Fun Drive Last Night

[ChrisL]

Drove the new (to me) Mazda up to the mountains last night. Man I love the way the car handles the twist & turns of the mountain road.  I kept it in Sport mode which mainly keeps it in a lower gear which kept me from having to downshift and I hardly used the brakes as throttle control & tight handling kept me on track. Several times my wife was grabbing the oh shit handles so I know I was going a bit fast for her comfort too! 😂

I never had a car with adaptive headlights and damn they are a game changer (plus LED headlights) on dark twisty mountain roads.

I’m currently on the deck listening to the birds, smelling the mountain air drinking my coffee & putzing around here on my phone.  My daughter, SIL C & Smokey should be rolling in soon. 

[Zealot]

Yes!!!

[sheep_herder ★]

Try that with my wife, and she'd barf in your new car.

[team scooter]

Zoom Zoom driving smile brought to you from the same company who brought us the Miata.  

[groupw]

CX5s are way more capable on a mountain road than they should have a right to be! Glad you’re enjoying it. Our Miata needs a battery but a couple bills were due at the same time we had to pay the plumber. Hopefully be able to get it out again very soon. 

[Further]

11 hours ago, sheep_herder said:

Try that with my wife, and she'd barf in your new car.

My wife was on her first motorcycle ride

I took the turn for Lookout Mountain

She told me to go slow

Half way up we got stuck behind a pickup truck

She told me to pass him

[team scooter]

8 hours ago, groupw said:

CX5s are way more capable on a mountain road than they should have a right to be! Glad you’re enjoying it. Our Miata needs a battery but a couple bills were due at the same time we had to pay the plumber. Hopefully be able to get it out again very soon. 

Mazda made the CXs for the Miata owners that need to do other stuff too.  

[Rattlecan ★]

Twisty mountain roads are fun when you have the right car. 

Last time I had that experience was in a rental car in Portugal. A nimble little Volkswagen with a diesel and a 6 speed. Fun times.

I have it all on dashcam video. Some day I will put it on Youtube. I hear people actually watch that stuff. 

[bikeman564™]

21 hours ago, ChrisL said:

I never had a car with adaptive headlights and damn they are a game changer (plus LED headlights) on dark twisty mountain roads.

 

very nice drive indeed.

My Malibu has LED headlamps, and this is my first car with them. They are bright AF compared to halogen.