am I on the first 10 owner list?

[vizeta]

Hi everybody, nice to join here. Just placed order for my Mazda5 on Sat. and this is my first mazda i drive in my life. Since the dealer only has silver demo. I can hv an option to pick another color before I pickup my reserved silver. I'm interested in white pearl but the sale guy told me don't expect to get white GS by Nov...... Any body here ordered white pearl? how long it takes in your city? Thanks.

[Protege52003]

nice choice with a mazda.....welcome to the board!

lots of good info here......

-R

[Captain KRM P5]

welcome to the forums and congrats on your new purchase :)

[RODSCALIP5]

Welcome and congrats on the Mazda 5. You are 1 of 3 so far on this board.

[vizeta]

Thanks everybody. But i dont' think i can drive my new baby till mid Aug. can't wait for it....

[fam]

1 of 4, My Touring with NAV comes in august 1!

[perfecto]

2 owners and a couple of orders... :)

[vizeta]

growing growing!!! ;)
actually, the actual order number should be alot more in local. u can hardly to see the demo car stops in my local dealer.

[smaria]

growing growing!!! ;)
actually, the actual order number should be alot more in local. u can hardly to see the demo car stops in my local dealer.

I ordered one too, almost 2 weeks ago (on July 2). I ordered a Platinum Silver, Auto trans., Sport w/Fog Lights. I was told it'll be in by the 4th week in July...can't wait to pick it up!

[vizeta]

I ordered one too, almost 2 weeks ago (on July 2). I ordered a Platinum Silver, Auto trans., Sport w/Fog Lights. I was told it'll be in by the 4th week in July...can't wait to pick it up!

I may take Platinum Silver too. How do u like it compare with white pearl?

[smaria]

I may take Platinum Silver too. How do u like it compare with white pearl?

Actually, white pearl is the only color I haven't seen the Mazda5 in (if internet photos count as having "seen" all the other colors). My wife and I really liked the Platinum Silver in person though (that's the color that we test drove), so there's no chance that we'd like the white better.

Except for people who really love white cars, the white pearl's probably not going to be worth the extra $200 US.

[ZoomZoomH]

take a look at the white RX-8s on the lot if they have them, it's the same paint, it is a very subtle but nice paint :)

[vizeta]

yeah, it's a very nice pearl white but i don't want to wait till Nov. :(
weird, here is no additional charge for white color...

[vizeta]

pictures

[vizeta]

pictures again

[smaria]

weird, here is no additional charge for white color...

I just tried to build a Mazda5 on the Mazda Canada website. It charged me nothing for black, $200 for white, and $105 for any color except black and white.

On the Mazda USA site, there's no extra charge for anything except white...and white's $200.

That does seem very strange. In Canada, white is $95 Canadian more than any other color. But in the US, white is $200 US more than any other color. That's definitely inconsistent...maybe they're still working on the pricing?

[ZoomZoomH]

it's just different pricing for different countries... RX-8's whites also carry a $200 surcharge

[ZoomZoomH]

for US that is

[perfecto]

The white looks good, but it's white... it'd never look like that for very long. :)

[vizeta]

The white looks good, but it's white... it'd never look like that for very long. :)
i think i better take silver then.... ;)

[wannabe]

silver always looks the best...but its also the most common car color...but i still like it (thumb)

[Kaian]

i think i better take silver then.... ;)

Here's my take on all the colors. This is all very quick and unscientific:


Brilliant Black It's basic black and looks pretty sharp. I think this color is a bit too strong with the dark interior and makes the whole car a heat magnet. But if you really like black, this looks good. I'd have picked this during my 'goth' phase back in high school. :)

Carbon Gray Closer to an off-black than a silver in my eyes, and anyone thinking about black should look at this for comparison. I think it works a bit better than black as it's a little more unique, and this might have been my second choice in colors if I hadn't been seduced by Phantom Blue.

Cardinal Red As perfecto pointed out with pictures, the red has hints of pink at times, and I like the Velocity Red on the Mazda3 a little better than this. This isn't a bad color though -- just not what I was expecting. On a side note, if they had picked the Lava Orange Mica color from the Mazda3 in this spot I think it would have looked killed and I'd have been torn to make a decision.

Phantom Blue This is the 'signature color' that Mazda uses on their web pages. And it's my pick. It's a cross between blue and green and seems to change colors like a chameleon. You really need to see this in person, it looks really nice.

I suspect it'll be pretty popular. It seems to me it's the only color that really stand out from the normal colors people expect. Not too popular though I hope, or else I'll be forced to go to modding to stand out. :)

Platinum Silver What I like about the silver is how the exterior works with the interior, which has a bit of silver in it. I think the silver looks pretty nice and I can see why this will be a popular color -- possibly the most popular color.

But next time you go out for a drive, play a little mental drinking game and count the number of silver cars on the road. Around here it seems like 40%-60% of all cars at any given time are some kind of silver. Don't get me wrong -- it is nice, and for those who pick it I'm sure they'll be happy with it. I would have been stunned if there wasn't a silver color, to be honest.

Stellar Silver This is an interesting silverish/bluish color that I find hard to describe. At first I thought it was more a primer than a color until I looked at it closely. Hee! On one hand I like this better than the Platinum Silver because it's a little more interesting and unique than traditional silvers, but it's really a bit too subtle for my personal tastes. I think this is a color people should look at if they are thinking about silver or white.

Strato Blue I never saw this in person, but I was pointed to another Mazda (a 6, maybe?) that supposedly was the same color. A blue/purple mix that doesn't really speak to me. I'd have rather seen the Winning Blue if another blue-like color had to be added, but I might be judging this too quickly. Eventually I'll see one in person and have a better feel for the color.

Whitewater Pearl Eh, it's white. If you like white it's nice. Saw it from a distance and I'm sadly not interested enough in white so I didn't check it out too closely. Also, it seems that after silver there's another 30% of white cars out there.


Overall I can look at each color and see some good qualities to them, but I wish Mazda would have mixed it up a bit more. A nice warm yellow or orange type color is what I really feel is missing. That said, I'm really happy with my Phantom Blue and it's chameleon like ability to look like three or four slightly different colors each time I look at it.

[wongpres]

Pricing for colors is different for MazdaUSA and Mazda Canada.

In Canada, base colors are +$0 (e.g. Mazda5 Brilliant Black), metallics & mica's are +$105 (e.g. Carbon Grey Mica), and the special Snowflake White is +$200.

In the USA, all colors are +$0 (so base, metallics, mica's all in one group), with the Whitewater Pearl +$200.

US Whitewater Pearl = Canadian Snowflake White, it's just marketing. The difference between this Whitewater Pearl and the current whites on other vehicles is that the Whitewater Pearl has flakes in it (it uses a special formula, hence the price increase).

[perfecto]

Brilliant Black It's basic black and looks pretty sharp. I think this color is a bit too strong with the dark interior and makes the whole car a heat magnet. But if you really like black, this looks good. I'd have picked this during my 'goth' phase back in high school. :)

I would agree - it does look really sharp in black, and with the windows tinted it would look awesome. I didn't pick black because I have already owned a black car and it looked great for about a year... and then it started to get scratched up and stuff.


Carbon Gray Closer to an off-black than a silver in my eyes, and anyone thinking about black should look at this for comparison. I think it works a bit better than black as it's a little more unique, and this might have been my second choice in colors if I hadn't been seduced by Phantom Blue.

Yeah it is very very very close to black, my wife had a hard time telling the difference between the black and the carbon grey. It did look really sharp though, and like you Kaian I would choose they grey over black.


Cardinal Red As perfecto pointed out with pictures, the red has hints of pink at times, and I like the Velocity Red on the Mazda3 a little better than this. This isn't a bad color though -- just not what I was expecting. On a side note, if they had picked the Lava Orange Mica color from the Mazda3 in this spot I think it would have looked killed and I'd have been torn to make a decision.

I was disappointed with the red, I wanted something bright and vibrant that would stand out in the crowd in a red and this isn't it. I likened it to a Kia or a Saturn colour. Yes, that is harsh criticism... but I wanted red! :)


Phantom Blue This is the 'signature color' that Mazda uses on their web pages. And it's my pick. It's a cross between blue and green and seems to change colors like a chameleon. You really need to see this in person, it looks really nice.

I suspect it'll be pretty popular. It seems to me it's the only color that really stand out from the normal colors people expect. Not too popular though I hope, or else I'll be forced to go to modding to stand out. :)

I agree that it looks a LOT better in person than on the web - I saw it under the lights at an Auto Show and was thinking "Great looking car, but I don't like the colour much". Then I saw it in the sunshine at the dealership when I was shooting pictures and my mind was changed... it's a nice colour and it will be very popular. Sorry Kaian. :)


Platinum Silver What I like about the silver is how the exterior works with the interior, which has a bit of silver in it. I think the silver looks pretty nice and I can see why this will be a popular color -- possibly the most popular color.

It will be one of the most popular colours, because it is very stunning to look at. In the shade, it's straight silver. Nothing you've not seen before. In the sun? It's goldy-silver, and very stunningl Of course, I would say that right? :)


Stellar Silver This is an interesting silverish/bluish color that I find hard to describe. At first I thought it was more a primer than a color until I looked at it closely. Hee! On one hand I like this better than the Platinum Silver because it's a little more interesting and unique than traditional silvers, but it's really a bit too subtle for my personal tastes. I think this is a color people should look at if they are thinking about silver or white.

Go see it, that's the best advice I can give, because despite what you said here I found it incredibly ugly. It's a very light mint green. You'd take it over silver!? :)


Strato Blue I never saw this in person, but I was pointed to another Mazda (a 6, maybe?) that supposedly was the same color. A blue/purple mix that doesn't really speak to me. I'd have rather seen the Winning Blue if another blue-like color had to be added, but I might be judging this too quickly. Eventually I'll see one in person and have a better feel for the color.

Another chameleon colour, but one you can easily see in person. Why? It's exactly the same as the Strato/Indigo Blue on the Mazda 3. If you like Purple, then go for it, because in the sun this car is purple. :)

I would have bought a "Winning Blue". I wouldn't buy a Barney... err... Strato Blue.

By the way, this colour is called "Indigo Blue" instead of Strato Blue in Canada.


Whitewater Pearl Eh, it's white. If you like white it's nice. Saw it from a distance and I'm sadly not interested enough in white so I didn't check it out too closely. Also, it seems that after silver there's another 30% of white cars out there.

I've seen this one in person and it's very nice, if you like white. It's like the RX-8 white in that it has multi-coloured "flecks" in it, which is why it is more expensive.

I went into this wanting a car that was going to look new for a long time, which is why I (and thousands of car buyers everywhere) went for the silver. :) I'm really really happy with it so far as well.

[Kaian]

Go see it, that's the best advice I can give, because despite what you said here I found it incredibly ugly. It's a very light mint green. You'd take it over silver!? :)



No, as I said overall it's not for me. I thought it was a little more interesting in that it surprised me more by not being what I expected. If someone was thinking about silver and at the same time having second thoughts about silver due to its overall popularity, then maybe they'd like it (even though I'm not even sure 'silver' is a good descriptor of it). I recall more blue tones than green but I could be wrong.

I just get the feeling it's a more polarizing color people will really like or be very 'eh' towards. I like it for being different than expectations, but I don't like it as a color I'd choose, if that clarification makes sense.

[perfecto]

:) Cool, must have mis-understood. My big surprise is they didn't bring the "Sunlight Silver" over, which is the bright silver-colour. I thought for sure they would.

[Kaian]

:) Cool, must have mis-understood. My big surprise is they didn't bring the "Sunlight Silver" over, which is the bright silver-colour. I thought for sure they would.

I was trying to give both some general thoughts about each color, and then a personal observation about it, and I think that wasn't always clear. :) And in some cases I meant 'interesting' in a sort of "hmm, interesting" thoughtful way rather than as a positive recommendation. One might eat a little too much wasabi and think it was interesting but not necessarily good. Hee! :)

I think my personal rating of the colors would be:
1. Phantom Blue
2. Carbon Gray
3. Brilliant Black / Platinum Silver roughly tied
5. Cardinal Red
6. Starto Blue / Stellar Silver tied due to a need to compare a bit more
8. Whitewater Pearl

[perfecto]

I think my personal rating of the colors would be:
1. Phantom Blue
2. Carbon Gray
3. Brilliant Black / Platinum Silver roughly tied
5. Cardinal Red
6. Starto Blue / Stellar Silver tied due to a need to compare a bit more
8. Whitewater Pearl

I'd probably go something like this :

1. Platinum Silver
2. Phantom Blue
3. Carbon Gray
4. Strato Blue
5. Brilliant Black
6. Whitewater Pearl
7. Cardinal Red
8. Stellar Silver (notcool)

[vizeta]

Phantom Blue This is the 'signature color' that Mazda uses on their web pages. And it's my pick. It's a cross between blue and green and seems to change colors like a chameleon. You really need to see this in person, it looks really nice.
Perhaps i need to check this out in person. It doesn't look too standout on web to me, perhaps my monitor sucks.

[miatafied]

Hi all - just found the forum here - I've been obsessively searching the web for owner feedback on the mazda5 and I'm glad to have found you!!

We (like some of you) test drove the first 5 on the lot (phantom blue touring auto w/ nav) and seriously were drooling for a manual trans to try out. We took the 3 out for a test drive then decided right then and there to get one - even if it meant a special order for a 5spd.

We sat with my brother (newbie mazda salesguy) as he looked over the specs for the next shipment coming in - he was sad to tell us that no 5spds were expected. Then we went over some paperwork and told him exactly what we wanted - phantom blue touring 5spd w/nav.

Just before we were leaving he took a last look in the system and as he was paging down through the screens.....there it was.....in that monochrome green glow.....a phantom blue touring 5 spd w/nav - expected to arrive 3rd week of July!!! Our car!! (mj)

Needless to say we plunked down the deposit on that baby pretty quickly. Now we have to wait a whole WEEK - while I was thinking that we may not get our car until Sept.

So - add me to the list of "Ordered" almost owners!

- Ceril

[miatafied]

Perhaps i need to check this out in person. It doesn't look too standout on web to me, perhaps my monitor sucks.

I agree - I hated the color as I saw it on the computer - but in person - it was so nice! Originally I had wanted a strato blue - but they showed me a strato blue 3(?i think?) and it was so much brighter than I had thought from the computer pics.

I really wish that "winning blue" was an option - my favorite blue in the current mazda colors.

[vizeta]

I agree - I hated the color as I saw it on the computer - but in person - it was so nice! Originally I had wanted a strato blue - but they showed me a strato blue 3(?i think?) and it was so much brighter than I had thought from the computer pics.

I really wish that "winning blue" was an option - my favorite blue in the current mazda colors.

welcome aboard! my car is still in nowhere, dealer didn't even give me the exact day/week to me. :(
I drove around and went to 3 diff mazda dealers last weekend. still no luck to see the Phantom Blue. According to u guys comment, i believe it must be a very nice color. :)

[fam]

argh, turns out im waiting until august 1st till i get mine! Darn availability issues! There is a decent sport model 30 miles away but they only want to give me 13k for my 04 mazda3 5dr with 17k miles\auto\6cd\moonroof, so i told em to shove it, my local mazda dealer that i love said if i was patient and waited a couple of weeks that he would give me the nav for free. :-)

[miatafied]

welcome aboard! my car is still in nowhere, dealer didn't even give me the exact day/week to me. :(
I drove around and went to 3 diff mazda dealers last weekend. still no luck to see the Phantom Blue. According to u guys comment, i believe it must be a very nice color. :)

I called around to different dealers who would just say - "I don't have a mazda5s in stock!" and leave it at that. I don't know if it's just because my salesman is also my brother or if he's just good that way - he looked the vehicles up on the "incoming" list on the computer. Even though my vehicle was listed as being at the port - they had all the info that they needed to start the process - ie. VIN# and stock# and also the ETA was listed as the 4th week of July. Keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't come later. I'm hoping that the newly redesigned miata will be there when my car comes in - just for drooling purposes.

[miatafied]

Incidentally, one of the other dealers that I stopped at keeps calling to tell me that they had a sport/manual come in. I wonder if they sold it yet - it was white.

[vizeta]

oh WHITE (omg) i want it badly here.....
Toronto has alot grey around in diff dealer. Good luck anyway. :)

[kokomo]

welcome aboard! my car is still in nowhere, dealer didn't even give me the exact day/week to me. :(
I drove around and went to 3 diff mazda dealers last weekend. still no luck to see the Phantom Blue. According to u guys comment, i believe it must be a very nice color. :)


I just ended up settling on the color to get mine home last week. Wanted the stellar but ended up with platinum. Got a touring w/ no nav (hard to find, since almost all tourings came w/ Nav in WA). Still real happy with this great ride and I haven't seen another on the road around here. I used the unavailability of the color as a bargaining point. Once I had the MZ5, the stellar/platinum difference didn't even matter anymore.

[perfecto]

Glad to hear it Kokomo :) Did you get the auto or a 5-speed?

I still haven't seen another on the road up here in Vancouver, BC, Canada yet either... and it definitely draws a lot of looks. I had one guy walk all the way around it when I stopped at a store, just checking it out. :)

[miatafied]

OMG - the dealership just called - my car is THERE!!

(band2)

WooHoo!!

They told me it would be ready at 5pm (it's noon now) They better be nice to it (eekdance)

[kokomo]

Glad to hear it Kokomo :) Did you get the auto or a 5-speed?

I still haven't seen another on the road up here in Vancouver, BC, Canada yet either... and it definitely draws a lot of looks. I had one guy walk all the way around it when I stopped at a store, just checking it out. :)


Yup, from the looks and questions I get, people out here seem quite interested in this minivan alternative. Lots of "what kind of car/wagon/minivan is that?" I got the standard touring auto with the "auto stick" option, which was what I wanted even though it just goes up to 4th.

[kokomo]

OMG - the dealership just called - my car is THERE!!

(band2)

WooHoo!!

They told me it would be ready at 5pm (it's noon now) They better be nice to it (eekdance)


Happy Zoom Zooming!

[vizeta]

OMG - the dealership just called - my car is THERE!!

(band2)

WooHoo!!

They told me it would be ready at 5pm (it's noon now) They better be nice to it (eekdance)

congratulation!!! take some pictures :)

[isda65]

Glad to hear it Kokomo :) Did you get the auto or a 5-speed?

I still haven't seen another on the road up here in Vancouver, BC, Canada yet either... and it definitely draws a lot of looks. I had one guy walk all the way around it when I stopped at a store, just checking it out. :)

It will probably take a year before the reality of the Mazda 5 sink in and then people will start buying. This is what happened to the Matrix. It only took off a year or two after it was introduced as it was new for its class at the time. Now the Matrix is everywhere.

[perfecto]

OMG - the dealership just called - my car is THERE!!

Happy day! Take a picture of the gauges as soon as you see it, just so you can record that it had X number of miles on it when you got it. :)

Zoom zoom!
(drive)

[miatafied]

I just got home - whew! They didn't take any $ off of MSRP - but they gave me 5% financing - so I was happy - I got to my goal numbers without any pain.

I'm gonna try to post the pic of me (the short one) with my brother and sister-in-law picking up the car today. (I've never tried to post a pic so I hope it works)

I'm so excited - I'm going over all the manuals and scotch guarding the rugs and seats (although I'm hoping that the dark color will be easy to maintain)

- Ceril

[miatafied]

Funniest thing in the manual so far - in regards to the voice activated NAV system:

One of the commands is: "I'm hungry" and it'll show all the restaurants in the area!

[Krimzeek]

I'd really like to know more about the navigation system:

Can the system take voice inputs for street names and adresses, or do these have to entered in with the controls? I read about the Honda system which was developed with IBM and can recognize spoken adresses.

How long does the NAV system take to acquire your position after starting the car up, and how accurate is it at determining your location (in ft.).

Is it touchscreen? For example, when it shows the restaurants, can you select it and get the adress and phone #.

How many points of interest are included (e.g. 2 million, 7 million, etc.) on the map DVD, and how old is the map DVD.

Thanks.

[tsturm]

I'd really like to know more about the navigation system:

Can the system take voice inputs for street names and adresses, or do these have to entered in with the controls? I read about the Honda system which was developed with IBM and can recognize spoken adresses.

How long does the NAV system take to acquire your position after starting the car up, and how accurate is it at determining your location (in ft.).

Is it touchscreen? For example, when it shows the restaurants, can you select it and get the adress and phone #.

How many points of interest are included (e.g. 2 million, 7 million, etc.) on the map DVD, and how old is the map DVD.

Thanks.

Well since we're talking about NAV. We don't have the NAV option in Canada right? How about ordering one and installing. Is that doable? Or does it have to come from factory installed?

Still waiting on my Carbon Grey. Frustrating thing was down the road from my work there was one available but dealers wouldn't trade. So back to waiting until mid August. (nuts)

[miatafied]

No Nav in Canada? The US doesn't get the rain sensing wipers and something else too.

I was playing around with the Nav a little bit today. I forgot that you have to be at a complete stop for it to register. This is the same as the built in nav on my husband's toyota. The voice activated thing was pretty cool - you push the little face button the the steering wheel and the microphone icon shows up on the screen then you talk. I tried this alone and got a couple misunderstood commands - I can hardly imagine what it would be like with kids making noise in the background. Then again I didn't have the list of commands in front of me and I was making random guesses.

The screen is NOT touch screen - although there is a little "joystick" button next the the shifter that you can use to move over different locations. I'll have to do a more complete checkover once I read the section in the manual on it. It seems to me that there are some commands that you need to use the voice activation as I can't seem to find the commands on the menu screen. I'll try it again tomorrow. I let the directions take me "home" from work tonight - but I confess I wasn't paying too much attention to it.

It takes less than a minute for the gps to start up and find me on the map - I didn't time it exactly except that my watch still was showing the same minute value as when I started the car.

Anyone else out there have Nav?

[MP5Alive]

Personally, I'd rather get Microsoft Streets and Trips with GPS receiver for my notebook for $130USD. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6769543&type=product&id=1089242418928.

Nav systems reminds me of the days when they also sold car phones - you know...cellular phones wired into the car with the little extra antenna. Pretty soon, portable solutions will dominate. But I gotta admit, voice activation is really cool!

Is the Nav system part of the Touring package?

[Allen]

Can someone post a picture with the rear trunk door open? It's a very nice vehicle, will it fit a bike or two in the back easily? Thanks.

[smaria]

Is the Nav system part of the Touring package?

The Nav system is optional on the Touring package (i.e., Touring comes with or without Nav).

[Kaian]

Can someone post a picture with the rear trunk door open? It's a very nice vehicle, will it fit a bike or two in the back easily? Thanks.

You'd have to knock down the second and third rows to get a bike in. There's a picture of this in the "mini brochure" for the Mazda5, and in that pic, one adult mountain bike pretty looks to take up all the room when both rows of seats are down. Perhaps you could fit two adult bikes in though in a one-on top-of-another fashion, but at that point I'd be considering hooking up some sort of bike rack on the outside for transporting.

With all the seats up there is very little room for items in the hatch. Perhaps a row or two of groceries. The way I describe it is "You can either carry a lot of people or a lot of stuff, but not necessarily both."

Here's a pic of side view of the back space from perfecto's flickr gallery:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazda5/21366550/

And here's a pic with all seats down:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazda5/21366533/

[ZoomZoomH]

congrats miatafied on the new car! that's the elusive Phantom Blue Mica right??? :)

[miatafied]

Personally, I'd rather get Microsoft Streets and Trips with GPS receiver for my notebook for $130USD. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6769543&type=product&id=1089242418928.

Nav systems reminds me of the days when they also sold car phones - you know...cellular phones wired into the car with the little extra antenna. Pretty soon, portable solutions will dominate. But I gotta admit, voice activation is really cool!


I agree that a portable more easily upgradeable unit is probably much better in and of itself. However, having been in a car with a power splitter going to the kids DVD player, the husband's ipod, and a CB on a recent road trip - I'm really liking the integrated/no need to run extra wires of the NAV system. It has the DVD-drive for the NAV system in the glove box and I'm guessing that it will be pretty easy to get the upgraded DVD maps in the future - only a guess.

I guess soon, we'll all have little PDA's with all of our phones, music, maps etc. on it that we'll just place in a little docking station in the car and it'll reset everything to our personal settings.

[miatafied]

congrats miatafied on the new car! that's the elusive Phantom Blue Mica right??? :)
Thanks! I'm loving it! - it's the phantom phantom blue mica!

Actually - there was an automatic in the same color on the lot when we got this one.

The color that I'm really dying to see is the Strato Blue.

- Ceril

I like these little guys = (wrc)

[Allen]

You'd have to knock down the second and third rows to get a bike in. There's a picture of this in the "mini brochure" for the Mazda5, and in that pic, one adult mountain bike pretty looks to take up all the room when both rows of seats are down. Perhaps you could fit two adult bikes in though in a one-on top-of-another fashion, but at that point I'd be considering hooking up some sort of bike rack on the outside for transporting.

With all the seats up there is very little room for items in the hatch. Perhaps a row or two of groceries. The way I describe it is "You can either carry a lot of people or a lot of stuff, but not necessarily both."

Here's a pic of side view of the back space from perfecto's flickr gallery:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazda5/21366550/

And here's a pic with all seats down:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazda5/21366533/

Cool, thanks. I guess it would work better to have a bike rack instead of throwing in dusty/muddy bikes on top of those seats for each trip.

[vizeta]

I was wondering about the pictures posted by Vizeta - is the vehicle on a lot in Toronto?
Yes, the pearl white GT was in Toronto (Markham dealer) 2 wks ago. And it has been delivered to buyer coz I didn't seem it there yesterday. Dealer told me if i want a white GS, i need to wait till Nov. :(

[smaria]

I just heard from my dealer...my Platinum Silver Mazda5 Sport arrived yesterday! The dealer needs a little bit of time to install the fog lights (the only option I really wanted), and I'll be able to pick it up tomorrow night. Yay!

Steve

[miatafied]

(band) Cool! Congrats!!

[smaria]

My wife and I picked up our Mazda 5 last night! The weather wasn't cooperating (very windy with some heavy thunderstorms) but that didn't stop us.

When we picked up the car it had 27 miles on it. We put on an extra 50 bringing it home and showing it off to some friends. :cool: Our friends sat in the 2nd row, and they kept commenting on how quiet the car was. I loved driving the car home...but my wife will be the one to do most of the driving in it from now on. Maybe she'll let me drive it sometimes :)

Also, our A/C worked great last night, but it wasn't very warm (just very humid) at 9pm when we drove the car home.

[fam]

Dont worry the AC is suprisingly great. I was worried as my 04 Mazda3 has a pretty weak AC, but I drove it home monday in 97 degree weather with it on level 2 (of 4 i think).

[tsturm]

Well we finally got our call that the car will be ready today at noon!!! We thought we would have to wait until end of August!! Just in time too as we are leaving from Toronto to Montreal as soon as we get the car. We had a rental booked as our old car was too small to travel with us and the kids.

Carbon Grey GT
Auto
A/C
Tinted Windows

Pictures to come once I take them!!

Happy driving! :)

[perfecto]

Tsturm - let me know if your dealer gets you the Roots bag or not... I'm still waiting for mine!

[fam]

Roots bag?

[MP5Alive]

Roots bag?
it says it's for the first 1250 customers. your dealer should be able to get some.
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/050715-2.htm

[smaria]

it says it's for the first 1250 customers. your dealer should be able to get some.
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/050715-2.htm

Just to clarify: it's a Mazda Canada promotion, so we won't be getting free Roots bags here in the US.

[fam]

Isnt Canada a state in the US? I should still get a bag. Then again, ive never heard of roots unless we are talking about a slavery movie.

[perfecto]

Aren't you the guy with the pink Mazda5? :)

[fam]

abuse!!!!!!!

[fam]

it says it's for the first 1250 customers. your dealer should be able to get some.
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/050715-2.htm
That means everyone in canada can buy a 5 and get a bag, but what about the 400 bags left?

[perfecto]

Be happy with your pink 5, it's nothing to be ashamed of. :) Go pink!

You leave my country alone and I'll leave your car alone! :)

BTW Roots is a very popular "brand" up here in Canada. It's like an upmarket Eddie Bauer.

[fam]

If i had a pink 5 i would i be happy as then you would think it was purple.

[the_saint]

Woohoo. Picked up my white touring with NAV tonight! Didn't get out of the dealer til close to ten at night.
Here's the only pic I have right now. I'll take more in a couple of days.
Only 17 miles on the clock when I rolled it off the lot. And that's after I took it on a 15 mile test drive. (nana)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/mlsaint78/Aug12005.jpg

[vizeta]

Finally, dealer called. going to pickup my silver on Wed afterwork, YEAHHHH!!

[tsturm]

Tsturm - let me know if your dealer gets you the Roots bag or not... I'm still waiting for mine!

Perfecto, I just picked up my roots bag this morning. I received a phone call from the dealer that the bag arrived. It was wrapped with a sticker with my name. The dealer must either send away for it or Mazda Canada just ships it out.

[FrostyCarbon]

Hi to everyone from Edmonton. Decided to join up as we have picked our 5-GT auto today. Carbon Grey. Wanted white pearl but, we already have an Arctic Frost 2004 Sienna. And with the tint , this color looks awesome! Miserable and cold here today. 8 degrees celcius. But i'm all warm inside now! Now, I'm on a mission to get this Roots bag!

[miatafied]

Congrats! Carbon is an awesome choice. 8 degrees celsius?!!! (boom04) Wow - It's been so hot here, I can't imagine that!