Originally Posted by Leo99
Originally Posted by spasm3
When we bought out 17 cx-5, i looked briefly at the forester. It was cvt so that was an instant no for me. Our mazda was before the cylinder deactivation model.
If i had to buy a new suv today, probably the non hybrid toyota rav4. We looked hard at that, but the rear seats of the mazda were more comfortable.
We are on the fence between the hybrid and non-hybrid Rav4. Why non-hybrid? Due to the CVT? Toyota seems to have figured out the CVT so I'm not too worried about that and the 6 speed AT in my Camry is not the greatest. Wish there was a sport shift option for it.
Scotty is very biased against German cars, Italian cars, GM, Chrysler, Nissan, and Subaru.
For me, i generally buy and keep my cars a long time. So cvt is a no go, also the hybrid has an expensive battery and a regenerative braking system. Since i keep them a long time, and work on them myself, i subscribe to the kiss principal
IF you trade or only keep them 4-6 years it may not matter to you.