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Re: 2008 Update [coolmazda5] by jaxs1
Oct 17, 2007 (11:00 am)
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Oct 17, 2007 6:01 am)

It's missing stability control though. That is a must have feature in this class of vehicles.
The Mazda5 is the only one without it for 2008.
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Re: 2008 Update [jaxs1] by coolmazda5
Oct 17, 2007 (11:05 am)
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Replying to: jaxs1 (Oct 17, 2007 11:00 am)

Maybe, but good question, What class do you consider this car to be on?
 
Anyway, yup, it would be nice, but not a deal breaker for me if you ask.
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Re: 2008 Update [coolmazda5] by jaxs1
Oct 17, 2007 (11:48 am)
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Oct 17, 2007 11:05 am)

Any class you could consider it to be in. Minivan/CUV. They all have and usually even standard.
Even a Toyota Matrix http://www.toyotausa.com/vehicles/2008/matrix/key_features/vsc.html
 
The Mazda5 is mostly a minivan. It has sliding doors, it's shaped like a minivan and it's in the minivan category in these forums. All other minivans have stability control and have had it for a few years now.
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Re: 2008 Update [coolmazda5] by bobw3
Oct 17, 2007 (11:48 am)
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Oct 17, 2007 11:05 am)

I saw some interior photos, and I like the added armrests and 2nd row AC. Although ceiling vents would be better, considering the small interior size and the fact that there's 2 seats in the 2nd row versus a single bench, it looks like the 3rd row will also get some cool air from those vents too. That's my biggest concern with a 3 row vehicle without out ceiling vents...cooling off the 3rd row.
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Re: 2008 Update [bobw3] by jaxs1
Oct 17, 2007 (11:52 am)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Oct 17, 2007 11:48 am)

The really needed a bigger more powerful system. Just adding more vents to the existing weak system isn't going to be great on a hot day.
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Re: 2008 Update [jaxs1] by bobw3
Oct 17, 2007 (12:20 pm)
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Replying to: jaxs1 (Oct 17, 2007 11:52 am)

True...something to think about if you're buying in the winter. It's easy enough to test on a hot summer day. But as long as the air is coming out cold, it's just a matter of some fans and vents to get that air to the rear of the car, but if it's only cool air then you're right, more vents and fans won't help.
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Re: 2008 Update [jaxs1] by coolmazda5
Oct 17, 2007 (2:42 pm)
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Replying to: jaxs1 (Oct 17, 2007 11:48 am)

Any class you could consider it to be in. Minivan/CUV
 
...or a Small Wagon, or a Large Wagon, or an MPV, or...
 

The Mazda5 is mostly a minivan
 
I'm not sure if the forum classification makes me feel more confident . And yup, the sliding door makes it look like a minivan, but then it is difficult to explain why from the 1st Gen Premacy to the 2nd one the model overnight jumped from a spacious wagon into a minivan class, or why the Mazda MPV and the Mazda5 were selling side by side competing with each other for almost 2 years
 
Again, not a deal breaker for this Mazda5 mini-minivan, mini people mover, baseball mom car, ... hmmm , It is still a very affordable, well designed and equipped automobile.
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Re: 2008 Update [coolmazda5] by bobw3
Oct 17, 2007 (3:48 pm)
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Oct 17, 2007 2:42 pm)

One thing I noticed that hasn't changed is the wasted space on either side of the shifter. You'd think they could have put the shifter closer to the driver and have space on the right for some cubbies, like for an ipod or something. Right now you have the shifter with a lot of nothing on either side.
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Re: 2008 Update [bobw3] by coolmazda5
Oct 18, 2007 (11:17 am)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Oct 17, 2007 3:48 pm)

You are right, it seems that for the auto transmission model pictured there is a lot of unused space. At least a coin holder or similar would be nice
 
Now, I have a Manual Transmission Mazda5 with no navigation, and the shifter space seems to be better distributed (sample pic below). As per the shifter position, my other car is also manual and I feel that the Mazda shifter ergonomically is located much better than the other one (height and reach distance. I'm almost 6', the driver's seat is in the last position and decently reclined back), so the shifter-driver distance may not be as critical as filling up the empty space.
 
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Re: 2008 Update [coolmazda5] by bobw3
Oct 18, 2007 (12:13 pm)
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Oct 18, 2007 11:17 am)

Even in your photo, it seems as though they could have moved the shifter off-center, more towards the driver to free up some space on the right, but maybe with the manual it would have been more difficult. I'm just like lots of places to put small things: coins, phone, ipod, pens, etc... and when I see blank spots on the dash, I wonder how much more it would have cost just to mold the plastic inward to make a small bin and slap some rubber on the bottom. My little Honda Fit has lots of little places here and there for things like that, where-as my Ford Freestyle could use a few more, although the bin on top of the dash was a great innovation.

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