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    Mazda OEM Parts OES Supplier?

    I think the term you want is "Tier 1".
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    Who is switching to winter tires and steel wheels?

    Tire Rack is very conservative with their fitments, and they'll sell you wheels as wide as 9.5" for a CX-5. It depends on offset and rim diameter, with smaller wheels being limited to narrower widths. In 17" sizes, the widest wheel they have is only 8".
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    Is there something covering the front of the radiator?

    You only need 100% of your radiator’s heat rejection capacity a very tiny fraction of the time. The rest of the time, the air flow that goes through the radiator is a major contributor to any vehicle’s coefficient of drag. The better job an OEM can do of metering the airflow through the...
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    Can I use CX-9 winter wheels on a CX-90?

    Sorry- typo. I meant 245/40R19. Exact same sidewall height as your stock tires. But if you want something taller, a 245/50R17 would be it.
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    Can I use CX-9 winter wheels on a CX-90?

    I’d think a 225/40R19 would be perfect for a summer option.
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    Wireless connection only option for iPhone?

    @Casey56 Does it not have USB-C ports in the center console?
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    2017~2025 CX-5 Original Front Brakes, Outside Pads No Wear, Inside Finished?

    You know in the manual when it says to lubricate your caliper pins? This is why it says that.
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    Getting close for new tires

    And those don’t apply to its down-market cousins?
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    82,000 Miles, first brake job

    117,000 miles. I took it in for state inspection - the shop told me that technically they could have passed me, but I'd be needing brakes by the time the next inspection was due.
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    Interchangeable Wheels?

    Look at any tire listing on Tire Rack - almost all of them publish revs per mile. And that site’s numbers are way off. OE tires on a CX-5 have a rating of about 724 - they give a number closer to 700. Same for a CX-90’s tires, where they say about 650, and the real number is about 670. They’re...
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    Interchangeable Wheels?

    This always gets stated, but there’s a far simpler and more accurate measure that will give you speedometer error. Practically every tire on the market will give you a revs per mile rating. If you want to know how much a tire will throw off your speedometer, just divide the revs per mile of your...
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    Interchangeable Wheels?

    I rescind my previous statement of reservation. Tire Rack will sell you a 22 x 10" wheel with a 42 mm offset. That's 182 mm / 7.17" backspacing, or another 1/8" more than what you'd have with the CX-70 wheel.
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    Interchangeable Wheels?

    My biggest concern is that the CX-70 has a 9.5” wide wheel with a 45 mm offset. That’s going to give you about 179 mm / 7.05” of wheel backspacing. I’m not familiar with how much kingpin clearance the CX-9 has, but I’d bet that the CX-70 wheels are going to test it.
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    Wiped down interior, screen stopped working

    Just come clean - you put the car in rice, didn’t you?
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    Weight of CX-50 Wheel?

    It could be made from cast iron and it might not be that heavy.
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    Serial number for 2008 Mazda6 rubber grommet rear windshield wiper arm

    If you take off the wiper arm and take the nut with you to a hardware store, finding a grommet that will fit around the shaft should be pretty simple.
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    Horrible gas mileage in brand new CX-5

    Don’t even try paying attention to the mileage indication on the instrument cluster. It should come with a disclaimer saying “for estimation and entertainment purposes only”.
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    49% of Fatal Accidents Happen at Night

    Can you develop a product to keep severely drunk people from driving? Because that’s who’s crashing during evening hours in the summer.
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    Horrible gas mileage in brand new CX-5

    I've seen mine go either way.
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    CX-9 Spare Tire Questions

    The spare may indeed be the same size as a 235/65R17, but that doesn’t mean you want to run one wheel with that much of a size mismatch long-term. Are you outside North America? I’m just wondering if your OE tires are actually smaller than what we got in those years.
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