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Due to an accident our plans for a new car at the end of the year were thwarted. My husband and daughter were hit by someone making an illegal left 9 days ago. My husband fell in love with the 5's concept that afternoon, I think. We keep our cars forever and, like lots of others, I'd prefer a khaki/tan interior...and to have the other glitches resolved. But we test drove a Sport last Wed. We did some email requests for quotes but out of half dozen, got just one serious and careful reply with an actual quote. The rest were calls. Visited another Rockville MD's Congressional Motors yesterday and test drove the Touring  19,550. After some back and forth, dropped the deal on that and switched to a Sport (from another dealer). They agreed to match a competitor's price after I showed them the printout. But still wanted to add freight to everything. Eventually dropped the Sport's freight and later on the Touring we drove. That got us to 17982. Unlike another Mazda purchase, we were not asked to pay bogus fees,purchase an extended warranty and other tedious stuff. |
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We just picked up a pearl white 5GT. After living with it for a couple of days we find that the car is too bright and too noticeable - it stands out like a sore thumb. No one in the family is keen on driving it now. The car is great, but the colour.... Anyone know if Mazda sanctions the possibility to swap for another colour. This is in Ontario Caanada. |
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What would be a reasonable price on a Mazda5 Touring with automatic transmission, navigation, and dvd entertainment system? The 2 dealers nearby have had the same group of 5's on their lots since early February so I would think that I could do much better than invoice price perhaps? 
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Hi all, I've been reading a lot about the M5, and it looks like the right choice for my family (married, soon-to-be 5-year old, second child due in the fall). My local dealer (Ramsey, NJ) left me less-than-enthused a few years ago while shopping -- any recommendations as to good, respectable Mazda dealers in the greater NY/NJ/PA/CT area? I'm willing to travel a bit for a comfortable buying experience (an hour or two each way isn't out of the question). Thanks in advance for any info offered!
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Replying to: bksimon (May 02, 2006 12:39 pm) |
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When I picked up my new Mazda5 from the dealer the odometer reading was 191km. On my new purchases of NA cars the new mileage was always less than 5km. Is the high mileage normal for foreign cars?
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Replying to: kanata (May 04, 2006 5:00 am) |
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Replying to: tlong (May 01, 2006 7:08 pm) Now, as to low demand, how many more months of $3 gasoline do you think it will take, before all the people stuck on Hummers and Expeditions, catch on to what the future really holds, and realize their SUVs just make them look dumb, not cool? The 5 is perfectly posed to serve a large US market if people would only wake up and figure it out. We are using ours as the family car, and there are five of us plus a big dog. Yes, a camping trip will need for us to take two cars. What's that, maybe an extra 10 gallons of gas one time? In the meantime, we save that much every single week. I am old enough to remember the 70s gas crises, and what a bizarre assortment of models were on the market, even advertized, to trumpet gas mileage. Cadillacs with 100hp diesel engines or with 125hp Buick V6s. Ford Squaremont station wagons with 4cyl and 4sp stick. Chrysler New Yorkers with 4 cyl engines. (and a whole lot of other more appealing and sensible cars -- this era was when at least here on the West Coast, Japanese cars first started satisfying large numbers of customers.) I predict that in another year or two, Mazda will have a lot more competition, and will be recognized for being ahead of the game. |
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Replying to: whobodym (Apr 22, 2006 8:14 am) All I did on the survey was politely point out that at the agreed delivery time, I was kept waiting alone about an hour or so because the paperwork was not ready, and that the car had not been detailed (which I enjoyed doing myself anyway). I did call this experience "acceptable" or "good" (I don't remember exactly) but no way was it "excellent". I was willing to let all this go by, but last night the salesman called me on the phone, during dinner, to hassle me about my survey answers! I'm sympathetic he lost money, but, come on, this is total yuck-o as customer experience. I even repeated to him my complete satisfaction with the car itself and its price, and said I had been planning to refer interested friends in the future. But now, I've been told he doesn't want to see any of my friends come in! I hope he learns, we should all do our venting on the Internet!
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