Recent content by Chuckles

Just because I changed the battery myself, you guys think I am handier than I really am. But OK, I'll look into the possibility of cutting the right size spacer.

I should have said in the original post that universal tie-downs look like they might not fit inside the battery box. But I guess I'll have to go look at them in the store. Maybe with some cutting...

I hope this is the right form. My battery died and I decided to splurge on an Optima, but then save by getting it mail-order and installing it myself. Well, this was no sweat until I find that the new battery (correct size class, 35) is about an inch and a quarter less in height. So the plastic...

I got the free extra harness from Scosche via UPS yesterday. Very nice of them, considering how cheap the original purchase was.

I e-mailed Schosche and they said they had no pins to hand out, but they would send me an entire second connector for free, and I could pull the pins out. It so happens that I had a Scosche connector I didn't need, so I removed some pins and put them in the Scosche I was using. This way, I made...

I realize this thread is some months old...found it by googling. The SWI-JACK instructions I got from the web (i.e. up-to-date ones) say to ground pin 10 "if possible". In fact it is essential. I found this out by using an ohmmeter...from 9 to ground is open circuit unless 10 is grounded. I...

Actually I am quite disappointed. I have an aftermarket trip computer that plugs into the whatchamacallit port under the dashboard. It gives a lot more interesting information than Mazda's, including miles driven, gph, mpg, miles left, gallons used/left, average mpg, average speed, max speed...

I bought a trip computer, don't remember the brand, it shows instantaneous mpg. This is on a Mazda3 s, not an MS3. Anyway, mpg varies from 5 when starting a cold car and pulling out of the garage, to 40 or more when driving at a steady 40mph, to over 100mpg when coasting with clutch depressed...

What sequence of button-presses will get me heated leather seats? Seriously, though, there may be a secret way to enable playing of MP3 CDs.

Sorry, followup question. I don't know anything about tires. I didn't know my 3S had "performance tires". I do not really want to get snow tires...my last car ('92 Protege) did just fine without them, as does my wife's Civic. My wife's previous car (a 323, remember those?) was by far the best...

I don't know which section this question belongs in, so I am putting it here. I have a '07 Mazda3 S Touring. Our garage is approached through the alley. We have had a good bit of snow lately, and part of the alley has an upward slope, but my wife has no problem in her Honda Civic. The Mazda3...

Yes, that would work, thanks! Only problem is, I am not an auto installation expert and I doubt that they would ship with clear instructions.

On http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=AccessoryCatalog&catalogid=4010&siteid=214264&categoryID=78787 they now list 2007 Mazda3 compatible flip key kits. But expensive and no photos; it would be nice to see what I was ordering. EDIT: from reading another forum, I learned...

I didn't want most of the things in the Grand Touring package, so I got an '07 s Touring. Now I'm wondering if I could add one or two things a la carte. Any reasonable DIY way to add automatic headlights?

Sorry, I found another thread on this. Mods, please delete.