Mazda5 owners, the other rides (current and past)
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remarquian
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- 2007 Mazda5 Sport AT
Current:
07 5 Sport (his and hers)
98 Subaru Outback (Nanny's)
No past cars. I didn't get my first car till age 40 or so.
07 5 Sport (his and hers)
98 Subaru Outback (Nanny's)
No past cars. I didn't get my first car till age 40 or so.
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rweatherford
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- Mazda 5
It was my mothers car and I inherited it as a first car. My Berettas were a WORLD better. I stuck with those for about 10 years. The family kept growing and I was always worried the turbocharged car would have something to work on so I sold it. 300 HP in a homemade kit with junkyard parts in a 10 year old FWD car is asking for trouble.
The wagon was great and pretty dang quick (even auto-xed it) but the 18 MPG was starting to seem silly. No GM option for seating 6 (4 car seats) and good mileage. My wife wanted sliding doors and I just happened to find the Mazda 5 on Yahoo cars. That's all I needed to find one. I hadn't even heard of or viewed one before.
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truth
Jeeb - when I first read this I thought "jackass". Then I looked at my list again. Ummmmm, yep. You got that pegged for my list.
I guess, for me, as long as I've got a full compliment of three pedals under my feet, I don't get too bored.
Jeeb - when I first read this I thought "jackass". Then I looked at my list again. Ummmmm, yep. You got that pegged for my list.
I guess, for me, as long as I've got a full compliment of three pedals under my feet, I don't get too bored.
mountjonas
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- 2013 VRM MS3
Current:
08 Mazda5 Touring (Family car)
08 Prius Touring (Commuter/family car)
05 wrx wagon (Friday car)
Past in chronological order
88 Volvo 760 Turbo
91 Rx7 GTU
02 Protege5
03 Altima (wife's)
06 Mazda5 Touring. (traded that in for the prius because I got a job that has a long ass commute, then realized we loved the mazda5, so we got another one.)
08 Mazda5 Touring (Family car)
08 Prius Touring (Commuter/family car)
05 wrx wagon (Friday car)
Past in chronological order
88 Volvo 760 Turbo
91 Rx7 GTU
02 Protege5
03 Altima (wife's)
06 Mazda5 Touring. (traded that in for the prius because I got a job that has a long ass commute, then realized we loved the mazda5, so we got another one.)
I'm with ya on the 3 pedal part. Some of the cars I have owned, were only sold with 3 pedals, and for some reason that always made them more special. Like my GSR and my STi. When you'd be out driving and another one pulled up, it was more like the motorcycle owner "wink", like..."hey alright you like to drive too"
Something stupid like that lol.
Boy there are ALOT of car people on this forum. Some I counted 7 cars in 10 years... wow!
I seem to be quite the minority here.. For me, cars are just a means of getting me from point A to point B. (hopefully reliably and cheaply... on gas). If I don't own a car for more than 8 years... then I feel like didn't get my money's worth.
I seem to be quite the minority here.. For me, cars are just a means of getting me from point A to point B. (hopefully reliably and cheaply... on gas). If I don't own a car for more than 8 years... then I feel like didn't get my money's worth.
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- 2008 Mazda5 5MT Sport w/ Popular Package
Whaaat? I'm offended. My 1982 Volare K, 1989 Topaz (Tempo here) and my 1984 Ford Carry-All, were so much fun... (lol2)
The Mazda5 as the MOST exciting in many of the fleets? Oh dear, that is scary, I should lock this thread... LOL
Hrm, I think I've had boring cars. I also try to avoid thinking about new cars every few years. I'd rather spend the $$ on a pinball machine or something.
Current:
2009 Mz5 Sport MT (Copper Red)
2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Ltd (Silver)
(These are so close to being the same shape it's scary. I couldn't get the silver Mz5 because it would be a mini-me for the Sienna)
Selling:
1996 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4
Other cars I've had that are now gone:
1999 Toyota Tacoma (manual) bought in 01, sold in 04. Solid vehicle, no issues whatsoever.
1990 Honda Civic (got it in 96) - The college car. Super-reliable, took many fun road-trips. I could barely fit in it, and it kept bottoming out on anything though.
1980 Ford Fairmont - Powder Blue -- Got in 93 or 94. What an awful vehicle. Absolutely horrible. Supposedly only had 99k miles but leaked oil like crazy, got around 8mpg, sure made an impression when I drove it to high school. :0
Current:
2009 Mz5 Sport MT (Copper Red)
2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Ltd (Silver)
(These are so close to being the same shape it's scary. I couldn't get the silver Mz5 because it would be a mini-me for the Sienna)
Selling:
1996 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4
Other cars I've had that are now gone:
1999 Toyota Tacoma (manual) bought in 01, sold in 04. Solid vehicle, no issues whatsoever.
1990 Honda Civic (got it in 96) - The college car. Super-reliable, took many fun road-trips. I could barely fit in it, and it kept bottoming out on anything though.
1980 Ford Fairmont - Powder Blue -- Got in 93 or 94. What an awful vehicle. Absolutely horrible. Supposedly only had 99k miles but leaked oil like crazy, got around 8mpg, sure made an impression when I drove it to high school. :0
I just find it amusing that many vanilla car owners got attracted to the Mazda5. I know it's inexpensive and not a rocketship, but I don't think it's vanilla. The Sienna or Odyssey is vanilla. The Mazda5 is some sort of weird jungle coffee-flavored ice cream that has no fat, but still tastes really good.
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- 2008 Mazda5 5MT Sport w/ Popular Package
Bwahaha, I've read so many definitions of what the Mazda5 is, and this one is by far the best one (whatever the hell that means
)Yep. Go back about 7-8 years and I wouldn't have been caught dead in a Japanese car... That changed quickly with the first Subaru we bought. In fact, it shames me to say that as an avid VW fanatic for almost 20 years, I will not be purchasing another one. VW I thought was on the right track when they actually listened to their car guys and brought over the MK4 R32. What a sweet ride, but they quickly screwed that up with the MK5 R32. Lets see, lets spend a ton of money and send a bunch of pencil pushers to the largest R32 gathering in the United States to ask them what the things are that they like and dislike about their cars to make future improvements, ignore absolutely everything you're told, and do the exact opposite. Because yeah, all R32 owners wanted a more expensive car, with no major power upgrades, a standard GTI interior rather than the race seats found in the MK4 R32, and the final nail in the coffin, the choice of automatic or automatic. Geniuses I tell you!
Mazda is quicky filling the void VW has vacated with fun to drive cars that every day people like myself can afford and want to buy. When it comes time to retire my Jetta, which I have a bad feeling will be a decision rust and mother nature make for me in the next 2 years or so, I will more than likely be searching for a used Mazdaspeed 3 thus ending a 19 year streak of me owning and driving at least one VW product.
I think the 5 is unique in that it attracts 2 groups.
Performance minded that need capability and Frugal, capability minded that see the performance as a nice plus and added value.
For the past few years cars have been appliance like for me as well, but that is mainly because the roads in my area SUCK.
If I lived where the roads were more fun, I would have owned more performance type cars.
I usually take trips to the mountains on motorcycles and dreaded them in a car, but now I am really looking forward to taking the 5.
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SparkyBhoy
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Current
Hers: 2008 M5 GT
His: 2003 Volvo S40
Previous
1997 Ford Explorer Sport (deadhorse
Previous (Company Cars - so all but the 98's foisted on me)
1998 Mitsubishi Shogun SWB 2.8Tdi
1998 Rover 420Tdi
1996 Vauxhall Astra
1996 Ford Fiesta
1995 Vauxhall Belmont Merit (blarf) (in pale blue as well)
1995 Peugeot 306
1991 Vauxhall Cavalier
1st Car
1985 Ford Fiesta (loved it - but crashed it and wrote it off).
Hers: 2008 M5 GT
His: 2003 Volvo S40
Previous
1997 Ford Explorer Sport (deadhorse
Previous (Company Cars - so all but the 98's foisted on me)
1998 Mitsubishi Shogun SWB 2.8Tdi
1998 Rover 420Tdi
1996 Vauxhall Astra
1996 Ford Fiesta
1995 Vauxhall Belmont Merit (blarf) (in pale blue as well)
1995 Peugeot 306
1991 Vauxhall Cavalier
1st Car
1985 Ford Fiesta (loved it - but crashed it and wrote it off).
Bwahaha, I've read so many definitions of what the Mazda5 is, and this one is by far the best one (whatever the hell that means
it makes sense for some reason.
The only things I liked about that car were the sound and the interior.
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- 2008 Mazda5 5MT Sport w/ Popular Package
How about renaming this forum the "Mazda Jungle Coffee Non-Fat Ice Cream"!!
No, Mazda has some other "normal" looking models around (i.e. Mazda3, Mazda6) I would say but, What about a decal for the lift gate or bumper like this one? That could describe it well as well...
Ooops, sorry, need to keep this forum area PG-13, LOL
rweatherford
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- Mazda 5
I think this thread my classify as a forum best. 
blacktalon13
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sorry.. i own the 7 cars in the last 7 years... hahaha i average a new car every year.. 
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- 2008 Mazda5 5MT Sport w/ Popular Package
Sacrilege!
