Mazda Lantis

[stfelipe]

Hi, new here. Anyhow, does anyone now what the manufacturers recommendation for service checks on a 1995 5-door 2.0L V6 Type-R Mazda Lantis might be? (its a jazzed up japanese version of the 323F and astina).

I have a manual and have I've spent hours looking at the pictures in it -- they are very good and explain a lot of things, but i can't read Japanese and miss out on some of the big picture stuff.

Specifically, I have a bumper-to-bumper warranty with my local toyota service department. They require the car be serviced according to the manufacturers guidelines. I've been told this means either every 10,000km or 6 months, whichever comes up the soonest (I always get my oil changed every 10,000km). But it seems silly to me to take my car in to the garage next week having only done 3,000km in the last 6months.

I thought i'd find out from you experts what the story is.

It is best to go for servicing between 10,000-15,000 km

I drove an Astina years back and it gave helluva problems. I found out the previous owner hardly serviced the vehicle at all. But since you hardly drove the vehicle, wait till u clock 10,000 km then service it.

cheers.

 

[stfelipe]

Thanks all for your expert advice. Being young and foolish (maybe) I had to try running 91 octane. It gave 11km/L which is ok. I have gone back to 98 because the engine sounds slightly better and the cost per Litre per mileage works out about the same. Better to look after the engine I think. I don't want to wear the cylinders any faster than I have to...

On an aside, a year ago i had my wheel alignment done because the car was pulling right. I had to take it back because the car was still pulling right but not as bad. They did a second wheel alignment free of charge and then told me that tire wear was causing the car to pull right, not the wheel alignment. So for a year I've been driving my car with it pulling right just a little (which in New Zealand is towards the center of the road). I just had my wheel alignment done by a different garage the other week and now my car is running straight. Both front tires were toe-in, way outside specifications and the front left was worn on the inside So the moral of the story is don't believe any funny stories you're told. If it ain't going proper, they've muffed it.

Finally, The car has a super quiet engine and hardly any wind noise (mainly from spider webs hanging off the wing mirrors -- those spiders only need one night). The tire noise is dreadful though. It came with four Bridgestone Potenza RE88 all weather tyres which have provided me with excellent grip. Don't like the noise though. And the fronts are over half worn having only done 15,000 km. (no i don't have a heavy foot and i don't do burnouts!) Yes, i've rotated them to the back so i'll have to buy four tires in about two years (hopefully not sooner). What's a good budget brand to buy quiet tires from?

Tyres, depends on your budget. I recommend Toyo or Hankook for budget, they are both tyres meant for city + long distance and not racing/drifting/funny stunts.

 

[chillidevil]

I'm a newbie here myself but i curently have 205/50R15 toyo proxes T1S on my car. I drove a pug 206 2.0HDI before with toyo proxes CF1 and all i can say they stick like hell but don't last too long . Pug has 30K km on toyo's(20K mi) and they started showing first signs of wearing down(previously driven on pirelli P3000 which lasted 70K km or 45K mi ) . Point is if you want performance then buy yokohama , bridgestone or toyo but if you can get pirelli tyres they'r great and give good balance of performance and durability . Toyo's a bit noisy though . But that's just my opinion , good luck finding the perfect rubber!