CX-5 '17 questions
#15
I feel that! Ive had similar issues. I often wonder what I do to attract rocks? Fingers crossed for this car! I have the GT and I believe there's some wiper heater feature in my window. I can't even imagine cost there.
#16
#17
The little ones can bounce a long way! I try to stay way back and in another lane if I see rocks on or coming from a vehicle ahead, but they seem to come from cars even farther ahead. If you get a small nick, you can put nail polish on it right away to keep it from spreading, or so I've read. I wanted the heated wipers but they don't come on the Touring CX-5. I think the heater is in the wipers though, not the window - hopefully the window just uses the defrost. At least I did get the heated front seats with mine - it's just turning cold here in WA so haven't used those yet.
#18
Well that's good to know. I thought I read thermal filaments in the glass.. I thought I even saw a photo. I'll have to look it up again.
#19
In my vision plus model of CX-5 2017, there is a heated windshield strip at the lower end where the wipers rest so that turning that on would de-ice the wiper from the windshield, i.e. it would come unstuck during winter. We have folding mirrors too in that model, alon with heated steering and heated front seats.
#20
Here is a video from a Mazda engineer who explains the sound insulation tricks and the thicker wind shield.
https://www.autoblog.com/short-cuts/...b0a33b44ce786/