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Hibernicus

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I just wanted to say hi after lurking for a few days.

I don't own a Mazda5 yet, but I hope to buy one in the next year or two. I just can't get enough of the Mazda5. My fiance rolls her eyes and laughs when I point out every single one we pass on the highway. I love the Stormy Blue Mica :)
 
Hibernicus said:
I just wanted to say hi after lurking for a few days.

I don't own a Mazda5 yet, but I hope to buy one in the next year or two. I just can't get enough of the Mazda5. My fiance rolls her eyes and laughs when I point out every single one we pass on the highway. I love the Stormy Blue Mica :)
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Fiancee eh? Well, tell her that you need something to haul the babies that you're going to father for her and maybe she'll come around. ;)
 
Oh! I'll get no protests from her. She already fell in love with the Mazda5. She told me I can get one, as long as it's blue :rolleyes:. Right now I have an 08 Honda Fit and she has an 09 Yaris. The 5 is just the natural progression up :D.
 
Hibernicus said:
Oh! I'll get no protests from her. She already fell in love with the Mazda5. She told me I can get one, as long as it's blue :rolleyes:. Right now I have an 08 Honda Fit and she has an 09 Yaris. The 5 is just the natural progression up :D.
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Well, I would like to chime in and point out that I would rather have a base model that I can mod as the money becomes available and owe $5K less than I do right now. If I could do it over again I'd get a manual Sport, not a GT navi. But, to each his own, I just wanted to point that out before you buy one.
 
Thanks for the tip. We're still trying to figure out if we'd want the Touring or Grand Touring. The Sport is out because I don't know how to drive stick, but I love fog lights ;). It seems to be down to these features for about $2000
Theft-deterrent security system
Xenon headlights
Rain-sensing windshield wipers
Theft-deterrent security system
Bluetooth hands-free phone capability
Leather-trimmed heated front seats

The only features I'd really miss is the security system or heated seats.
 
Hibernicus said:
Thanks for the tip. We're still trying to figure out if we'd want the Touring or Grand Touring. The Sport is out because I don't know how to drive stick, [/QUOT

You can get the Sport with AT. The base Sport is MT but Mazda does sell quite a few AT Sports.
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Hibernicus said:
Thanks for the tip. We're still trying to figure out if we'd want the Touring or Grand Touring. The Sport is out because I don't know how to drive stick, but I love fog lights ;). It seems to be down to these features for about $2000
Theft-deterrent security system
Xenon headlights
Rain-sensing windshield wipers
Theft-deterrent security system
Bluetooth hands-free phone capability
Leather-trimmed heated front seats

The only features I'd really miss is the security system or heated seats.
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It's just extremely odd how auto companies in general packages their different trim levels. Frustrating almost.

And someone needs to teach you how to drive stick! Even if you choose to drive automatics in the end, I think everyone needs to at least know how to drive stick.
 
I've only known three people who own a stick car. One of them treated me like a leper when I told him I couldn't drive stick :/. He couldn't understand why I'd never learned. In my 27 years, I've only been in two cars with a manual transmission. I've really never had an opportunity. I would like to learn one day.
 
I got my fog lamps OEM for $49.99 each. I deleted the link, but I think it was Car parts . com or something like that.

Good luck!
Peace!(rei)
 
DKaz said:
It's just extremely odd how auto companies in general packages their different trim levels. Frustrating almost.

And someone needs to teach you how to drive stick! Even if you choose to drive automatics in the end, I think everyone needs to at least know how to drive stick.
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Why? I learned on stick and drove MT for 12 years. Yeah, driving a stick can be fun on an open road but it absolutely stinks in traffic...

When I was younger, I felt it was sort of a "badge of honor" that could drive stick and other people couldn't... but in the end it was just pride.

(I do admit that a stick is better when the roads are really bad.. as in snow)
 
x10dude said:
You can get the Sport with AT. The base Sport is MT but Mazda does sell quite a few AT Sports.
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Agree, we had to get our dealer go get a Sport with MT because they only had ATs on the lot. So we don't have a sunroof, ehh, it rains 9 months out of the year here anyway :)
 
x10dude said:
Why? I learned on stick and drove MT for 12 years. Yeah, driving a stick can be fun on an open road but it absolutely stinks in traffic...

When I was younger, I felt it was sort of a "badge of honor" that could drive stick and other people couldn't... but in the end it was just pride.

(I do admit that a stick is better when the roads are really bad.. as in snow)
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Everyone should learn to drive a stick so that they will never be put in a situation where they needed to drive but could not, because of the big, bad clutch.

I have driven many cars belonging to others in my 30 (gasp) years of driving, and I am thankful that I learned on a stick. Never had to say "I can't drive that"
 
I decided to ask a friend who owns a truck to teach me to drive stick, just in case he can't. I can't imagine I'll ever need to though, not in the US anyway.
 
The first time I ever drove stick was on my own, I knew about friction point, I knew the clutch had to be in to get into gear, I knew I had to gas as I released the clutch pedal... I was able to back the car up 15m but never able to get it moving forward! lol. I gave up, gave the keys back to my boss and said you'll have to do the delivery, I can only drive your car backwards. lol.

My dad bought a cheap 1990 Corolla one day and officially taught me to drive stick with that for about 30 minutes, and a month later I ran out and got an 86 Honda Civic Wagon manual. I managed to do the hour drive back home without stalling once, although I did stall quite a bit for a week after that. :)

My wife drives stick and all four of her siblings have manual cars. My siblings know how to drive stick and use my car once in awhile but otherwise prefer to drive automatic. I take the train to work which is probably why I still enjoy driving manual transmission... if I had to drive to work it might be a different story. Still I'd have a daily automatic commuter and a fun manual weekend driver.
 
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KBrian said:
Everyone should learn to drive a stick so that they will never be put in a situation where they needed to drive but could not, because of the big, bad clutch.

I have driven many cars belonging to others in my 30 (gasp) years of driving, and I am thankful that I learned on a stick. Never had to say "I can't drive that"
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Again, it's pride. If you learn stick... Wonderful. Don't get me wrong. It definitely is a skill that is useful.

But simply telling people they need to learn stick just because they need to be able to drive any car is just silly. I don't feel any superior to any other driver just because I can drive stick. I'm sure in certain cases like on a farm or in other special cases, knowing how to drive a MT is a necesity but for the majority it's really not a requirement.
 
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