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So I was following a brand-new-from-the-factory Mazda 3 this morning and its right exhaust pipe was pumping out steam like all cars do in Minnesota on a cold morning; its left was totally blank. Did Mazda really slap a non-functional, fake exhaust outlet on the back of the 3? How tacky is...

We traded in our 2010 Mazda 5 last Wednesday on a VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6MT. This is the first time I've ever traded in a car before it was paid off, but it was worth substantially more than we owed and we weren't a good fit for the 5, I'm afraid. Not that it's a bad car, but it's inherently...

So my old Hyundai Elantra had passable factory speakers, and my new Fiat 500 has a great factory sound system. My wife envied my Fiat for its satellite radio so I just installed that but now that I'm directly comparing the two cars with same-quality sound input, it bothers me the shallow sound...

I'm looking for winter wheels for my Mazda 5, and I know the Mazda 6 i comes from the factory with 16" steelies, which should fit straight on to my 5. If any of you have put alloys on and want to sell your steelies let me know. I'd prefer to get the hubcaps, and the TPMS too, if possible, but...

Hi all, I've just picked up the Sirius satellite kit for my wife's 2010 Mazda 5 and will be attempting to install it on Thursday morning. It looks very involved, but I'll just take it slow. Any advice? Anything I should know before I tear into it?

So after a family bike ride this afternoon I remembered the bikes were on top just as I heard the "crunch" of them hitting the top of the garage. Good news: my bike's fine, the garage is fine, both bike carriers are fine. Bad news: my wife's bike's front fork needs replacement (no big), the...

Let me start by saying that I've driven only standard transmissions for the last ten years - I hate automatics - and that in that time I've *never* burned out a clutch or had any troubles, including the car I learned on. That includes 120,000 on two previous cars and 35,000 miles on two...

Does anybody know where the 5 is made? I believe it's the 11th character of the US VIN that specifies the assembly plant (the leading J just means Mazda is a Japanese company and says nothing about manufacture), but since I don't know what the possible codes are (i.e., what characters...

There's probably plenty of oil threads here (there are on every vehicle forum) but I don't see one so here goes. I believe that there's no reason to be pumping clay through my engine in the year 2010 given that diester oil is pretty reasonably priced. While I use Motul full-synth diester oil...

So I have a 2010 Sport because that's what comes with a stick in the US. The dealer offers no possibilitiy of integrated nav for the Sport, for any amount of money. I'd hate to install an aftermarket unit because then the nice factory buttons and display above the DIN slots would not function...

Hi all, my wife and I bought a new m/t Mazda 5 Sport in the middle of December after our old car got smashed up by an inattentive driver. Bad circumstances, but we'd been eyeing a 5 for a couple years so that part was good. Anyway, my wife and I are committed to manual transmissions, I wanted...