I tested out a 2010 Mazda3 Grand Touring
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I never had any problems with this on our Protege or Mazda 3. I've never heard of anyone having a problem because of this and really this is the first time I've seen anyone make a big deal about it. I think this so called problem is being blown way out of proportion.
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my3needsaname
Hahaha! Definitely, me too.
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- 2010 Mazda CX-9 GT Dolphin Gray
Yeah if this was a problem
Mazda would have fixed it. Blwing up an alternator is pretty serious. And I know we would have heard about it.
Mazda would have fixed it. Blwing up an alternator is pretty serious. And I know we would have heard about it.
Rockin03mp5
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i agree. although my protege has needed a new alternator already.
i think we should move on. i am more annoyed with the fact that it is hard to get to, not that it is in a vulnerable spot.
Rockin03mp5
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my p5 is parked outside at work. nothing i can do about that. it gets a garage at home. i try to wash it when i can, but in winter, it is pretty much pointless. will look like that the next day anyways.
the 5 looked like that after a 1800 mile trip. went through lots of slush. it was actually washed half way, and this is what it looked like coming home.
they look much better now.
the 5 looked like that after a 1800 mile trip. went through lots of slush. it was actually washed half way, and this is what it looked like coming home.
they look much better now.
mountjonas
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i finally saw a 2010 3 5-door this weekend on the road. it was black and it looked super nice. some of the pics kinda make it look matrix-ish in size (i knew it wasn't that big, but it looked like it), but in real life, it looks fantastic. i wasn't a big fan of the 04-09 5 door, but this one looks great.
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my3needsaname
Yea I've been seeing a lot of them on the road, the guy down the street from me has a new one. I still don't like them, hoping I never will but they could grow on me. Who knows!
I just spoke to 3 people who own a new one and they all love them. They said that it has grown on them and they love the features and power.
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my3needsaname
I'd enjoy the extra power but the features are basically the same. I mean it has that same 3'' BOSE sub in it and the old nav system is bigger and to me better, but I'm starting to rant so I'll stop before I get into trouble.
I mean the main thing I absolutely hate and will probably keep me scolding them forever is that Mazda took our full rear door windows that went all the way down and put a window splitter there so the open-able window isn't as good or as big and then you have this terrible looking black bar going through your clear windows. It pains me!
I mean the main thing I absolutely hate and will probably keep me scolding them forever is that Mazda took our full rear door windows that went all the way down and put a window splitter there so the open-able window isn't as good or as big and then you have this terrible looking black bar going through your clear windows. It pains me!
Rockin03mp5
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saw my first one driving on the roads today. it was a 2.5 sedan in silver. very slick looking i must say.
it was in detroit. he was coming up on me fast and we took a ramp from one interstate to another. it was a large, long loop with a lane for each of us. he was catching up, but i wasnt braking. i took it at about 55 on the outside lane. he was on the inside and had to slow down. i accelerated through the corner leaving him behind. then i settled and let him pass. i think he was a little suprised. good ol' p5. tires never made a noise.
it was in detroit. he was coming up on me fast and we took a ramp from one interstate to another. it was a large, long loop with a lane for each of us. he was catching up, but i wasnt braking. i took it at about 55 on the outside lane. he was on the inside and had to slow down. i accelerated through the corner leaving him behind. then i settled and let him pass. i think he was a little suprised. good ol' p5. tires never made a noise.
WOW, that must of been fun.... (rlaugh)
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my3needsaname
I have sat in one and messed around with it and I'm just not a fan of the Toyota Matrix feel to the doors, the dashboard where the gauges feel way out there and you're about to get punched in the stomach by the dash, the smaller rear seat legroom, the contortion you have to do to open the hatch now, the seats are quite nice and much tighter wrapped than the "last" generation, teh cruise control is too far away for my thumbs and the steering wheel is too crowded but the buttons aren't integrated quite that well, the dashboard makes it feel kinda crunched up front, the rear windows and something about the rear seats makes it feel cramped, and the trunk seems smaller alogn with all the interior dimensions.
That being said I do have a lot of positive things to say about the car too. My view is that when you hop in and automatically feel it's not designed well then you should not buy it. It's not right for me and I express my opinion as such but for others it is better and I like that Mazda has people who do like it but my first and only Mazda experience hasn't yielded such good results so I only have bad things to say about Mazda for the most part. Which is quite disappointing since I had heard very good things about them before, while, and after I bought my car. But I still have good things to say about them no matter how my experience has turned out.
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my3needsaname
I know but you pop open the back and all that and it just seems smaller, something about the shape of the opening and such.
