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Found an 06 Sport with a manual in Black with a black cloth interior and only 54K miles. It's even at a Mazda dealer and might be eligable for the CPO program. The price is very attractive, too!
Hmmm... I need to drag the wife and the checkbook down there tomorrow morning...
Javelin wrote:the CPO program. The price is very attractive, too!
The wha?
Certified Pre-Owned. On Mazda's it extends the warranty to 7 years/70K miles. Unfortunately this dealer does not do CPO's. Oh well, still worth a look! The things look freakishly good lowered...
A great wheel upgrade for 3s and 5s are RX8 wheels. 18x8, correct bolt pattern, offset, hub bore, readily available for reasonable prices with TPMS, and very lightweight for the size. You can fit a 225/40 18 in there.
On a 5:
And on my girlfriend's 3, painted gunmetal. Stock ride height
They look killer lowered, but I don't think I'd lower a DD 5.
I already have to use the sissor jack just to get a floor jack under the 5. Probably one of the lowest stock cars I've ever had, and the underside of the front airdam already hits some speed bumps.......
I would replace the stock shocks though, they pretty much suck. I'm planning on replacing them with Koni's next year. You can get adjustable Koni's from the Tire rack for only $20 more then nonadjustables..... so why not.
I'm actually a bit excited about doing this, since for a mini-mini van it handles extremely well and going with some Koni's would really make this thing fun.!
Chris Rummel
I think my Mom's is great. Since buying a house I have been borrowing it quite a bit. The only major complaints she's had are rough/erratic shifting (which was solved by an ECU update), and squeaks from the rear swaybar body bushings. The car has been back to the dealer 3 times for the squeaking swaybar, each time they have either replaced or greased those bushings, but it always comes back. I think the problem is that once they grease the bushings they are no longer operating in their designed manner - the grease film goes away, and the squeaking comes back. The bushing was probably designed to provide compliance via the deformation of the rubber, but wasn't quite sized large enough to achieve that. I probably ought to just install poly bushings, put zerk fittings on the brackets, and tell her to make sure they get lubricated at every oil change.
Just bringing an old thread back: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new-cars/2012-107-5-grand-touring/
We just drove the latest Mazda5.
How do two 3's a 4 and a 5 star add up to an overall 5 star rating? Shouldn't it be like 3.75 stars?
The "overall" rating isn't an average of the other scores, it's scored seperately as the reviewer's overall impression of the car.
I may as well update. I posted in this thread back in January about ours (on page 1). Now up to nearly 60,000 km. The only issue we've had is the squeaky rear bushings. Fixed under warranty at the last service but it sounds like it will likely come back. The stock Toyo's suck, and unfortunately due to using winter tires in the winter, the Toyo's will last through next summer. They're noisy as hell and flat spot overnight. It takes several minutes on a coolish morning for the thumping to disappear. Great car overall. I can't think of a better vehicle for daily all-round use for our family of four.
