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You will need the Yakima "control towers"

My Kumho Ecsta Platinum LX set is still going strong after 14 months. Looks like they will easily hit 35K miles. I'm surprised as I had been very skeptical of Kumho in the past. BTW I up-sized and went with the 215-50/17 tires. Smoother ride and negligible handling differences. I'm wondering...

I'm right there with the mileage. Front struts seem good still, but the sway bar clunk has reared its head. Hopefully the d-bags at my local stealership won't be jerks about the tsb for that...

How many miles on the car when you replaced the fronts?

I use a 48" Yakima fairing.

235's?! That is a big width increase!

I had the Avid envigors on our 5 last time around. Due to the price increase and the so-so tread life of the Yoko's I tried a set of Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum in a slightly larger 215/50/17. (see here) They have been awesome, especially on tread wear and noise. (Been on the car about 10 months...

My 2009 Mazda 5 Touring has never had this premature tire wear issue. I'm certain the problem only applies to model years up to 2007.

I got to take mine for a stellar drive out through Sonoma and Napa counties today. Here is my route: http://goo.gl/maps/2sKKR

Always feels good to get rolling again. Next video: HARD third gear pulls.

While it will fit, your handling will change a little as the rim has a little more wiggle room between the limits of the tire contact patch. (Sidewalls angle in toward the rim rather than being more or less vertical.) I can definitely feel it with the 215/50/17's on our 2009 right now. The...

My 5 has the exact same noise. I'm pretty sure it's a rear bearing as it started right after the wife hit a curb and took a big chunk out of a sidewall on the old yokos. FML.

I was thinking more along the line of key fobs. I would want to be able to program my own in the future if I got brand new keys. I made it a rule with my first protege to get a third set of keys and a third fob as spares/backup. Did it first thing on the 5. I've done the programming for quite...

It is my understanding that some locksmiths clone the key itself, but they are not actually programming the car to the key. This won't allow you to program a third key if you started with one, and got a cloned second key, and want to actually program the car for more. I'm not certain on this...

Watch out for puddles though.... wet traction and water evacuation is like any other high performance summer tire.

My Datsun 510 rolls on s.drives. you will love them. Super grippy. I've got about 15k miles on them with about 75% tread left. Couldn't ask for a better performance tire. The price is right too compared to the competition.

Nice move! I would call that an upgrade.

I've never had any problems with kyb shocks on multiple cars. I would say they are far better than the mz5 oem rears.

I can feel the AC compressor drag in the automatic. It also equates to an observed 3-4.5 MPG drain when it is on all the time.

Leave it on auto and don't care about gas mileage....