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Midsized is what I want. I'm done hauling coal, plywood, firewood, etc. so I no longer need a pickup. I do need 4- or AWD though because of where I live. Other than getting groceries, taking a few bags to the dumps or stuff like that, I'm fine. Whatever I end up getting, I will probably have them install a hitch before I pick it up, just in case I move or something, which is likely. |
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She pushes them on me a bit too much, so I'm shying away from buying one just for that reason. But it's not off the table because I know they are good cars. He told me that AWDs are not all the same, but Soobs work very well in snow, which is both of our concerns. They have a steep uphill driveway, 60-80' long and their cars walk up them in a foot of snow, no problem. Before I knew them, they had a Cherokee which he said was no match for the Soob in the snow. |
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I went to Mazda and built one and throughout the whole process, right to the end, there was no mention of the following -- either standard or optional, unless I missed them: AC or climate control Keyless ignition Start/stop I'm assuming probably everything today comes with at least intermittent wipers and AC, but no mention of either unless I missed it. If these multi-billion dollar companies had a brain, the sites would be set up something like this: Enter car and price range Enter "must have" items Enter "cannot have" items. Click "Search" and it brings up whatever matches those terms, and then you work forward from that point. But NONE OF THEM WORK LIKE THIS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDIT: So I go all the way through and search for locally available cars. FINALLY, there is a big list of things the car actually comes with. LINK It has intermittent wipers and AC. Also "cylinder deactivation." Didn't they try that in newer Corvettes but dropped it? Don't remember for sure. Mid-Life-Guy: Does yours have that? Any problems with it? |
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Did tell the wife if she got hit on she has to send me a pic so I can tell her to say no or not. |
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Got it in my '19 EdgeST. Good product. Highly recommended. Plug and play. |
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AWD - standard on all levels Keyless entry - standard on all levels Start/stop - Mazda doesn't incorporate this, so no worries there AC standard; dual-zone climate on "S Select" trim and above Other things to note with Mazda:
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One surprising like: the Mazda is definitely a "driver's SUV". It handles better than ANY SUV I've ever driven, and better than many so-called "Sport" sedans. "Zoom-zoom" is still a thing. My biggest complaint, in 11 months/14K miles - seat bottoms are REALLY hard. I hear they've tried to address that in the 2023 models, but haven't verified that. |
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I asked GTO Guy on this thread for a forum I could go to get answers for these questions, as a last-ditch attempt to avoid traveling around to all the dealers to find out. When I started using the online sites about 20 years ago, I thought wow this is great, I can sit in my living room and pick and choose the vehicle I want! What could go wrong? With EVERY MANUFACTURER'S website being a mess in one way or another from then until today, I've spent more time the past two months looking online in my living room that I would have spent actually going to the dealers. I will dig into the Mazda some more, thanks again. You guys have been more helpful than anywhere else. Another question for the ages: Why do ALL manufacturers only offer black, white, some shade of gray/silver -- and if you're lucky maybe one shade of red or blue, sometimes at an extra cost? Decades ago you could get about any color you wanted. Why did this change? If I was in the business of robbing banks or something, I would want non-descript gray-ish getaway car. Nobody could pick it out from all the other ones. "Yes I saw him officer, he was in a gray/silver SUV." "Wow, thanks for that." I prefer any shade or red or blue over the bland colors. But not all that important in the big scheme of things. |
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So, anybody else get a perma, yet?
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What was this thread supposed to be about?
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