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    Your Best Defensive Driving Tips?

    Do yourself a HUGE favor, and take the Motorcycle Safety Fundamentals course. They are generally available at most community colleges and many H-D dealerships. Yes, it's motorcycle focused, but you'll learn so, so much about how to simply survive going down the road. And you don't have to have...
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    What have you done to your CX-9 today?

    Outstanding!
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    Question for those who called Mazda to deactivate TCU

    I'm so glad I'm reading this. I'm calling them today to deactivate it. 3 Cars ago I got the wife a Saturn Vue because it was literally the cheapest SUV under 100k miles in our area. It had OnStar, and like some others here, I actually read the terms and conditions and found out that even if you...
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    2013~2016 Weird fluctuation from CX-5 Trip Computer

    That's normal. Set it to average instead of current and it won't move like that
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    2022 CX-5 CE non Bose factory audio amplifier upgrade

    Oh man, I hope this works on my 21 CX-9 non Bose! If it does, you will absolutely RULE.
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    What have you done to your CX-9 today?

    Got the 21 for the wife, and had it paint corrected and ceramic applied. Soul Red Crystal is beyond beautiful. I'm glad I found this car.
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    CX-5 Trailer brake controller installation help

    Tekonsha makes about the best brake controllers you can buy. I have the P2 on my Silverado and am very happy with it. But, like @Sig cx-5 pointed out, it's kinda redundant to put a trailer braking system on a CX-5. I get going up and down mountains, and that's certainly valid, but please, don't...
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    Need info on adding aftermarket amp to a 2021 CX-9

    What I'm specifically looking for is a T-harness like PAC makes for the older Mazdas, ie the AOEM-MAZ2. I have the standard non-Bose stereo. Has no one come up with an interface harness yet? Can I cut the factory harness? Yeah. Crutchfield gave some good info as to what wire does what. But I...
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    Phone mount recommendations?

    Kuda is hands above the best phone mounts on the market, bar none. But they don't make them for every car. Close second is Pro-Clip, and those are available for just about every car!
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    What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

    It's not a bad job at all. The one and only thing that SUCKS is those damned wire harness clips that go over the bolts. I do believe that Satan himself designed them. I managed to figure out to get them off with a combination some hemostats and pocket screwdriver to release them. When you get...
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    What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

    I ain't going nowhere! I still have a 2013 CX-5 and now a 2021 CX-9 in the fleet. And I still know a good bit about my old 04 Mazda3 and 12 Mazda5! For what it's worth, my other cars were a 92 323SE, a 93 Protege LX, and a 93 Ranger which was an absolute twin of the B3000. The only difference...
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    What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

    Well she's off to a new owner. Great, great van that we put a LOT of miles on. A dear friend of mine has 2 kids and diapers and 2 busted cars, so our 5 is his now. It will treat him and his family well. We replaced it with a 2021 CX-9, because there will ALWAYS be a Mazda in the fleet!
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    What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

    Peak OET Asian Green is FL22 compatible and very affordable at about $22 for a gallon of concentrated. Get 2 gallons and 2 gallons of distilled water from the grocery store (NOT HOUSE WATER!!!) and you've got enough radiator juice for a while! Just know that FL22 is 55/45 instead of 50/50, so...
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    I just bought my 7th Mazda!

    Literally everything else!
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    I just bought my 7th Mazda!

    Picked it up last night. 2021 CX-9 with only 23,000 miles. So far the only complaints I have are the radio is a massive PITA to use, and no touch screen? Seriously? The other complaint, why the hell did they make the buttons on the remote so absolutely tiny? I've been driving Mazdas for over...
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