Never had a Mazda before and thinking of letting my Chrysler Aspen go for MPG's. Love the Aspen but not the fuel cost. My wife has fallen in love with the CX-5 so we are planning on going to test drive one in the next couple days. Seems like the Nav is an area of complaint and some have vibration between 65-80 that tires and/or alignment seem to fix. Any input is appreciated. Anybody in the Triangle NC area have sale people/dealership recommendations. Also how much off invoice is reasonable, never bought anything new before. We are leaning towards going Grand Touring with tech package but haven't decided on AWD or FWD. Being in NC AWD is not needed very often and is a sacrifice of 1-2 MPG but it would be nice to have when the occasion arrises.

 

I just bought the 2013 FWD Touring and love it. I researched for 6 months before purchasing. I live in Wisconsin but because I would honestly only use the AWD maybe a dozen times a year decided to get the better gas mileage with FWD. The night I bought the CX-5 I drove it home 78 miles in a total white out snow storm. It handled perfectly. I do not have navigation, which is fine because I have my phone and a GPS. I did get the moonroof and bose technology pkg. I have not noticed the vibration.