I say this as someone who has had nothing but Korean cars for the past 6 years: Get the CX-5, particularly a non-turbo model. Much much better choice between the two.
Now if you’re leasing? That’s a different story. In that case go with whichever one is the better deal cause you’ll be within the warranty period anyways.
I have both a Steam Deck and a ROG Ally, and bought one of these to try it out to see if it could replace the Ally for me.
Not a chance. It’s too big, the button placements feel bad, the sticks feel terrible (too slippery, with huge dead zones) the fan is very noisy even when not gaming, and the lack of VRR on the screen legitimately hurts it. Everything looks so juddery.
I recommend a Steam Deck OLED to most people, or an Ally for people that want the extra power and play plugged in most of the time like I do (in bed, when traveling and bored in my hotel room at night, etc)
You did not break your transmission by accidentally going into manual mode and bouncing off the rev limiter for a bit. The car has multiple computers focused purely on making sure the engine and transmission don’t damage themselves, even if the driver does something stupid.