions and driver input. This improves driving feel. The transaxle may switch to AAS mode when driving up and down slopes, cornering, driving at high elevations, or depressing the accelerator pedal quickly while the shift lever is in the D position. Depending on the road and driving conditions/vehicle operations, gear shifting could be delayed or not occur, however, this does not indicate a problem because the AAS mode will maintain the optimum gear position.

https://www.mazdausa.com/sitea...-5-owners-manual.pdf

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Originally posted by goose5:

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Originally posted by kramden:
Curious what you do not like with a Toyota V6? I recently bought my first Toyota and so far I'm impressed.

Many owners that I know lament the fuel economy. Its only a couple of mpg's better than the V8. The Minister of Finance is crunching the numbers of possibly going new. Didn't expect that.

I have a Highlander and get 25 mpg. I'm pretty happy with that.

I'd certainly endorse the CX-5 as one to seriously look at. Really nice drivers, those Mazdas. More fun to drive than any other SUV I've driven this side of a Porsche Macan or Cayenne. And certainly a LOT less money to buy and operate than those particular Europeans.

I've driven the CX-5 a few times over a couple of generations; a really impressive car for the money. It's a bit more size and $$ than what 'we' (i.e., my wife) want to drive and spend on for her next Mazda--we became converts to the Zoom-Zoom brand years ago--so I suspect that we'll wind up with a CX-30 instead. Drove one of those as a loaner earlier this year and both of us were really was smitten by it. Not as "luxurious" as the larger CX-5, but the CX-30 seem to hit all of the right buttons for our immediate needs and wants. We're toying with spending even less and looking for a used one but being that it's only just now going into its second model year the pickings are virtually nonexistent.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I don't own an Edge, but have gotten many as rental vehicles for 2 hour + one way rentals. I liked the way they drive and were my preferred choice.

had one as a rental for a few days in 2018

nice ride,

odd to me tho, cause it was a Canadian car (ontario plates)
speedo was in MPH

I'm gonna throw the Equinox and Terrain back in here, not seeing the trouble with the battery. They are great vehicles, well equipped and reasonably priced. See link to new one on sale for about $20k, strongest rebates I have ever seen on them







https://www.maxieprice.com/veh...ls-3GNAXHEV9LS601690

Stay away from the 4 cylinder. Had a 2010 Equinox that was horrible. It may as well been a 2 stroke motor for the amount of oil we put in it.

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Originally posted by petr:
Stay away from the 4 cylinder. Had a 2010 Equinox that was horrible. It may as well been a 2 stroke motor for the amount of oil we put in it.

Not the same engine, they did have oil consumption problems with that 2.4L

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Originally posted by kramden:
I have a Highlander and get 25 mpg. I'm pretty happy with that.

Now that I look back at it, I should've probably gotten the hybrid when we got our 2018 a couple years ago. But being the vehicle is so much closer to being paid off, I don't think it'd be worth getting rid of it for a hybrid at this point.

Most of the Highlander driving are short trips with the exception of it being our road trip vehicle. Computer says it gets 22.1 right now. Was kind of disappointed in that.

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Who has an Edge and how do you like it?

We bought one of the first Edge models out in 2007, never had one problem, wife drove it for 7 to 8 years. Brakes, plugs, tires, gas and oil...

It was in as good a shape when we sold it as it was when she got it.

Wouldn't hesitate to get another, now that the kids are gone she wanted a smaller vehicle so she's got a Lincoln MKC that she loves...

Lot more room in the Edge/Aviator platform.

Another vote for the CX5. Daughter wanted a compact suv. We were looking at RAV4, CRV, ESCAPE, etc. Then she drove the CX5. That was it. It narrowed down to it.

Only con is that there is a pretty good blindspot. But that is about it.

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
I'm gonna throw the Equinox and Terrain back in here, not seeing the trouble with the battery. They are great vehicles, well equipped and reasonably priced. See link to new one on sale for about $20k, strongest rebates I have ever seen on them

That must have been a redesign. I looked at a earlier model and you had to take off something involved with steering, and disassemble some cover on the interior of the fender because half of the battery was underneath it.

My wife has a 2019 Terrain, She has been happy with. It hasn't been on an extended road trip but as a daily driver getting around 26 mpg. It's got the 2.0 liter. The turbo gives it plenty of HP.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Well, you made me wonder, so I went out and looked. There's no sport button in ours. We don't have the Sport model. I checked the manual, and searched for "adapt" and pulled this up on page 7

Interesting. I have the 2016.5 Touring and we don't have that.

On page 8, on the diagram of the console, our Sport button is between #12 and #13 next to the shift lever

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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:
Interesting. I have the 2016.5 Touring and we don't have that.

On page 8, on the diagram of the console, our Sport button is between #12 and #13 next to the shift lever

Yeah, I wonder if the adaptive wasn't well-received and people wanted direct control over whether it was engaged or not. The setup with the sport button makes more sense to me, honestly.

Come back to the Toyota V6!!! Yes, early on they had issues. They routed an oil house outside the engine (pretty dumb) that rubbed on metal and could spring a leak but they have addressed that issue a lonnnggg time ago!!

After getting an Avalon with 99k miles from carmax i had the recall done to address the oil pipe issue. I drove it for 7 1/2 years. My wife drives it now and it's go over 240k miles on it! I got a 2011 camry with same engine (pipe issue addressed in manufacturing by now so no recall). I plan to drive it forever.

That V6 is the main reason I bought that Camry. I LOVE that engine. Oddles of power in every part of the rev band and punches above it's weight for sure.

come back... commeee backkkkk

We have a Mazda CX-5 and it is a really good SUV.

Only issues:

Heater controls (fan) way down low on the center console and instead of a fan knob, has annoying + and - buttons--hard to see and you have to look down to use them.

Weird windshield wiper arm connectors--no winter blades available for them, and the blades ice up badly here in CNY.

Good ride otherwise, though.

Tim