Congratulations. A fine car and great colour.
We hired one on our last trip abroad before disability prevented any further flying. Nov 2014. Alamo in Phoenix lets you choose any from the lot in your chosen category – a mid size suv- and there was a black CX5 amongst the usual 
Nissans and Fords. 10 days later, we headed west on the I 10 to Palm Springs. 276 miles. Planning to pit stop at Blythe, on the Colorado river and border with Ca, we sailed through and did it non stop. The seats were excellent, refined cruiser and handled better than any other previous SUV hires. It had Seattle plates so had racked up a long one way hire. Non stop on way back too. Been through a couple of face lifts since then and guess is even better now. Hope you enjoy every mile.
PS. The prison sign on the East bound return had multiple bullet holes!
