"Maddox Kay" (thestigssocalcousin)
06/12/2014 at 21:48 • Filed to: Rental Cars
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"Maddox Kay" (thestigssocalcousin)
06/12/2014 at 21:48 • Filed to: Rental Cars | 4
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What a nice surprise in between the Avengers and Camries! It's got a backup camera, Bluetooth audio, and a great interior. Fuel mileage is excellent with the Skyactiv four banger. Also pretty fun to toss around (especially for a crossover!)
Pull towards to upshift, push away to downshift. Thank you Mazda!
It's refreshing to see a family crossover that is still genuinely involving and engaging to drive. For that, Mazda, I applaud you.
Had any good rental cars lately?
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> Maddox Kay
06/12/2014 at 21:54 |
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I just thought about, the last time my family rented a car was in 2005. It was a white Malibu Classic.
mazda616
> Maddox Kay
06/12/2014 at 23:02 |
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That's identical to ours except for color. We love it!
trmoore09
> mazda616
06/12/2014 at 23:20 |
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Yep, we've had our 14 GT for about a year and we love it! Way better than the rav4 and crv we looked at.
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mazda616
> trmoore09
06/12/2014 at 23:37 |
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We drove the Hyundai Tucson and I did like it, but I liked the driving dynamics and the fuel enconomy of the CX-5. Plus, I am a longtime Mazda owner and loyalist myself, so I was pushing for the CX-5, anyway.
Ours is a Sport, and its only options are the roof rack and Bluetooth. But we didn't really need all of the other stuff, anyway. But I still wish we'd have spring for a Grand Touring with AWD.
Long Live the Longdoor
> Maddox Kay
06/13/2014 at 00:19 |
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I'm not positive about the packages in the US, but did your rental come with the 2.5L?
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Maddox Kay
> Long Live the Longdoor
06/13/2014 at 07:25 |
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I'm pretty sure ours is the 2.0 since it has Skyactiv badging and is getting 37 mpg on our trip so far.
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Maddox Kay
> mazda616
06/13/2014 at 07:27 |
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We love it! I'm not sure how the packages work; ours is AWD but not a Grand Touring.
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trmoore09
> mazda616
06/13/2014 at 09:06 |
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Gotcha, we got ours used with only 10k miles on it, so that's why we got one basically fully loaded. It was about $3-4k off new msrp. Otherwise, we probably would have just gotten a sport as well.
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mazda616
> Long Live the Longdoor
06/13/2014 at 11:14 |
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For 2013, the only engine available was the 2.0. For 2014, the 2.5 is standard on all but the base model (the Sport). The Sport still has the 2.0.