Hello All,
My wife and I used to have a 2005 Mazda 3 in the past. It was a great car. We are now owners of a 2018 CX-5 and are impressed how much Mazda has improved, especially regarding crash tests and road noise. We'll look forward in participating in this forum.

Cheers from North Carolina!

 

Welcome back to the Mazda family. We knew you would return. I too went astray between my 2006 Mazda6s and my 2015 Mazda3 2.5T. They were my dark Hyundai years that I am trying to forget. Welcome back.

 

Thanks. I was actually considering a Hyundai Elantra GT in the past. What Hyundai model did you have?

 

In 2010 I bought a 2011 Sonata non-turbo and the next year, I traded it in with 32,000 miles for a 2011 Sonata turbo. I loved the power of the turbo but I never felt comfortable in the Sonata, even after 180,000 combined miles. With my Mazdas, I have always felt connected to the car. I can parallel park my new 3 or my old 6 in seconds, where the Sonata, it was a chore and I was never the 6 inches from the curb that I thought I was.

 

The reason I like Mazdas, you seem to become part of the machine... ZOOM ZOOM and driving matters huh? Although our '17 CX-5 GT doesn't quite seem to have this effect compared to the '14 we traded for it as the seats are wider and don't contour to me, or maybe I'm just not as fat an American as Mazda thinks I should be

 

Congrats on the upgrade and welcome! Going from '05 to '18 is a big difference!

Post some pictures of your Mazda when you can. We like pics.

 

Thanks. Will post pics when I figure out how

Our CX-5 is the soul red which you see in all Mazda ads. Some call it "arrest me" red

 

Mazda is on par with Honda now and surpasses them in engineering in many ways. I owned them all and the CX-5 has become my second favorite after Toyota Highlander which is in a higher class.

 

I agree. Compared to Honda and Toyota, Mazda has definitely caught them and definitely surpassed them in styling.