# @kirstenalana on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BjkG35DnDPt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2429846-kirstenalana-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/809cbdce33.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-06-03T13:27:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

So grateful for the wheels @mazdausa graciously lent me for my first week back in Michigan with family this summer. It’s been fun to drive to Detroit, explore the lakes my family members live on and safely transport the most adorable four year old in the world. I’ve always been a fan of traveling by driving and I’m hugely into any and all road trips so I’m always searching for the best vehicles for drives both long and short. The 2018 CX-5 Grand Touring AWD pictured here was fast [on Sport mode], fun to drive, fully equipped for my nephew’s car seat and roomy enough to fit all my luggage in the trunk and all the grocery shopping we did to prepare for Memorial Day. Yet it was also compact enough to easily parallel park when I was in @visitdetroit and that shiny red paint was a nice contrast to the greenery of expansive Belle Isle which was the last place I visited during my day in Detroit. I had to chuckle when a few locals called it a “shiny whip.” I don’t think I’ve heard the word ‘whip’ used to denote a car since I was a kid but it made me smile and led to a really fun conversation. So as if I didn’t like it enough already, this Mazda got some bonus points then, because any car that helps me get to know locals better is a win in my book. #DriveMazda #asundaycarpic

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asundaycarpic, drivemazda

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