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Why would anybody buy seat covers that look like the standard trim? If anything, I would get custom-made seat covers in a color or fabric combination which gives relief to all that black! fowler3
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Replying to: fowler3 (Aug 02, 2006 9:59 am) Not to shift the blame to my wife, but she is the clean freak in our twosome. But, different strokes.. |
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Replying to: frank4cars (Sep 13, 2005 5:53 am) |
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If you care, you should probably wait. http://news.com.com/Carmakers+race+to+accommodate+iPods/2100-11389_3-6101744.htm- l?tag=fd_carsl |
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I live in sunny Pennsylvania [snort] and I'm wondering how this is going to go in the snow. I'm thinking front wheel drive should be okay, but maybe not. Will I need to buy snow tires? BTW, I have a 1993 Mazda Miata and I drive that year round. It is completely undriveable in the snow with all season radials, but when I put my Blizzak snow tires on it, my Miata feels like it has 4 wheel drive. I'm hoping the Mazda 5 would be the same way if I had to get snow tires for it. I can't state strongly enough the difference between real snow tires and all season radials. Like night and day. 
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Replying to: pat_the_rat (Aug 03, 2006 5:12 pm)
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Replying to: rideyourbike (Aug 03, 2006 6:10 pm)  While the stock tires are All-Seasons, they're still more performance oriented than anything else. I wouldn't completely count out the possibility of adding some snow tires. I'm going to see how the stock tires handle the '06-'07 winter and if need be, I'll buy some next summer. That being said, my wife's Solara has ultra-high performance tires and they handle the snow like a champ. For pretty much any FWD, just go easy on the gas, easy on the brakes and you'll be fine. JMO. |
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Although I haven't made a final decision on which van to buy, I test drove a Honda Odyssey (Idiocy) today and it was dealer priced at around $23k new (a 2006 model). Then I looked at the Mazda5 and the Honda was hands down a much better vehicle for only $3k more. So much more room there was no comparison. Seats were incredibly nice, too, which made the Mazda5 seats looks super cheap. The Honda was also priced better than the Mazda MPV, which also seemed cheap in comparison. Going to go look at a Toyota Sienna next. Hope I didn't bust anyone's bubble, but after side-by-side comparisons, there was no comparison.
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Hi. I've also posted this in the Entertainment forum, but I don't know if as many people look at that one... We're going to get a Mazda5 Touring this weekend. We're thinking about getting the moonroof package, which also includes the 6-cd changer. My question...does the 6-cd changer have an aux or PIE input that I can use for my XM unit? I've read here that some people have installed XMs to the radios, but I'm not sure if those were the 6-CD radios On another note (ha, ha...bad pun) does the Mazda5 come with HD radio? Thanks, Gabe |
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Replying to: pat_the_rat (Aug 04, 2006 11:07 am) Also people prefer Mazda5 because the fun to drive factor and great gas mileage. If you want to go bigger, faster and used more gas, there's a lot more choice other than Mazda5. |
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