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They come on automatically when you turn on the rear defroster - which is also generally good to have on when you have windows fogging over on the outside as you drive.

It's been so long since I had a vehicle that didn't have heated mirrors that I just took them as a given standard feature. But yeah... they're an absolute requirement, not just for cold weather. Anybody who lives in an area that's subject to mornings where the dew re-forms on surfaces in...

Heh... I went looking for my old posts. The database cut me off a shade over 11 years ago. I reserve the right to call you 'whippersnapper'.

I will never buy another primary-use vehicle that doesn’t have HUD, ventilated seats, and a top-down camera view.

Go to Carmax or your preferred high-volume used vehicle online seller. Search for CX-5s of various model years. If the VIN starts with J, it was built in Japan.

But they had so many pictures with the filters in creative arrangements!

Can you post a picture of the connector?

If you can weigh a complete wheel and tire assembly, just subtract the tire weight (24 lb) from the total to get the wheel weight.

When you need new tires, look at options in 215/65R16. Back when I had a 2016 Mazda6, that's what I used in winter. The revs per mile rating was an exact match for the 225/45R19 stock tires. Yes, winter performance will be degraded, but mostly because you're using a soft tread compound with...

I've noticed when looking at wheels on dealer sites that putting in 2024 will give you access to everything that fits a CX-90, while putting in 2025 will severely limit your choices. I'd bet that's what's going on, here.

A real engine problem? Highly unlikely. Will it make the check engine light come on? I wouldn't say no.

Because Mazda's Marketing department says so.

I'd bet that it's still attached, but it got stuck in the position where it sits while you have a fuel nozzle in the filler neck.

It’s part of the emissions control system. Give a hoot… don’t pollute! If you grew up in the 80s, this would be hilarious.

Everything you named is a marketing term, not anything to do with the actual construction of the vehicle. In Michigan, they'll all say "wagon" on the registration.

Huh… I hadn’t seen that they had been introduced in 275/45R21. Might make me rethink my idea of downsizing to 20”.

Cool, cool… So when do we get the CX-60?

If you have your foot on the brake pedal, pressing the auto hold will keep the brakes applied even after letting up on the pedal, until you press the accelerator. Once it's on it will stay on until you either shut the ignition off or press the brake and then hit the button again. It's very...

If I had to guess, there's a switch that will automatically disable the AC if the cooling fan can't keep up with the heat being rejected by the radiator and condenser. It wouldn't be hard to program it with some combination of coolant temperature and fan duty cycle to trigger AC disengagement...

I saw two of them on the road, today, but hell if I could describe anything more than the highest-level design details. That thing is utterly forgettable.