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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
(lol2) we really didnt want to but it's the smartest thing for us. Will still be taking the MS3 to the Dragon next year tho 
What have you done to your non-mazda today?
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I guess this counts as something for my non-mazda:
Picked up a little added piece of mind in the event of an accident. Got it mainly for the motorcycle, but good to have the rest of the time too, obv.
Bright red, and though they don't advertize this feature, the stitching down the side is reflective. Nice added bonus in the dark. We got one for my wife as well. She has a much more involved medical history (allergies, surgeries, meds, multiple emergency contacts, doctors' numbers, etc., etc., etc.), so we got her the "interactive" one that has a phone number or web address, along with a serial and pin number, so that first responders / docs can get all her relevant medical info in one place if they can't get ahold of me in an emergency.
EDIT: Yes, blood type's not on there. Mostly because I don't know my blood type (crazy, I know). Next time I get a physical, I'll get blood-typed and have my tag updated. It's a small matter and the tags are replaceable on the wrist-bands.
Picked up a little added piece of mind in the event of an accident. Got it mainly for the motorcycle, but good to have the rest of the time too, obv.
Bright red, and though they don't advertize this feature, the stitching down the side is reflective. Nice added bonus in the dark. We got one for my wife as well. She has a much more involved medical history (allergies, surgeries, meds, multiple emergency contacts, doctors' numbers, etc., etc., etc.), so we got her the "interactive" one that has a phone number or web address, along with a serial and pin number, so that first responders / docs can get all her relevant medical info in one place if they can't get ahold of me in an emergency.
EDIT: Yes, blood type's not on there. Mostly because I don't know my blood type (crazy, I know). Next time I get a physical, I'll get blood-typed and have my tag updated. It's a small matter and the tags are replaceable on the wrist-bands.
Why don't sports bikes come with pads like those from the factory!? I've never felt as stable on the bike as I did on my ride in today. That's easily the best bang / $ mod I've done on it so far. Seems like such a small insignificant thing until suddenly your knees AREN'T sliding down the tank every time you let off the throttle / get on the brakes. Love it.
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
Sold the S2000
I love how with motorcycles you can get stuff for yourself but it's still technically for your "ride".
New winter gloves. So much more comfortable than the old ones I had, and WAY brighter than the all-black-leather the other ones were:
New winter gloves. So much more comfortable than the old ones I had, and WAY brighter than the all-black-leather the other ones were:
I've seen those. I'd wear gloves inside of them too. They have 'em here too, I'm just not crazy enough to ride when it's THAT cold out.
...Yet. I actually do want to get a set of motocross hand-guards to put in front of the grips for winter though. Unless you get heated gloves & grips (or those huge-ass muppet-mitts you described), the wind at 50+ mph will get your hands cold in a hurry.
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VW can eat ALL THE DICKS.
I had to replace the front strut tops & bearings because they've been using the same, s*** ass design since the 1970s Rabbit. No big deal, right? It's just a couple of struts. How hard could it be? (bang)
Instead of having a couple of bolts that go through the bottom of the strut, like say, with a Mazda Protege, where you undo the 2 bolts and the end link and the knuckle falls free of the strut, the German Engineers decided to go with a collar design. What happens, do you think, with friction-retained, metal to metal connections, after 11 years and 80,000 miles? They become practically welded together, that's what. And there wasn't even rust! It was just stuck as all hell.
30+ minutes with a sledge hammer. PER SIDE. To get it knocked loose. I haven't sworn that much while working on a car since I replaced the ball joints on the Miata without really having the proper tool. Once that was rectified, it was easy peasy.
And here's what really pisses me off: If they wanted to be clever and actually take their head out of their collective ass, it could have been made pretty easily serviceable. If the collar itself was threaded instead of having a nut and bolt, you could put something in the "split" then run the bolt in from the threaded side and use that to force it apart, making it pretty easy to drop the knuckle off the strut. But no, you've got to wedge a pry bar in there where there's virtually no space for a pry-bar, with one hand, and shmang it with a sledge-hammer with the other.
Or they could have just made a design that isn't retarded to do any service on.
What a piece of s***.
I had to replace the front strut tops & bearings because they've been using the same, s*** ass design since the 1970s Rabbit. No big deal, right? It's just a couple of struts. How hard could it be? (bang)
Instead of having a couple of bolts that go through the bottom of the strut, like say, with a Mazda Protege, where you undo the 2 bolts and the end link and the knuckle falls free of the strut, the German Engineers decided to go with a collar design. What happens, do you think, with friction-retained, metal to metal connections, after 11 years and 80,000 miles? They become practically welded together, that's what. And there wasn't even rust! It was just stuck as all hell.
30+ minutes with a sledge hammer. PER SIDE. To get it knocked loose. I haven't sworn that much while working on a car since I replaced the ball joints on the Miata without really having the proper tool. Once that was rectified, it was easy peasy.
And here's what really pisses me off: If they wanted to be clever and actually take their head out of their collective ass, it could have been made pretty easily serviceable. If the collar itself was threaded instead of having a nut and bolt, you could put something in the "split" then run the bolt in from the threaded side and use that to force it apart, making it pretty easy to drop the knuckle off the strut. But no, you've got to wedge a pry bar in there where there's virtually no space for a pry-bar, with one hand, and shmang it with a sledge-hammer with the other.
Or they could have just made a design that isn't retarded to do any service on.
What a piece of s***.
If it worked for Ze Germans, it's got to be good!
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