Recent content by Kaps

I once drove from Dallas to Austin with my headlights off. On the Mazda Touring you have to turn the dial twice to turn the headlights on, first it only turns on dash lights and then it turns on the headlights after another click. Mazda owners on enthusiast websites are being roasted for driving...

As long as FE regulations don't start hurting trucks and SUVs - we can only do so much with reduction in emissions for cars that are losing market Share to SUVs / Trucks. Going the way Norway did makes sense, they made it expensive to drive, register, buy, park big gas guzzler cars and same with...

Just crossed 40,000 miles on my 2016 2.5L CX5. Best mpg on a 30 minute trip is 39.xx mpg. Overall average is around 28 mpg. With me driving 10,000 miles for work a year - it looks like CX5 should do fine. Build quality has been good but dealer service has been bad. I would ideally like a new...

Acura's resale is bad compared to Lexus for sure. Two friends had Acura sedans based on Accord and did not recommend. If you hold on to RDX for 10-12 years you should be fine, Acura has done enough to differentiate it from CRV. Rare Acura's like RLX hybrid hold value but not all.

Certain dealers let you take the car home overnight. So you can do your daily drive to decide. It is not always easy to get this and you need to sign some forms. I was also not sold on CX5 in 2016 then a dealer tossed me the keys and I drove home and was sold.

You can finance from dealer and after 30 days you can switch to whatever you want. I financed from my dealer then switched to Credit Union for 1.75% rate. it costed me $70 in all.

13.5 % off MSRP is great deal. Now watch out for your OTD pricing. I bought my CX5 in 2016, My Price was 23911 with 25800 (EXACT) as OTD since I negotiated on OTD, that should give you an idea about TTL that you should be looking for. Also I got stickers good for 2 years in TX when I bought new...

guardian nyt wapo for news seeking alpha,quantumonline, quora (now exited) for information Jalopnik / mazdas247 / I read Truth about cars for s**** and giggle - crazy conspiracy theorists abound. youtube - mark rober / AoA / I used to like Savageese but now its kinda stale. I just watch whatever...

Dallas - you have Freeman - honest and good dealer will give you good price and it can be beat. El Dorado - see if they are desperate to sell Mazda of Hurst - not cool Town North - biggest volume and may give you the best deal. I did see a good few rates outside dallas - install Auto trader and...

A Good touring 2020 discount imo should be in 8% to 14% range. So if the MSRP on Mazda website says 28000 - it would be from 24,000 to 25 760. But I am not sure if covid changes that. I am not seeing new cars at big dealers on autotrader etc. as the inventory levels could be very low - so most...

I got a Mitsubishi Type 73 kit from ebay. I will be doing it with my 6 year old :D I wish we could import one of these. Two door Rav4 4X4s from 1990s are about 10K USD at Duncan imports.

Definitely more than Toyota / Honda. It will downshift at specif speeds - if you slow down below 45 it will shift from 6th to 5th, similarly at 30mph it will go from 5th to 4th. Takes some time - you cannot override this even with manual shifter, afaik - it will shift down. Toyotas be in highest...

Is this issue common for the 6 as well? I am not seeing any recall for the 6. 6 would be a nice car to replace my 2nd ride with - I like the DRLs.

The more I think about my 16 touring purchase - the more I am amazed what I pulled off and some of it - even I was ignorant about. My purchase was 23911 (MSRP was 27400) and OTD was 25800 - on which I had negotiated. Adding 1400ish on taxes - I paid only 400 extra for window tint + 1 OC which I...

^^^ - Oh man Canada. I wish things could have gone the way I wanted and I would be in Canada instead of Texas. Welp! My town's church had a summer camp and followed no SD / Masks - they have now bought the virus over to a few households. Parents who sent their kids to the camp have to quarantine...