So how fast have you driven your MAZDA5

[miatafied]

LOL - my sister said that she's only seen 2 mazda5's on the road - and both were in the left lane hauling tail!!

 

[7red7]

This car really likes to go fast and the speed sneaks up on you...We were on the stretch of the 5 freeway here in California where it is a straight shot with nothing but hundreds of miles of open road...While on the trip, I tested it out to see how far I could take it, but I let off the gas at 120mph as the engine sounded like it was working a bit too hard and the RPM's were resting in the 5,500 range...While driving, I got our 5 up to 110mph without noticing a couple of times...

 

[hogansvt]

80-85 for a short time.

 

[dommo_g]

I started to run out of room to keep going, and that poor little thing was having a hard time, but the needle was still slowly creeping up when I let off.

On a related note, I hit 150 in my other car for the first time, about 152-153. Damn!

 

[Zoom5Zoom]

I started to run out of room to keep going, and that poor little thing was having a hard time, but the needle was still slowly creeping up when I let off.

On a related note, I hit 150 in my other car for the first time, about 152-153. Damn!

DAMN SWEET PIC....great work bring it on (ughdance) (ughdance) (ughdance)

 

[7red7]

I have an Automatic and the 5 will do 120 given enough roadway. I only had about 2 1/2 miles of road on regular unleaded (87 octane), with one 175 lb passenger, 40 lbs of tire pressure. There is a slight chance there is 1 or 2 mph left in it, but I doubt it.

Same here, the wife and I were driving on I-5 late at night here in California and even without another car in sight and all of that open road, our 5 seemed to top out at 120mph...

The funny thing is, the engine didn't seem to sound like it was laboring at all...The rpm's were up there, and I'd definitely try to avoid making it a habit of cruising that high for any extended length of time, but damn this minivan can zoom!!!

As for my regular driving...I like to keep it around 75-80mph on the freeways...It seems to really like that speed and cruises perfectly with 37PSI (cold) per tire



DAN

 

[Mazda5wannabe]

My 5 cut off the gas at 120mph on the nose. Took less time to get there than I thought it would, and I had another 1000 revs before redline. Without the limiter I bet it would hit 130 easy.

 

[paging_drburgos]

damn its a minivan. why the hell would anyone want to go above 70mph?

hmmm ..... nah sorry i'll save my remark.

yeah this lil engine has some balls. I cruise at 75-80 when its not bumper to bumper. The fastest ive taken it was 95 but it wasnt on purpose...the car just wants to go faster.

 

[jandree22]

Ill contribute to this now I had a fun commute in today

Theres this long 90* bend in the Interstate where it ends and merges into a perpendicular Interstate. I stay in the passing lane and blast past two cars around the curve Im guessing at about 75-80 (the 5 completely keeps its composure the entire turn), then I get to a straight away and open er up. I can honestly say its the first time Ive ever redlined a car in 4th gear, eek! I think I got to 103. God bless the brakes for a great job and the next exit ramp then too, double eek!

I was kind of shocked when I glanced at the spedo and saw the needle past triple digits. I honestly thought I was going, maybe 80-something? The little 2.3 is quite the worker bee, it got up there seemingly effortlessly.

I love my 5

 

[paging_drburgos]

it does a great job at keeping its composure doesnt it

 

[Kojack]

i will stretch its legs on the highway, and to the post earlier, its not a minivan, if you find me a minivan that handles like the 5, i will buy it. no minivan can handle like the 5

 

[coolmazda5]

I swear I've seen my wife hitting 64mph on a 55mph limit highway (wow) .

No, seriously never tried to max it out, but I think we got to 85mph once... yeah, very boring but, what can I do? Is the family ride, so I usually don't drive it on my own for long distances

 

[zoomzoom mazda5]

Got it to 80mph on I-4 from Tampa to Orlando, to many cars&trucks and state troopers (posted speed 50 - 70). It rode very good under these conditions (road work everywhere) and every 2 or 3 cars would just slow down to look at the Mazda5.

 

[HotRodSaint]

...and to the post earlier, its not a minivan, if you find me a minivan that handles like the 5, i will buy it. no minivan can handle like the 5

Some people are just insecure in their manhood. That's why SUV's are popular when a station wagon would be much more practical for 99% of SUV owners.

And I agree it's not a minivan. It's a segmant busting "sport wagon".

 

[Mazda5wannabe]

LOL That very point came up in conversation just yesterday. The statement was made "the bigger the SUV, the smaller the equipment". Naturally, I pointed out that the opposite was true "the bigger the equipment, the greater the likelihood of owning a Mazda 5"! (nana)

 

[coolmazda5]

LOL That very point came up in conversation just yesterday. The statement was made "the bigger the SUV, the smaller the equipment". Naturally, I pointed out that the opposite was true "the bigger the equipment, the greater the likelihood of owning a Mazda 5"! (nana)

ROFLMAO

 

[Bo_denmark]

It's 205km/solid. Not much room after that. did it yesterday on the autobahn got to 180 pretty fast with lots of pull left. After that it creeps to 200 then the last 5 is a real push. This was on the straight-a-way, flat spot about 5 km long. Not really somthing I want to do again. More like flying than driving ;o)

This was with TD not Benzin. Not sure what unleaded/benzin would do.

Nice to say... been there, done that ;o)

Be safe ya'll (thumb) !

Year Diesel ruls

205km/h in my 5'er

 

[colk]

Got it to 80mph on I-4 from Tampa to Orlando, to many cars&trucks and state troopers (posted speed 50 - 70). It rode very good under these conditions (road work everywhere) and every 2 or 3 cars would just slow down to look at the Mazda5.

hehe I know what you mean I thought they had finished at least twice but nooooo we just have to pull up more road
2007 Mazda 5 Brilliant black sport
Tampa FL

 

[snax]

I don't think I've had ours past 70 mph. 69 maybe. Lookout. I'm dangerous.

 

[TX Speed 6]

sorry to butt in on your thread here... but I'm just curious for the guys that got their 5's to 120, isn't it scary going that fast in a car like that? how well does this thing actually behave at high speeds? If its actually pretty stable I'm impressed because my mustang feels like its going to fly off the road when I hit 115!!!