Recent content by professorhank

Sorry to be reviving an old thread but I'm not sure if this warrants its own new thread. There's been a few "audio in" discussions here but felt all the other units were too expensive ($80-$150) or too complex (too many features I'd never use). All I wanted was a simple 3.5mm cable to pay my...

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123637424-Yakima-finally-worked-out-the-roof-rack&highlight=yakima Check out the thread "Yakima finally worked out the roof rack". Several of us have been using the Control Tower/LP11 combo. I read about this insufficient roof support thing in...

^^^^, anyone? Why not 06-07s?

They're known as Mazda CAP,DRIP MOULD (part number GJ6A505A1) and cost about $6.50 each. I think practically all the Mazda3 after 2004 also uses the same part number...

Extremely sorry as I know someone has posted this here before but I cannot find it. What's the official product name (part number would be better) of those 4 little black plastic tabs that cover up the roof fixpoint holes?

I sort of already knew the answer to my question but thanks for the side-to-side comparison. I too was concentrating on cargo hold dimensions because I highly prefer to transport my bike(s) upright with front wheel off inside the cargo area. My 54cm frame fits just right in the Mazda5 and I...

Agreed with above statement but I'd go one further. It's only barely smaller than the CX7 and thus might cannibalize some non-turbo CX7 sales. It's an extremely crowded vehicle segment, the hatchback/small crossover costing $18-22K, but if that's what consumers want, so be it. Hopefully...

We like sliders. But to most other people, sliders = minivans no matter the actual shape/styling of the vehicle and minivans = boring. Mazda would be committing model suicide if the CX-5 came with sliders.

Owned several cars in 20+ years of driving. Never used anti-seize and never used gapping tool. Just buy and install. It's really easy and everyone who can turn a screwdriver should be able to do it. My only advice is when telling the auto parts store clerk that you drive a Mazda 5, make sure...

Hello, thanks for posting the updated sales data. I actually made an attempt to track down the sales webpages thru mlive and prnewswire but must've been searching the incorrect pages. I didn't find anything.

Hello, always looked forward to these monthly sales posts. I wonder why remarquian stopped posting.

KPU41794 doesn't seem to work. I think some ignorant sellers are listing the Mazda5 as compatible with this remote when I believe they mean the Mazda3 5-door. Looks like the only remote option for us is the bottom half of the switchblade fob. Since I have 1 complete OEM fob, all I really...

Heat, do you manually lock/unlock the doors? Do you know if a KPU41794 remote (from Mazda3) can be programmed to work with the 5? I think it was mentioned earlier that programming the remote door lock button does not require 2 working remotes.

thiscloud, you brought up some great points about the terminology that we use here and I'm actually surprised no one's responded yet. I bought a used Mz5 2 years ago, got 1 fob, and never followed through on getting a 2nd. Well, I spent about an hour perusing the 137 posts in this thread and...

Just curious, do you keep track of your avg mpg with and without the rack on? I do and the difference in my mpg is much smaller than I thought. I've owned my 5 for 2 years and have 80 fillups in my dataset and have driven approx half time with my Yakima rack and half without. I suffer only a...