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28 messages, Last post on May 22, 2009 at 11:06 PM
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Live in Montana and my CX 9 does NOT handle snow or ice well at all. Absolutley undriveable/unsafe. Anyone else having this problem? Suggestions? Ideas? Thanks.
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Replying to: HKMontana (Dec 22, 2008 10:00 pm) My recommendation is as follows: Go to Tire Rack and order the following: 4 P235/65R-18 Bridgestone Blizzak DM-Z3 - Total - $548.00 4 18x8 Sport Edition ST3 Bright Silver - Total -$516.00 4 315MHz Tire Pressure Sensor -Total - $264.00 Cost me $1400 shipped to my home in Boston, installed, balanced and ready to mount. Merry Christmas from Mazda! |
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Thanks...did the new tires completely fix the problem on snow and ice or just help some...a little or a lot? Yes, a great holiday gift from Mazda!
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Replying to: HKMontana (Dec 22, 2008 10:00 pm) The 18" wheels and tires I have not heard anyone have a problem with. I take a demo CX-9 home when it snows, and I always take a Sport or Touring and I get around just as good as my wife's Subi. |
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Replying to: HKMontana (Dec 23, 2008 6:58 am) No complaints so far.
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Replying to: howardru (Dec 23, 2008 10:39 am) With NAVI system - Ignition Acc or On - Menu->Navigation Setup->Calibration->Map Version->Up/Up->Down/Down (Up/Up means tapping the top-left corner of the LCD screen 2 times Down/Down means the bottom-left corner 2 times) Now you are in the hidden diagnostic mode of your CX9 NAVI system. One of the choice is "Error Code". Enjoy the other stuff. You would love it. (there are so much info in there - but no way to deactiavte the NAVI lockout - believe me, I have searched for it)  Hit Rtn or turn ignition off to get out of the diagnostic mode. There are some extra diagnostic codes one can enter to query more info, but that might be too much for most owners here...
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Replying to: howardru (Dec 23, 2008 10:39 am) I live in the Northeast as well, saw you posted on 12-23. I am considering a CX 9 AWD, and will travel occasionally to ski up North and generally drive around in the New England muck. How have you done during this most recent storm? Can you, or any others in the Forum, provide an opinion as to the worthiness of the CX 9 as a winter vehicle (grip, sliding, braking)?? Also, how are the new tires on dry pavement relative to road noise and handling? Will you use the winter tires as a winter only set up? Sounds like if I go the CX 9 route I should either negotiate a tire replacement at the buy, or resign myself to buy a winter set of tires and wheels. Also for all, any opinion on 18" vs 20" wheels? Thanks to All....KJ
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Replying to: kjinsk (Dec 24, 2008 10:41 am) I never drove the stock car and tires on snow here outside Worcester after reading all the postings about how bad the car was. I showed enough of these reports to my wife to convince her we should invest in the tires. With that said, since I put them on, I've had no problems driving up hills or stopping at stop signs or red lights. I have not done extensive driving on all snow, but mostly a lot of icy slush stuff up and down 495 and 290. It's only been about 2 weeks of snow now right? My biggest concern was how good the 18" Blizzak DMZ-3s would perform on dry or wet pavement. Not an issue at all. I think there is a little bit more road noise, but I guess I never really tried to listen to the tires before I put them on. I tried some deliberate fast acceleration in 1st gear to see how much the tires would slip and watch the Traction Control light come on, and it would not come on easily. The tires seemed to do well on straight packed snow. I bought the entire package off Tire Rack of tires, rims and TPMS so that I didn't have the local monkey at NTB scratching up my rims everytime I did the switch over. I plan to switch back to my normal stock rims/20" tires come April and hopefully the tires won't be work down too much so that I can use them the next 2 or 3 years. I'ld print out all these "issues" about the stock tires and bring it with you to the dealer for price negotiation and that it'll cost you about another $1400 for new tires/rims. Perhaps you can split the difference (they provide tires at $137 each and you pay for new rims for about the same and someone eats the TPMS if you want the light to be off for the winter). The only reason I went with the 18" was that the Blizzaks were $100 cheaper per tire and the new tire diameter was pretty much equivalent to my 20". Neither I nor my speedomter or odomoter know the difference. |
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