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Replying to: frank4cars (Aug 17, 2005 7:08 am) 
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Replying to: smaria (Aug 17, 2005 8:49 am) |
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Replying to: driverinva (Aug 17, 2005 6:29 pm) A quick Villager/Mazda5 comparison: Mercury Villager: 170-hp, 4050 pounds: 0.042-hp per pound Mazda5: 157-hp, 3389 pounds (for the AT): 0.046-hp per pound So, the Mazda5 has more hp-per-pound. If we fill each of them up with 1000 pounds of people/stuff: Villager: 0.034-hp per pound Mazda5: 0.036-hp per pound The Mazda5 still wins. Horespower isn't the whole story (torque and other things are important too), but the Mazda5 has more HP per pound than the Villager, so you shouldn't miss your Villager's 170-hp. My guess is the Mazda5 will feel more powerful! The best way to find out for sure is to do a test drive. |
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Replying to: driverinva (Aug 17, 2005 6:29 pm) |
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Replying to: bobw3 (Aug 17, 2005 9:52 am) The outside temp was 85 and sunny (rather than 95 and hot like last week), but the AC still didn't seem adequate for the middle seats even though I had it on full speed 70% of the time. (I turned it off the other 30% to see how the wind noise and road noise were.) I tilted them upward as mentioned on this board. My daughter complained that she was still too hot and I didn't think the air ever felt cold, just cool. The dealer said that Mazda has sent notice that the coolant that is put in the cars in Japan is not as good as it should be. And if the dealer drains the original coolant and puts in new coolant that improves the AC a lot. Has anyone else heard this? Have any purchasers had their dealer do this or know if their dealer putting in new coolant to improve their AC?
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Replying to: driverinva (Aug 19, 2005 12:09 pm) |
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Replying to: driverinva (Aug 17, 2005 6:29 pm) Also, much to my surprise - they said that they could feel the A/C just fine.(I angle the middle vents straight up and close the side vents completely) Another thing that I knew about, but was surprised with in reality was the way that the seating is configured so that you can see everyone from the front seats. I was sitting in the passenger seat and turned to say something to my brother in the 3rd row and I could actually see all 4 passengers and hold a single conversation with ease.
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Replying to: momstoy (Aug 20, 2005 8:20 pm) I had the same experience this weekend while driving some friends around in 85+ degree weather (one friend in the passenger seat and 2 in the 2nd row). Because of all of the AC discussion that's gone on in these forums, I was worried that the AC might not be reaching the 2nd row. So I asked my friends if they were cool enough. They replied that they were fine, and that they could feel the AC breeze both on their faces and on their feet/legs! I was very surprised by the "on their feet" comment. Our Mazda salesman told us that the AC comes out from below the 2nd row seats (no recognizable "vents", but the AC comes out through the tracks that the 2nd row seats are mounted on)...this might be what my friends could feel. Either way, everyone was happy 
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Replying to: smaria (Aug 22, 2005 6:24 am)
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Replying to: momstoy (Aug 22, 2005 9:59 am) |
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