RE: What irritrates you about Mazda 5?
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RE: What irritrates you about Mazda 5? - 9/5/2007 8:30:02 AM
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thawkes
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I love the space, gas mileage, and build quality of my 4-week old Mazda 5. Auto transmission 17-in wheels. What I hate in descending order:
- Road noise on some surfaces. On the 416 highway south of Ottawa there is one stretch where the noise is really really loud. Anyone out there have a suggestion for reducing it?
- Lack of an armrest on the passenger seat
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RE: What irritrates you about Mazda 5? - 9/5/2007 8:46:10 AM
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wazza
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ORIGINAL: thawkes
...Road noise on some surfaces. On the 416 highway south of Ottawa there is one stretch where the noise is really really loud. Anyone out there have a suggestion for reducing it?
Few years ago i bought an old 1986 peugeot 205 1.0 litre to commute to work in because of high mileages i covered. Being a basic model with lack of proper sound proofing it was very noisey on certain surfaces on the motorway (freeway) travelling at 70+ mph. My solution? A set of earplugs. My workplace had plenty of them on the factory floor so i 'borrowed' some. :-)
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< Message edited by wazza -- 9/5/2007 8:47:56 AM >
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RE: What irritrates you about Mazda 5? - 9/5/2007 9:45:16 AM
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PHILIP
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The vehicle overall is great. Perfect for our young family right now. Things I would change. 1, Shut off seat belt minders. 2, Do not like low profile tires, too suspectable to curb damage. 3, Be able to lock the doors without all doors being shut (for those of us with young children). 4, Diesel engine option in US. 5, Spin on oil filter. As you can see, these are pretty minor, except for #2. Replacement oem wheels are hard to find and expensive. Philip.
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RE: What irritrates you about Mazda 5? - 9/5/2007 10:47:27 AM
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jayd4wg
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the A/C is dreadfully inadequate. I live in Vegas and unless the amb temp is under 95° F, it simply won't bring the cabin to a comfy temp. I have the windows tinted DARK and still no dice. I'm actually thinking about an invention to reflect light and heat away from the auto glass, but its a tad bit inconvenient.
Though the stereo sounded ok, i elected to add a subwoofer - a single 10 is just about perfect and some listeners may not even need that much bass, a single ported or bandpass 8" will do the trick.
I hate that there is no arm rest on the passenger side...actually my wife hates it as she does not ever drive the five. It's MINE MINE...ALL MINE MUAHAHAHA
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. New member today. Orderd my new 5 furano 2.0 petrol in galaxy gray with leather seats and 17" wheels last week get it the end of the month paid £500 deposit pay rest when pick up thought i got a bargain got it for £16,500 with the leather and a free set of matts chucked in, instead of £17,995 Now haveing second toughts about it from this good site of yours about tyer wear etc what should i do cancel or say something when i go to pick the car up??????????? 
