Originally Posted by 2015_PSD
Originally Posted by Ws6
Originally Posted by 2015_PSD
Originally Posted by Ws6
CX5>GLC in every way except interior appearance. I do like the layout and look of the GLC interior, but the performance and refinement of the Mazda more than trumps it, even if it cost the same.
Laughable...at best.
What's laughable is that I'm enjoying a quieter, faster vehicle and after pumping some iron in the morning will enjoy chilling out in the air conditioned seats on the way home, and for less expense. Enjoy those $200 oil changes, and that pano roof
That said, your amg43 is an awesome ride. The base one though, prefer my cx5.
(Seriously...why are MB oil changes so [censored] much? My z06 with 11.5 quarts of m1 synthetic still only ran a hundred and a half?)
It is laughable that you believe the Mazda trumps the Mercedes, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Why anyone would pay MB to do an oil change is beyond me, but for clarity, they do quite a bit more than just change the oil. I change both my MBs for the same cost or less as anyone else with a 7 QT sump--it is not rocket science and neither is the Z06.
You would think that it wasnt rocket science, but one dealership tech didn't even know where the oil went in my z06. Tried to take off the cap on the valve cover to pour it in!
As to GLC300 vs CX5 Sg or GTR, I for the life of me after riding in and looking at both, I couldnt sell you the MB over the CX5 with a logical argument even if they cost the same. I was one of those few honest car salesmen, lol! Yes, it cost me some money.
Nearly identical options, advantage cx5 for features, advantage GLC for sound system and Pano roof.
Nearly identical drivetrains, advantage cx5 for fuel (87-93 octane) and performance.
Styling is eye of the beholder.
Both have waayyyyy too many shiny interior surfaces. Minus for both.
Ride refinement advantage goes to cx5 for feeling of "solid" and NVH. Less creaks over uneven roads with the cx5. More rigid, like carved from a block of billet rigid, (at over 31,000Nm/deg deflection, it is up there similar to the 997 model porsche 911s, and you can feel it going across uneven drives, etc. The only MB stifferis the W222 S class, at 40,000Nm/deg). Quieter on the freeway than the GLC by a few dB, as well.
After experience with my neighbor's AMG43GLC, assuming the GLC300 os the same car, just with the different engine and transmission, I fail to see the appeal beyond "Its an MB!"
I mean, "quieter, more powerful, more refined over bumps, similar features" sways me a lot harder than "real metal dash accents and fiber optic stereo wires." Id rather a car with "great bones" and good skin than good bones and great skin, so to speak.
I mean, really...sell me on the MB as a vehicle. Use math and not your ego...try it. Torsional rigidity, acceleration, braking, engine performance, NVH, they all favor the Mazda. The interiors are different, with Mazda being very BMW esque, while the MB goes more toward beauty through complexity vs simplicity like Mazda/BMW, so that's kindof eye of the beholder, but they are both executed in very similar quality after touching and looking at both.
