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Changed a flat front tire this morning! Car seemed to be pulling a bit to the right when driving home from work yesterday, and when I got home I realized the front tire was almost completely flat. Tire has worn a ridge in the sidewall so I guess time to replace. I used one of me winter tires...

It really isn't unusually bad. In Canada - Quebec especially - most ~10 yo Mazdas are more rust than car.

The whole place or just the 5 subs?

I am 100% in agreement... Or at least I was until I got a car with rain sensing wipers (bowdown)

Sadly, no... The Fiat Pacifica is the behemoth's behemoth... Toyota Sienna Dimensions: Wheelbase 119.3 in (3,030 mm) Length 200.2 in (5,085 mm) Width 78.2 in (1,986 mm) Height 68.9 in (1,750 mm) Curb weight 4,310 lb (1,950 kg) Honda Odyssey Dimensions: Wheelbase 118.1 in (3,000 mm)...

Sorry to revive a zombie thread, but I was looking at the specs of the new Pacifica minivan, and remembered this comment that it would be a 'mini minivan'. I have not seen the official comment from Mopar/Lancia or whatever, but here are the spect from the Wikipedia pages on the Pacifica and its...

We got back to town yesterday after a 2 week vacation that included towing a cargo trailer for 3500 km. Our first road trip last year made me realize that the difference in interior size between the 5 and our old Grand Caravan was substantial, and it was not very comfortable in the 5 with 4...

5 is a hoot to drive, has more space than any SUV or crossover I have been in. But it's not that good on gas, and has very little ground clearance, which matters more than I thought it would on any rough surface.

Over the weekend I removed the snow tires and installed the summer tires - it was my first winter with snow tires and OMFG I am hooked! The difference is phenomenal. Then I took my newly-summer-tired 5 on a 200km drive to buy a cheap cargo trailer. I will be doing a little tune-up on the...

More likely, IMHO, than some underlying mechanical problem causing premature clutch wear, is a previous owner with feet made of concrete, or who rode the clutch while driving. A friend of mine recently sold his ~10 year old Chevy Aveo with a 5MT... he used it to commute 25km to work to save...

We've had our 5 with a 6mt for about a year and we love it. I hope we don't need to replace the clutch any time soon, but smooth shifting and starting is kind like a contest between my wife and I, so hopefully we are going easy on it. Good luck with your new whip, ruby.w

I have a 2012 and I never realized it has something called 'dynamic stability control', I thought it just had 'traction control' to prevent wheel spin on accelerating. However, it all makes sense now that I think about my attempts this past winter to get the car to slide around snowy corners -...

I didn't realize this was a zombie thread when I started reading. I was going to finish reading the thread then post a rebuttal to the IADEs (Internet Accident Deconstruction Experts) that proclaimed that any 3rd row passengers would have had spinal injuries. Glad it all worked out ok. I...

It never occurred to me there was an OEM wiper available! I just assumed the top of the window couldn't be wiped. I will for sure try to seek one out when I next change my wiper blades!

Wife has family business in another city and is putting 1000 highway kms on our 5 before supper today.