Recent content by doctorz

FWIW, we had an '04 MPV that we traded for a 5 two years later. The MPV was fine but I think we loaded seven people in it exactly once (we have two kids). The third row in the 5 is tighter now that we have a teenager, but the MPV was too big for us in daily driving. It's a tradeoff. There's no...

Zero. Usually 5K between changes.

awww. We're still enjoying the Mazda5/Fit combo and we know a couple of others with that combo.

Are you sure that the ticking isn't there at high RPMs or at idle?

this is a completely stock 2006 model. The shop did straighten out the toe. I'm also pretty zealous about getting the wheels aligned every 10K or so, regardless of how the car is tracking.

I'm sitting in the Goodyear tire shop getting Kumho Ecsta LX Platinums installed and they told me that the rear wheels are at -2.4 and -2.7 camber. Their specs say it should be -2.3 to -0.3 and the only way to fix that is to replace the control arms since camber are not adjustable. They did...

So the flat spotting that I've read about isn't an issue, or it's minor enough that it can be ignored? We drive either infrequent short distances (<10 miles) or really long trips (>300 miles) and I think I'd be annoyed if most of the time we took it out we had to deal with a vibration. The...

Thinking of the Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum. I've read the occasional review that flat spotting can happen. Anyone here have these tires and can comment about how much of an issue this is? Got 50K out of Michelin Pilot Exaltos, even wear (no cupping), and down to about 4/32, but they are starting...

csb1237, how many miles do you have now, and how often are you adding oil? Has it changed? We have 74K and we still use zero oil, and the oil gets changed about every 5K-6K. I do check the oil regularly, probably every 500 miles or so. The only fluid other than washer fluid that I've had to...

Fit's clutch is annoying but I haven't done anything about it. I do know about the CDV and don't understand it. Agree with you that it's quieter than the 5 at highway speeds if it weren't for the engine, although at this point, we've got the 5 loaded up with a roof rack and whatever fits on...

haha...welcome to the Fit family. Definitely better interior quality and I actually think the steering is more precise than the 5's. My wife, who isn't much of a car person, finds the 5 sloppy in comparison to the Fit...and the 5 is pretty decent itself. On the other hand, the 5 is a much...

72k, original clutch, but we did have to replace the slave master cylinder around 45K. Sometime in the last year when cold, if you force the 1-2 shift too quickly, it grinds a little. As long as we take time shifting it's fine. Occasionally I have to shift to first in order to get it into...

I just had them replaced for the second time. The dealer said they were redesigned again, but I guess I have to wait another 35k miles to find out if these are any better.

I think it will do well and it's nice to have another option in that class. Having said that, we used to own a Honda CR-V and while it did really well for our needs at the time, the lack of a third row is why we eventually traded it in. Over and over, I keep thinking the 5 is the same size as...

Definitely a Touring, although not because of the moonroof, side skirts, or fog lamps; they were all options on the Sport. The mirrors are the giveaway. They are black on the Sport and body-colored on the Touring. The other features standard on the Touring and unavailable on the Sport are the...