Recent content by HandA

come on people, read a little bit "It had been shifting down a bit hard when I'd step on the gas so we'll see if fresh fluid helps. -update: drove about 90 miles today and it is back to where I really don't notice it shifting." I didn't just randomly decide to change the fluid for the fun of...

I didn't mean to imply that it was dirty. ATF doesn't really get dirty like engine oil since it doesn't encounter blow-by or clean the sides of the cylinders. It gets wear metal in it but not contaminated like engine oil. It more than reached operating temperature it was a bit cooked, which...

My guess is to preserve a little anonymity online. Granted it isn't easy for everyone to cross-reference a plate to a name but it can be done. I also wonder how easy it would be to make a convincing looking printout of a plate if someone happens to really anger me online and they also have a...

pulled the dipstick at 36,000 miles and the fluid on it looked good. But when I pumped out a couple quarts it looked worse: New blue fluid vs old dark fluid. It had been shifting down a bit hard when I'd step on the gas so we'll see if fresh fluid helps. -update: drove about 90 miles today...

The Canadian 2014 GS and GT models have an alarm. Specs None of the 2014 US models have an alarm. Specs On the US 2013 only the GT with the Tech package had an alarm. I looked for awhile for options for adding an alarm to mine and didn't find anything. Some countries have an accessory...

I got the same survey. I've had several others from Mazda but this one looked completely different and asked many more questions about me at the start so I gave up on it. The ones from Mazda looked different and focused much more on the specifics of the car.

Sirius is turning on 60 channels for free through September 9. The downside is it looks like if you never activated before it still wont work. As I never started up my initial trail period mine started out this morning downloading updated channel list and then just ran their single "sign up"...

I'm at 35,500

I don't try to read things in my side mirrors so it isn't much of an issue. I can easily make out what is there and where it is in a quick glance. It just isn't something I think about. Would it be great if it didn't vibrate? Sure but it just isn't worth scheduling my day around dropping...

Personally, unless there was something I didn't like about the CRV that the CX-5 improved on for you I'd just keep the CRV. It is in great shape and will go another 150,000+ miles and the amount it depreciates every year just keeps shrinking which is nice. It is all up to your priorities...

I second that one. It is always a good place to start no matter if you are planning on trading it in or selling it yourself. It gives you a hassle free price to go off of. That way if a dealer offers you more as a trade you know its a good price and if they offer you less you know not to...

On my commute if I don't go over 65 on the highway portions 75% of it I can get 32-33 mpg. If I set the cruise for 70 it drops to 29-30 mpg and if I go closer to 75 it drops more from there. If I punch it every so often to jump into an open spot in a different lane or adjust my speed more...

And it has to be hard for auto manufactures as cars get quieter and quieter all the noises that are still there stand out that much more. The Nissan Leaf has odd shaped headlights to help reduce wind noise at the mirrors because with no engine noise things like wind noise stand out more...

option 7) vibrates a little but not enough for me to want them to tear that far into the car. I'm afraid I'd end up with rattles and squeaks from the door panel and possibly skuff marks then I'd have the hassle of having them fix or replace more stuff.