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    First Snow in a '14 iT Manual

    Conti ProContact. They're on a last generation Nissan Altima, and they're good for around town and highway.
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    First Snow in a '14 iT Manual

    A little anecdotal data. We have snow at home, and a good amount thanks to Lake Michigan. I drove my wife's car w/ Conti 1yr old all seasons >150 miles on the highway and when I got home it was squirrely in the snow with traction control and ABS going bonkers. Whatever operating temp they...
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    Water in hatch video

    I would love to take a look at this in person, but I'm still waiting for my car to be built and shipped. The volume of water flowing in the video looks like about what you'd expect from the bottom of the hatch being raised. What the maker of the video did NOT show is whether anything inside...
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    Engine Temp Gauge?

    My 1st gen Mazda6 does not have a functionally useful temp gauge, and this is not unique to Mazda. It has three positions the needle points to: cold, correct operating, overheating. Mazda decided to free up the dash space and change it to a multi-color idiot light that shows the exact same...
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    the waiting game

    Thank you very much for that. :-) I usually buy the FSM AFTER buying the car...
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    the waiting game

    Don't feel too bad. I've been looking for a replacement for my '03 Mazda6s (210,500 miles) and it was between a new '6 and the new '3. Anyway I ended up going with a 3i Touring + Tech Package in Soul Red with a manual transmission. Within 250 miles (which includes Chicago, Detroit...
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