Hello everyone, I have gotten my CX-5.
First proper mod - Hacked the touchscreen and now I have all speed touch screen.
Its just a 3 min job and only requires a USB drive. I'm tempted to go full AIO but tbh I already have Carplay AI Box that runs full Android...not feeling the need right now.
First impressions;
Storage space is really lacking. Legit among Myvi 2005, Peugeot 208, Honda Civic 2022 this is the car with smallest arm rest and glovebox storage and the cover does not support my elbows. What gives....?
I am discarding 70% of the junk that I have from my old car....which is technically smaller.
Mazda lent me a CX-8 2.2D high for a few days, and boy did I get used to the HUD. It is a game changer in terms of road awareness. How I wish I never learnt about 400Nm torque and HUD.
More gripes - the boot does not have any way to open it except for the button...hmmm.
CTS - The steering aid is very very mild, in the internet there is a bragging sheet about how much torque / aid you get from the lane keep. This will surely be at bottom 1%.
Positives - very steady in turns, I feel the GVC at every turn of the steering.
Gearbox feels smooth to me, I come from CVT which drones, this is back to AT feels, but still, nothing spectacular.
NVH is really step up from Civic. Like Continental step up.
Ok la, all I want is a reliable car and I hope this is it.
congrats on your CX5. if yours is the 2.5NA then just take good care of it and it will be a bulletproof powertrain. Also try not to get stuck in jam or slow traffic too much since it's a high compression DI engine. Rev it up as high as you want (after 1000km lah) whenever you have the chance
the HUD is one of the reasons I went for CX30 instead of 5... weirdly enough its available on all specs of CX30 but only the highest spec (2.5T) on CX5. Another reason is as you mentioned the weird center arm rest shape, for some reason its very short if you compare it to Mazda 3 and CX30.
however the one thing I wished I have are the ventilated seats. This one even if you want to retrofit also near impossible hahah
what was your concern about the boot? there should be a button on the boot itself and also bottom right of the steering. Are you referring to kick sensor?