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With all due respect, I tend to disagree. Putting in the NA 2.5L, even if it fits in just fine, would probably make the Deuce too front-heavy, and as a result you'd lose quite a bit in handling. While force-feeding the existing 1.5 with turbo/super-charger should leave the weight and weight...

I forgot: is STB going to knock the car out of stock class in AutoX? (Long time since I did that, but thinking of trying M2 at it).

My little (possibly unfounded) worry with this STB: it has these elongated holes for the bolts, most likely to accommodate for the slight differences in distance between strut towers. But the consequence of that is the brace connection to the strut towers will be less solid in lateral direction...

Haven't heard - maybe that's one of those ultrahigh-pitch sounds which children and young people hear, but older folks don't? I personally sometimes hear some odd single creaks or knocks coming somewhere from dash direction (random - no way to predict when it could happen). But I'd guess it's...

Better get a decent sleep somewhere, don't drive non-stop, even taking turns. Don't risk it. I bought a car once in VA (I'm in NJ), and to save money took a bus there overnight, thinking I'd sleep on the bus, arrive early in the morning, pick the car and get back home by the end of the day. It...

Well, I wouldn't be so sure about that. Typically -- don't know your contract, of course, but typically road hazard coverage is prorated on the tire wear. So, if you puncture a tire which has about 50% of protector worn, you'll get a new tire half price. Also, usually, when the replaced tire...

Anything is possible really. The "regular" nails and bolts also don't usually stick out of the road -- they lay flat. Yet, they get launched by the other cars/wheels and get caught the "right" way to penetrate a tire. Depends on whether you're going to religiously rotate and balance them. The...

You convinced me not to let goons from roadside assistance near my car. I can put on spare myself.

The dealer BS-ed you. Like it was already said, the beep after the second click (if it's pressed no more then 5 secs after the first) is just to confirm it's locked. The horn is indeed cool (surprised me the first time I honked).

You can probably even stick some white masking tape on the real mirrors of your car and see how it looks in reality from a distance.

Imho, it'd be pretty hard to come up with a decent rebuttal.

Andres, Thanks, man, that's helpful. And I wouldn't take your story as a sign of your being unfair (so it'd be interesting to hear, but you might have reasons to not tell your story). Taking into account that people often feel a placebo effect, the number of negative stories, absence of any...

Andres, Care to share specifics? Because I googled it, and all I found so far were more or less happy stories. Wonder what happened to you...

2011 Touring Spirited Green ~$14600 (before tax, etc) bought on Jan 2nd 2012. Got $1000 rebate from Mazda -- it was either $1000 rebate or 0% financing (rebate added up being better option, even without paying off early). The first dealership I went to didn't have Touring in Spirited Green...

Maybe the OP is worried about the radiation from Hiroshima atomic bombing at the end of WWII ? ;)

Well, the thing is: of all those people who voted for msp2 - did they all really vote for the same thing? As obvious from the posts on this thread - no, they didn't. Some would want 200+ hp head-heavy N/A 2.3L - some argued for forced induction and light engine. Some wanted lotsa cool stuff -...

It is cold. The suspension on those things does produce cracking and grinding noises when cold :( It is a problem, but I wouldn't qualify it as a big problem (yet) because it might be normal. I would still like to hear a definite answer from Mazda whether it is normal indeed, or whether there's...