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Mazda is milking the 2.5NA with 6 spd and I would not blame them. It is very very good at what it does. Putting 8 gears without proper programming would not sell to the Mazda crowd. I remember in 2013 the Mazda 3 with skyactiv was miles ahead of any competitor - yes Toyota and Honda have caught...

Camry LE and SE ($800 more) is a like for like Trim to Mazda 6 Sport. Camry L is the stripped version and is lower than LE. I was not aware the base model does not have cup holders in rear? Wow that's bad for a lot of scenarios.

I have a Touring and here are things that I thought were lacking 1. No Auto headlights for Touring 2. No power seat for base trims - Toyota does this on Camry - but Mazda doesn't do it on the 6. 3. Touring power seats don't have a tilt option its just 6 way instead of being 8 way. The tilt...

I am thinking about pricing, as far as styling goes this way better than the Si and the GTI. More reliable than the GTI and same as SI. If this comes in like a GT R or Signature trim for CX5 - we are looking at sub $30,000 price which could be pricey.

Used car prices are down due to hertz - I am seeing 2019 Camrys with 20K miles for 15-16 grand. It could be a temporary thing. No one knows how things will pan out. 2017 positives No Cylinder de-activation. 2017 Negatives First model year for that car Dashboards popping out + in general fit and...

At those miles - you are in the grey with Transmission fluid change. If they have been towed or driven in hilly terrain and you do a Tx fluid change it could be bad. If you decide not to do the fluid change - well we don't have evidence if it will go bad or not. Apart from that AWD has some more...

I was looking to buy a CX5. The sale price thread gave me an idea of what to expect. I saved quite a penny - and now have a fairly good idea what necessary care I need to give my CX5 so that it has a good chance of hitting 250K miles and be a great car for the 2nd owner. There are 20+ very...

There are 96 direct competitors to CX5, doesn't mean we need to know pricing changes / model changes / new color options on all. Plus - I might be sleeping but I have not noticed Mazda announcing a plug in CX5. What I am seeing, specially in US is the one who cries foul first in any discussion...

In many auctions there are tons of rentals that are bought by dealers. What do you think happens to millions of cars Hertz and National buy? They don't push it in the Atlantic or Pacific. Probably most of CPO cars or good dealer cars you see could be rentals. There are not enough people buying...

When the 1.5T CRV came out we only discussed how superior it was for 3 months. Which is all it took for oil dilution issues to come up. Then the Honda owners went home, or to the dealer who reminded them their 3rd kid belongs to Honda since they were kind enough to sell them a CRV.

Your numbers are similar to mine - I am 5'10, though I keep saying 5'10 and a half to appear bigger. But I lost several pounds from this stay at home thingy - now I am 192-195 lbs. 195 3 days after groceries are delivered, 192 lbs when milk runs out and I drink my tea instead of coffee.

15% off Signature - that's cool. I have not seen anyone hit that number here.

Used car pricing is not discussed on these forums much. There are individual threads just like the one you created. Having said that - used car prices have crashed in the last 2 months. Hertz is very close to bankruptcy and many dealers have refused to take in lease completed vehicles because...

A big unknow about diesel will be service and resale. Secondly - Mazda's diesels have started having issues in Australia and certain SE Asian countries. We do have few members here from Indoneisa and Australia - maybe they can chime in. 30K is a great price - but if its like Rav4 EV where Toyota...

Top one indicates you have a 20 minute drive so far and it shows you your current trip fuel economy. The right most bar in the bottom shows your latest Avg economy since the last time you reset it - usually you would reset when refueling. The bars to the left show previous Avg economy - assuming...

There is chain of thought here that factory oil has special additives and you are OK to change it at 7.5K miles. Also most people think of OC as a cheap insurance but when I factor in time needed to go to the dealer and do it for me - I am willing to push out OC interval as my car ages to a max...

The CX-30, smaller and lightweight with the 2.5 should do very well in real world economy and 0-60 numbers. But something about Mazda new gen vehicles (CX-5 2017, Mazda 3 and 6 new gen) - they have been a downgrade in every possible way on economy and performance. So this CX-30 takes 7.8 seconds...

I don't feel that bad about CD as I was early on - every Mazda with few exceptions have the CD in last 2-3 years. I do not know the real benefit except for people who drive on 30 mph roads in gentle traffic.

Thanks Aura. I was able to upgrade my laptop to SSD and get Win X installed. Thank you so much - it was a breeze took 10 minutes or so. Hardest part was to get SSD slotted in the holder. Waiting for the Hard drive enclosure now as its coming in from China. I am hunting for Office and a good anti...

All Volvos have the 2.0T making 258 horses and I thought the 2017 S90 (shorter version) was great value in used market at 20-23K but I am not sure on that 2.0T reliability. Volvo has this weird thing going on wherein if something breaks and you have to pay to replace it - Volvo guarantees it for...