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Any codes or drivability issues? Thanks for taking one for the team like you do and posting your thoughts.

Its tires. The OE all-season lack grip big time. In general, tires are always the first step and biggest bang for the buck when you want to improve grip and/or handling. The best LSD won't help you out much if your tires don't have traction.

How do you get the link to work?

I would like to add one to my 5 as well. I know Mazda has dead pedals for the MS3 and Miata, I am wondering if they would fit. I may pick one up and give it a shot. If I do, I will post.

Current: 08 Mazda5 Sport - 5 spd manual 04 Volvo XC70 - mrs Past: - first to most recent 76 Toyota Corolla - a bit of a rust issue 83 VW Rabbit 82 VW Jetta 86 Mazda RX7 88 Mazda 323GTX - a very special car 86 Honda Civic Si - SCCA ITA race car 90 Mazda Protege LX 87 VW Jetta GLI 01 VW Golf TDI...

As a dad of two boys (5 and 7), I keep my rear winter mats in place year round. I agree with all above, a good purchase worth investment, $60 or 85.

Question for Captain. I know that you carry a couple of exhausts made for the MZ5. How do they compare to the MS3 system modded to fit the MZ5? Soundwise and performance? Thanks

The Rogue is the North American version of the Qashqai. Dimensions and body lines are the same. Its still just a small car-based SUV, nothing ground breaking IMO.

Not just PEP, all Sports have it. The sales guy made a point of showing me this when I first looked at my MZ5 Sport 5MT.

I did some research on this. Here is what I found: Mazda5 Specific Shocks/Struts: Koni FSD - Part# 2100 4045 Listed for both Mazda3 and Mazda5: KYB GR-2 - Front Left-334701, Front Right-334700, Rear-343412 Listed for Mazda3: Bilstein HD - Front Left: F4-VE3-B073-H0, Front Right...

No one? I am just looking for some ride feedback for those with 18" wheels...

More specifically, this is to those MZ5 drivers with 18" wheels who drive on less than perfect roads, like we have in New England. If you have stock ride height and 18s, how much was the ride affected? Is it noticeably rougher than with 17s? I am deciding between using my stock 17s for snows...

IMO, 45K is a good amount of miles for stock OE dampers (shocks/struts). I am not surprised they feel worn. Dampers wear gradually over time and most folks do not realize they have lost the original ride and handling. They may well have a leak, but dampers are a wear item (like brake pads and...

Zoom5Zoom, great point. Our cars, like most recent front drivers, have the strut towers close to the fire wall and tied in through the structural configuration of the sheet metal. This unifies the front end adding structural rigidity. A large part of the great handling and steering feel that our...

As a veteran of SCCA road racing and PRO Rally, both racing and building front-drive unibody cars, the forces in cornering actually occur in both a vertical and front-back direction. The effective way of bracing macpherson strut towers is to tie them backwards to a roll cage with triangulation...

Agreed mazdaspeedster3. Most strut bars are installed for aesthetics. A bigger rear sway bar on front drive car is the biggest bang for the buck in the handling department. I have bar from MS3 that I will be installing as soon as I get a spare hour.

I am in Mass also. MT was my biggest priority. I searched using Autotrader for a few weeks before I even found one new MT MZ5 in all of New England. I grabbed it rather than wait for some mythical vehicle that may or may not exist. I am living with the cloth (warmer in the winter right?) and...

Same here. Does anyone know the exhaust tubing diameters for the stock MZ5 and MS3 systems? I am curious as to how they compare to each other the aftermarket systems.

Where's Port Arthur?

Well, I am a parent of two kids who happens to appreciate a good all-around performing car (especially handling and braking) and likes to carry my other toys (bikes and skis) inside rather than on a roof rack. So, my manual tranny Mazda5 is the best (and only) vehicle combining all of the...