Bought a car today
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Gratz!
What factors influenced your choice (the CX5 vs RAV-4, or others)?
(I had a 1984 Mazda 626, which I liked)
@george-k said in Bought a car today:
Gratz!
What factors influenced your choice (the CX5 vs RAV-4, or others)?
(I had a 1984 Mazda 626, which I liked)
It just blew the competition out of the water in terms of power and features. Even the more expensive brands didn't touch it in this size class. I like the looks of it, especially the top trim with the 20" wheels. And just under 40k out the door.
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@brenda He turns 12 next month, and I think 16 is the age here.
I can see him taking this to college and I'll get a really pricey 2 seater and Rachel will roll her eyes. lol
Only non-witches get due process.
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@brenda He turns 12 next month, and I think 16 is the age here.
I can see him taking this to college and I'll get a really pricey 2 seater and Rachel will roll her eyes. lol
@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
@brenda He turns 12 next month, and I think 16 is the age here.
I can see him taking this to college and I'll get a really pricey 2 seater and Rachel will roll her eyes. lol
That's where my thoughts were headed, when your son would use it. That sounds about right, college time.
The only part I missed was the eye roll from Rachel.
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Congratulations!
Few things compare to getting a new car, getting past the looking-at-everything-on-4-wheels, beating back salespeople, getting to understand which options you need and then which options you want. Only thing my new car did not have was 360-degree camera. That would be a cool feature.OK. Sit back, soak up that new car smell, put that puppy into sports mode and punch it!
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@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It rides much smoother than the honda
Just curious which Honda you compared it to.
The CR-V?
What would the comparably equipped Honda cost according to your research?Actually, you might have spreadsheet comparing all the options you seriously considered. Mind sharing that spreadsheet?
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Congratulations @jon-nyc
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So I came back from an errand today and came inside. A couple minutes later I get a notification on my Apple Watch.
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Pretty cool.
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So I came back from an errand today and came inside. A couple minutes later I get a notification on my Apple Watch.
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Pretty cool.
@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
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@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
@axtremus said in Bought a car today:
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key?
https://www.mazdausa.com/static/manuals/2021/cx-5/contents/04030101.html
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@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
@axtremus said in Bought a car today:
Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
All you can control is start/stop engine, lock/unlock doors, and turn on/off hazards.
And lots of 'read only' stuff - fuel levels, oil life, stuff like that.
