Pre-certified 23 Mazda CX-5

[Patrick0525]

Looking at a 36k off-lease CX-5 AWD for $23K with a 84 month/100k warranty and a 12month bumper-to-bumper. My wife whole-heartedly disagrees and says I should buy a more age appropriate car ie Lexus and act my age. I contend it is the Mazda 2.5L and the 6speed automatic transmission reliablity.

Maybe what I should do is buy the car and trade the wife in and get something younger like a 21+ GF to match car. Call it youthful indiscretion!

Lol

 

[Rand]

cx-5 is mainstream car to me.. not like you are buying a corvette.. or elantra N

 

[wbwanzer]

What's not age appropriate about a CX-5? Nothing exciting about it. Sounds like she just wants you to be in a more up-scale looking car.

 

[Pew]

Sounds like a crown Vic would keep you a happy man . We have a 60+ year old in my car group with an Evo lol.

 

[fantastic]

So does that mean it has a 5 year warranty remaining? I thought I read these "certified" warranties are from the date of manufacture.

 

[Patrick0525]

So does that mean it has a 5 year warranty remaining? I thought I read these "certified" warranties are from the date of manufacture.

I think u are correct.

 

[fantastic]

I think u are correct.

You think you'd put enough miles on it over the 5 years? Seems like paying, let's say 10% interest, $460 for interest & $5,000 a year would be $5460 annually. You'd have the warranty for that length which is nice to have & should reduce expensive repair costs. You also have the potential for 64,000 more miles on it in that time period while under warranty. Need to ask yourself if all that makes sense for the mileage & cost factor. Would you trade it in after 5 years or keep driving it? How long do you keep vehicles?

 

[Patrick0525]

You think you'd put enough miles on it over the 5 years? Seems like paying, let's say 10% interest, $460 for interest & $5,000 a year would be $5460 annually. You'd have the warranty for that length which is nice to have & should reduce expensive repair costs. You also have the potential for 64,000 more miles on it in that time period while under warranty. Need to ask yourself if all that makes sense for the mileage & cost factor. Would you trade it in after 5 years or keep driving it? How long do you keep vehicle?

I plan on keep it and driving it beyond 5 years. Since I plan to retire next year, I doubt I will drive more than 5k per year.

Ok, u and the wife win. No CX-5 for now.

 

[drtyler]

I plan on keep it and driving it beyond 5 years. Since I plan to retire next year, I doubt I will drive more than 5k per year.

Ok, u and the wife win. No CX-5 for now.

CX-5 is a nice ride. Your loss.

Not sure if the extra space is required, but I would rather have CX-5 over RX350 any day. Driven both extensively.

 

[raaizin]

Looking at a 36k off-lease CX-5 AWD for $23K with a 84 month/100k warranty and a 12month bumper-to-bumper. My wife whole-heartedly disagrees and says I should buy a more age appropriate car ie Lexus and act my age. I contend it is the Mazda 2.5L and the 6speed automatic transmission reliablity.

Maybe what I should do is buy the car and trade the wife in and get something younger like a 21+ GF to match car. Call it youthful indiscretion!

Lol

Life is too short but what you like. The CX5 in the higher trim levels is a nice piece.

Funny story, when I was around 45 I bought a couple of years old Corvette to run to work on nice days. A wiseguy neighbor told me that it was my midlife crisis purchase. Mind you I have had corvettes since 1983 and had a 1971 454 4spd factory air convertible in the garage at this time as well. Growing up in Brooklyn NY I always dealt with wiseguys by being a bigger wiseguy and told him I really wanted a Corolla but had to settle for this. I think he was driving a Corolla or something like that. That shut him down quick

 

[Patrick0525]

Life is too short but what you like. The CX5 in the higher trim levels is a nice piece.

Funny story, when I was around 45 I bought a couple of years old Corvette to run to work on nice days. A wiseguy neighbor told me that it was my midlife crisis purchase. Mind you I have had corvettes since 1983 and had a 1971 454 4spd factory air convertible in the garage at this time as well. Growing up in Brooklyn NY I always dealt with wiseguys by being a bigger wiseguy and told him I really wanted a Corolla but had to settle for this. I think he was driving a Corolla or something like that. That shut him down quick

Last year, bought a certified 2021 Lexus RX350 and still driving my daily commuter 2014 Toyota Venza. A 3rd vehicle CX-5 would be great deal at $23K but not pragmatic.

 

[tcp71]

You're a year away from retirement. If you want to spend $25k, get this and enjoy each drive:

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for...vance&trimCode=PORMACAN|GTS&clickType=listing

 

[Patrick0525]

You're a year away from retirement. If you want to spend $25k, get this and enjoy each drive:

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/734864280?listingType=USED&makeCode=POR&modelCode=PORMACAN&numRecords=25&sortBy=relevance&trimCode=PORMACAN|GTS&clickType=listing

Definitely living everyday to the fullest.

 

[raaizin]

You're a year away from retirement. If you want to spend $25k, get this and enjoy each drive:

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/734864280?listingType=USED&makeCode=POR&modelCode=PORMACAN&numRecords=25&sortBy=relevance&trimCode=PORMACAN|GTS&clickType=listing

Porsche maintenance can be eye watering to say the least especially coming from a Toyota/Lexus. That is why I work on my own. At that many miles I would run from that Porsche.

 

[AZjeff]

You have 2 Lexi now that you barely put miles on, do you need another one? Your wife is falling for the Mazda Zoom Zoom hype. We had a 2014 RAV4, daughter had a 2015 CX-5, same trim levels, both bought new. I tried hard to find the zoom zoom in the Mazda and couldn't. Maybe if you drove it at 10/10s but who does that with a CUV? Daughter got rid if it, said it was too old person.

 

[Patrick0525]

You have 2 Lexi now that you barely put miles on, do you need another one? Your wife is falling for the Mazda Zoom Zoom hype. We had a 2014 RAV4, daughter had a 2015 CX-5, same trim levels, both bought new. I tried hard to find the zoom zoom in the Mazda and couldn't. Maybe if you drove it at 10/10s but who does that with a CUV? Daughter got rid if it, said it was too old person.

The wife has a 09 Lexus ES350 and is not interested in the CX5 as a replacement. I am the one looking and doing the Mazda search. I am not sure what the average age of a CX5 owner but for the RX350, it is 65 years old.

 

[bladecutter]

Are you sure your wife didn't think you were talking about the MX-5 Miata, and not the CX-5?
Seems odd she would think the CX-5 is some form of midlife crisis vehicle.

 

[Patrick0525]

Are you sure your wife didn't think you were talking about the MX-5 Miata, and not the CX-5?
Seems odd she would think the CX-5 is some form of midlife crisis vehicle.

She doesn’t know what a MX-5 Miata is. There is several CX-5s in the neighborhood so she knows.

 

[The Critic]

What's not age appropriate about a CX-5? Nothing exciting about it. Sounds like she just wants you to be in a more up-scale looking car.

Around here, a 2-3 year old CX-5 is the kind of car that your 23 year old daughter is driving to her first job out of college.

 

[tcp71]

Porsche maintenance can be eye watering to say the least especially coming from a Toyota/Lexus. That is why I work on my own. At that many miles I would run from that Porsche.

If you are slightly (as I am, definitely, slightly) mechanically inclined, and you consider it a toy, regular maintenance is quite cheap. So far I've done oil changes, PDK fluid/filter, transfer case fluid, rear differential fluid, spark plugs for maintenance as well as replaced a couple of timing cover bolts and a questionable coolant vent hose that gets brittle and breaks(known gotchas for this model). Under $600 invested and all up to date. Repairs could be a different story, but the fact that Porsche sold 100k plus of these in China and there is some crossover with the Audi SQ5 and S5 sedan's make parts easily available. I can get almost everything from Rockauto (duck and hide).