Recent content by jiranz2

A little stall in your new car won't cause any problems, just don't try it too regularly. As for mileage, keep driving carefully and it may improve with time. you should be getting at least 25 around town and 35 on the highway.

Thanks all for your expert advice. Being young and foolish (maybe) I had to try running 91 octane. It gave 11km/L which is ok. I have gone back to 98 because the engine sounds slightly better and the cost per Litre per mileage works out about the same. Better to look after the engine I...

oh... I guess that means the cheaper 91 is ok for my car, and why the detailed information on the vin sticker inside my front door has a dash through the petrol type specifications. er... what is a japanese 'gray' import? a car built exclusively for the japanese market that has been shipped...

Octane Ratings hah! I had no idea about ron, mon, and pon, or that octane ratings were to do with preventing engine knocking. I found this website that's put it to me in laymans terms: http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/Reference/RONMONPON.html In New Zealand 98octane is new out and only...

Just back from driving up country. My lantis is a great car for open road driving, with enough power to zip past traffic (oh yeah, its a manual so putting it in 3rd at 100kph gives it heaps of power right up to 130kph --it revs out at 7500rpm doing `140kph). It does have all the mod cons...

cheers, and nice car u got there :)

Yes, Type-R, whatever that means. R for Race. And while your grinning, what would be the best feul type to use: Here in New Zealand we have 91 octane, 96 octane, and 98 octane. I've been getting 12km/L on 98 (or 8.3L per 100km). I'm just starting to see how it goes on 91 (much cheaper at the...

Hi, new here. Anyhow, does anyone now what the manufacturers recommendation for service checks on a 1995 5-door 2.0L V6 Type-R Mazda Lantis might be? (its a jazzed up japanese version of the 323F and astina). I have a manual and have I've spent hours looking at the pictures in it -- they are...