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I do engine oil every 5,000 miles with Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and an OEM Mazda filter (2 stripes!) Hitting 30k now, I also did a drain and fill on the rear end, transfer case, and transmission. For the tranny, use Mazda Type FZ for the ATF, took about 4 quarts, and for the correct level I...

Obviously you have to keep the factory headunit. With today's technology, that's not a problem. We have tools to overcome this limitation. I used my D'Amore Engineering SMD DD-1 and found that the head unit starts putting out distortion at 53 at 1kHz, so I did all of my tuning at 52 on the...

If you can fit Linear Power 8's in the doors, why wouldn't you? >inb4 my Bose My car didn't have Bose, and Linear Power speakers and amplifiers are handmade in D'Lo Mississippi, and are extremely high end car audio. Small family owned company in business since 1969, and everything they turn...

If you're wanting to run some wiring from inside of the car to the engine bay, there is a perfect spot between the main wiring harness and the brake pedal lever and behind the battery. It's a bump out on the firewall that's shaped like a dog bone. There's absolutely nothing on either side to...

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...

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...

I'm about to pull the trigger on a 2021 CX-9 touring with 24,000 miles, this will be my 7th Mazda, as I currently have a 2012 Mazda5 and a 2013 CX-5 in the fleet. The MZ5 I'll be selling on. It's got 175,000 miles, and she's starting to show her age. The 9 I'm looking at is the Touring so no...

This has always been my dream car since I first saw one 40 years ago. And today, she's mine. 2009 911 Carrera S.

Wife's rig: Ryzen 9 5900X ASRock B550 motherboard 64 gigs Corsair Vengeance EVGA RTX3060Ti 1 TB Crucial P3 NVME And yes, that's Strawberry Shortcake and Hollie Hobbie, because that was her thing when she was a child.

I've been using the LF05-14-302B's forever now. I still have at least a year's worth in backstock. I noticed just today that there's a new part number, LF10-14-302B. Has anyone seen this? Any insights as to the changes? A TSB maybe? I googled, and really haven't found anything.

Mostly out of parts I had laying around. AMD Ryzen 9 5900X MSI B350 Tomahawk motherboard 32 gigs DDR4 MSI GTX 1080Ti video card Kingston 500gb NVME drive MSI 240 AIO Pretty much the cheapest case that Newegg had and the cheapest fans that Amazon had This is the first time I've built a PC with...

I recently read something in a Mazda group: "I'm a finance guy in the car business and a BIG fan of service contracts" Well of course they are, the back room add ons and financing percentage hold-backs is where they make all of their money. It should be *ILLEGAL* for a car dealership to offer...

115,000 miles, getting a P0300, random misfire. I figured it was crapped up valves, and yes, they were NASTY. Got around to cleaning them today, and this job was E.A.S.Y. It's kind of intimidating because you're pulling the intake manifold off, but it's really a simple job, no lie. I used a...

I have this exact one on my 2013 CX-5, and I absolutely love it. If you've ever even though of getting a remote start, jump on this TODAY. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/misc/deal-of-the-day/pcmcat248000050016.c

And yeah, I was sweating.

150,000 miles on the 2012, time for new valve cover gaskets. The internal one had failed, coating the spark plugs. I used Fel-Pro part number VS 50639 R-1. Perfect fit. I also changed the o-ring on the cam position sensor while I was there.

We're not shooting down MiGs with our Mazda, so what's the point? Just something else to jack up the price of the car? I don't get it.

First half of the show, they played the entire Hotel California album.

I have two bikes, a 74 CL125S that my uncle left me when be passed, so I'll never sell it, and an 06 Shadow VLX. First bike I ever saw on the road that I just fell in love with was a Hurricane 600. I nearly bought one, but for whatever reason the deal didn't go through. Even still, I've been a...

iDataLink just came out with a plug and play T-Harness for our Mazdas, part number HRN-HRR-MA1. This will make installing an aftermarket radio completely baboon-proof. However, it's not widely available at all right now, so for the time being, we still have to use the generic harness. But...