Recent content by wreckerboy

I have a Mazda-driving friend at Koni and I've been after him to nudge the powers that be along since I bought mine.

I live in the NYC metro area. We've had ours for nearly a year now, and early on went months without seeing another one. At one point we were keeping track of how many we had spotted, and were struggling to reach a half dozen. Even the dealer where we bought it doesn't have any on display...

^^^^ This. It's even spelled out in the owner's manual, fer chrissake. Mine lost it's programming once about six months ago. I read the damned manual, followed these steps, and have had no more issues.

Yes, but the squirrels on the road are going to be blinded! Well, at least illuminated. Dimly. Would you believe make it easier for them to find the change they dropped on the ground directly in front of the car?

Generally speaking, I place the floor jack under the center of the front door, align the saddle with the pinch rail and lift. I place the jack stands under the pinch rails near the OE jacking points. I've never been a big fan of lifting the car from the front or back ends, but that's more a...

If this is occurring only with the brakes applied I would start by checking for vacuum leaks. The first place I would look is from the booster back to the engine.

Every time my wife stalls the car she says the same thing - "Dear Mazdaspeed, when are you coming out with an exhaust for this thing? I CAN'T HEAR IT!!!" :D

I've done a few longish drives in the two since we bought it - NYC to Road Atlanta (820 miles/11 hours nonstop each way), NYC to NC (500 miles/8 hours), and a few shorter trips to places like Ashburn, VA and Charles Town, WV. The other day we did a round trip to Williamsport, PA (200 miles/3.5...

We tend to refer to ours as "the four door Miata." A really bad name, considering other cars in the house are named "Rita" (the red street Miata), "Lola" (the race Miata, because whatever Lola wants, Lola gets), the "Econoguzzler" (the V10 Ford van), and "duh!" our dependable, no brains...

I'd be curious to see your results. In my experience the K & N filters have done nothing for mileage or power (on an otherwise stock motor). This is born out by installs totaling 400,000+ miles on a Nissan pick up, 200,000 + miles on a Toyota Corolla, and 100K or so on a street driven Miata. In...

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Fuel mileage on these cars is a little funny. I've had mine since September '11 and have nearly 19K miles on it now. It's a stick. Overall mileage (calculated, not indicated on the dash) is right at 36.9 MPG. The car has seen about a 80-20 mix of city and highway driving. I have found that the...

Disclaimer: I've been driving three-pedal cars since Jesus was a pup. I drive semis on a regular basis and a racecar as well. I'm pretty comfortable/experienced with the silly things. I've had the same problem with my 2 - sometimes it's either too many revs, and other times it's not enough and...

Because dealers are notorious about finding any excuse to void the warranty? Your transmission is bustificated? Must be that cold air intake you put on - sure signs of abuse. Your engine is all blowed up? Must be those aftermarket rims you put on the car - signs of abuse. Work in a dealership...

Why? Why? Is your car a stick and making a hellacious banging noise against the floor/firewall whenever you try to back up on any sort of grade? Mine is. It's already been back to the dealer who can find nothing wrong except that "the mount is very soft." That, and the brilliant advice to "not...