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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
What's up everyone, my wife and I just picked up a 2014 CX-5 Touring this week from a local Mazda dealer, 53K miles on the clock, and just about everything looks to be in great condition. We replaced my wife's old clunker 1996 Corolla with 282K miles on it. I had put in tons of time, money and work over the years to keep it running, but it blew its head gasket about 3 weeks ago, which I fixed along with a bunch of other leaking gaskets and seals. But it had a random problem of not starting while hot, or not staying running unless the throttle was held open. I was tired of messing with it, so we got rid of it.
The Corolla had been in my wife's (and now our) family since she was in high school in the 90's! The last time I myself bought a car (the only time, actually) was when I bought my Integra GSR from a neighbor back in 2001. It had 89K miles at the time, and now has 355K miles, original engine and gearbox. I replaced the head gasket on it, also, about 3 years ago, and have put 25K on it since then. I have always done all work on both cars, except tire alignments and bodywork.
Looking forward to having a much newer, nicer vehicle to take care of. Hopefully it will be more problem-free than the Corolla was. I don't really have any major mods planned for it, maybe just a few minor things. I'd love to throw some HID's into the projector headlights. Normally I'm a fan of HID projector retrofits, as I run Hella bi-xenon projectors (a.k.a. Mercedes E55 projectors) on my Integra. But I'm not sure if I want to mess with cracking open headlights on this car. Hopefully an H11 HID kit works okay. Might do some LED replacement bulbs, unless it messes too much with the lighting system in the vehicle.
Don't have any decent pics yet. I'm planning to do some detailing on the car this weekend. I have many years of Honda and Toyota repair and maintenance experience, so I hope I can contribute to these forums as well, and learn more about our new Mazda as I go along.
Last pic of old clunker:
New ride!
The Corolla had been in my wife's (and now our) family since she was in high school in the 90's! The last time I myself bought a car (the only time, actually) was when I bought my Integra GSR from a neighbor back in 2001. It had 89K miles at the time, and now has 355K miles, original engine and gearbox. I replaced the head gasket on it, also, about 3 years ago, and have put 25K on it since then. I have always done all work on both cars, except tire alignments and bodywork.
Looking forward to having a much newer, nicer vehicle to take care of. Hopefully it will be more problem-free than the Corolla was. I don't really have any major mods planned for it, maybe just a few minor things. I'd love to throw some HID's into the projector headlights. Normally I'm a fan of HID projector retrofits, as I run Hella bi-xenon projectors (a.k.a. Mercedes E55 projectors) on my Integra. But I'm not sure if I want to mess with cracking open headlights on this car. Hopefully an H11 HID kit works okay. Might do some LED replacement bulbs, unless it messes too much with the lighting system in the vehicle.
Don't have any decent pics yet. I'm planning to do some detailing on the car this weekend. I have many years of Honda and Toyota repair and maintenance experience, so I hope I can contribute to these forums as well, and learn more about our new Mazda as I go along.
Last pic of old clunker:
New ride!