Lets talk about new vehicles
- Thread starter Zee09
- Start date
Mazda seats are not comfortable for long drives. I sold my 2020 CX-5 Signature for that reason. I looked at the 2026, but the same. Beautiful car, lousy seats.
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Messages
- 27,000
A car with bad seats has no value to me...especially a hybrid
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Messages
- 27,000
I got in the Outlander today well under 300 miles and it seemed like a different car... appears to be broken in or on the way...
Got 42.9 mpgs average over 12 miles of rural roads ... 45 to 55 mph..
Not a real hybrid either... everything is smoothing out quickly plus it was a nice cool morning... 62F when I left and 69 on return
.
Got 42.9 mpgs average over 12 miles of rural roads ... 45 to 55 mph..
Not a real hybrid either... everything is smoothing out quickly plus it was a nice cool morning... 62F when I left and 69 on return
.
Patman
Staff member
New best fuel economy for the CRV hybrid (3.6 equals 65 MPG)
I’m a campus cop…one of our habitual trespassers drives a Prius with no seats. The entire cabin of the car is filled with stacked folded cardboard with a tiny space for the driver. You can’t make this stuff up!
I know manufacturers play that game, but I beat them like a rented mule right off the lot. No issues.
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Messages
- 27,000
Yeah I know a little bit about beatings....I know manufacturers play that game, but I beat them like a rented mule right off the lot. No issues.
We have a couple hoarders in town that have their cars so full of paper, cardboard, and who knows what else that the suspension is squished, they bang on the bumps, and they can hardly see out the side and rear windows. I do not understand how they have not been ticketed off the road at this point.
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Messages
- 27,000
I don't like your kind....I know manufacturers play that game, but I beat them like a rented mule right off the lot. No issues.
A confessed abuser
Pulse and Glide FTW!
Learned that from the '07 PRIUS and apply to all vehicles since . Also use the I.S.G. for the Souls' about 90% of the time .
Last edited:
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Messages
- 27,000
The shifter like on Nissans take a few days to get used to. I like it because if you are at a long light in the pack you just hit the park button and you sit in auto shut-off and you're not killing your brake lights and auto hold doesn't like going into auto stop... it works very well...
The auto hold now works great and the start-stop is super seamless...
I pretty much have it all dialed in...
The auto hold now works great and the start-stop is super seamless...
I pretty much have it all dialed in...
Patman
Staff member
The rental car I have today is a 2026 Trailblazer. I’m not a fan of this one. As usual I get way better gas mileage than its rating. It is rated at 28.6 MPG highway but I have been averaging 39.2 and that’s with the AC on. Although that’s just what the onboard readout says so it could be off. But even if it is off by 10% I’m still doing pretty well here 
I noticed that as a cost cutter on our 23 Edge, front windows only the 17 had all 4. Stole the side mirror turn signals off too, cheap suckers.
- Joined
- May 5, 2018
- Messages
- 27,000
Many vehicles only have 1...I noticed that as a cost cutter on our 23 Edge, front windows only the 17 had all 4. Stole the side mirror turn signals off too, cheap suckers.
Similar threads
