Thread: $30K RR L322, RR Sport or FL2 - a good idea?

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Cheer all.


Given how much she loves her Mazda3 (and I do too) I think a CX5 is a very likely candidate if we can stretch to the $.



I originally thought a CX3 would be the go... until I found that despite the nomenclature it's sneakily based on the Mazda2 platform...

Our neighbours have a CX5 and the daughter just bought a CX3. It may be based on the 2, but it's roomier than our 2. It's a good thing - Wheels wrote it up big in its Car of the Year in the latest issue. We love our 2. The latest 2 is almost as big as the previous 3 inside.

My father in law just bought a brand new CX-5, and me being the "car guy" in the family I had to go along and make sure everything went ok.

I do not rate the CX-5 at all.

The FIL is a die hard Mazda fan so he was going to buy it no matter what, as much as he likes our Freelander he's a bit badge-conscious, so it was not going to happen.

It's the little things in the Mazda that are frustrating.

- the electric handbrake is not automatic at all. Why bother putting in an electric handbrake if it still needs input from the driver?

- the back seat legroom is pretty woeful

- the interior trim feels cheap

- the touchscreen looks like someone bought an iPad clone off Alibaba.com and stuck it on the dash.

- the options from Mazda are the model, engine, paint colour and "take it or leave it", there is no personalisation at all. He wanted the top spec but without a sunroof, not possible (he's very tall, his head was in the roof lining with the seat lowered). So he ended up buying a lower spec car to get the headroom.

- If it's not in the yard you have to wait for it. They initially told us 2-1/2 months wait on a black Sport Maxx with the safety pack. Drop the safety pack and it's a 3 week wait instead.

Which i find ridiculous since there are no options, no special builds.

And on the way back from the dealer I lost count of how many I saw on the road in about 15 minutes.

Not for me i'm afraid...