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My son just did the CarPlay upgrade to his 2016 Mazda 3 a week ago. I passed this tip on to him. Thanks.

I also find that most of the time I'm in a similar situation. I enjoy "playing dumb" & seeing whether the salesperson is knowledgeable or someone who tries to come off that they are & just feeding me a load of crap. I don't mind if the salesperson is at least honest that they don't have all the...

I also do not like the stock Toyo's on my 2019 GTR. Still plenty of tread left so I've been dragging my feet replacing them. I replaced the tires on my wife's Outback with the Conti LX25 & have been very pleased with them. I added both the Conti LX25 & Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 to my "Save for...

Yeah, I think I got mine online for around $250. They are stupid expensive even at $250 which is way less than the list price. Easy enough to install. Only the fronts are illuminated but no wiring is involved. They're button cell battery powered & there's a magnet that attaches on the bottom of...

My 2019 Turbo has the surrounding box with foam as well.

The OEM is Class I

The OEM Mazda Canadian floor liners are actually made by Maxpiders I believe. They are just Mazda logo'd & look a little nicer in my opinion. I have them in my 2019 GTR.

From what I've seen, Yes, you do need to cut the plastic bumper for the OEM Mazda hitch. There is no pop out cover on the bumper. There is another thread somewhere on this forum in which someone posted pictures of a horrendous hack job the installer (I believe at a Mazda dealer) did while...

In one of the other threads someone mentioned they got a Stealth Hitch. Very nice but VERY pricey. The docking part of the hitch is removable when not in use so you can't see the hitch at all. You then attach the docking part when you want to use the hitch. Etrailer sells those as well.

I went with the Etrailer matt black as well. My brother in law helped me install it. Easy enough but definitely easier with another set of hands. It's been on for a little over a year with no problems. I'm using a Kuat Sherpa 2.0 2-bike rack. Very easy to put on & take off. My local bike shop...

At my local Costco I just took the old core back to the automotive service desk where I purchased the new battery, not the regular merchandise return line.

My local Costco does not stock the 35 AGM, only the 35.

Perhaps odd. My son's Mazda 3 does the same thing as my CX-5. Both batteries usually go dead in tandem.. My wife's Outback also seems to exhibit the same behavior. I just make it a habit to always just replace both fob batteries at the same time. Then when the one time I need the backup I don't...

Yes, told the dealer. They were completely indifferent. I replaced the engine air filter as well. My son's 2016 Mazda 3 uses the same cabin air filter as my CX-5. I just showed him how to replace both filters. It took about 10 minutes to do both.

CX-5 Turbo although I'm a bit biased. Something about the IMO oversized wheel opening moldings on the CX-50 I just don't like.

Easiest test is to just remove SD card & see if it continues. This happened to my son's Mazda 3 & the SD was the culprit. Happened mostly in extreme cold. There's a thread on here that details this issue at length.

Agreed. I compared everything in this category and went for the Mazda. When my first CX-5 was rear ended & totaled at 4 months I replaced it with it's clone. My youngest son has a Mazda 3 & loves it. He's had no problems whatsoever. My older son lost his car in a flood & wanted to replace it...

Yeah, my brother is shopping RAV4 & the Toyota dealer who just acquired the Mazda/VW dealer I've been dealing with is advertising $2k ADM on a normal RAV4 & $4k ADM on a hybrid. So far they haven't advertised that on any of the Mazda's & VW's. At the 1/2 dozen or so Toyota dealers my brother...

I have a 2019 GTR. The latest map version for mine is August 2022. The email I got from Mazda stated that as did Mazda Toolbox when I did my latest update. If you take a look at posts #2 & #3 above apparently the newer CX-5 with the redesigned non touchscreen infotainment system use a different...