Euro Mazda5 tails look much better

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pee5

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• Jun 12, 2005

• #1

They should have gone with these in NA.



http://www.autocar.co.uk/FirstDrive_Summary.asp?RT_ID=215533

 

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YellowMP5

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• Jun 12, 2005

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what do the NA ones look like. should have posted for comparison, i am too lazy to search.

 

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Im assuming the decsion was made based on the altezza craze over here

 

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perfecto

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• Jun 12, 2005

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The Euro roof rack is awesome too... doesn't look like we're getting that here either.

 

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• Jun 12, 2005

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perfecto said:

The Euro roof rack is awesome too... doesn't look like we're getting that here either.

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i think mazda learned their lesson after the p5 roof rack fiasco.

i don't know, i think the alteeza do look cleaner

 

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i think it looks like a focus got shoved into the back of it.

 

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• Jun 12, 2005

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YellowMP5 said:

i think mazda learned their lesson after the p5 roof rack fiasco.

i don't know, i think the alteeza do look cleaner

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just wondering but what p5 roof rack fiasco? my car didnt come with one which is why i ask.

 

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• Jun 12, 2005

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pro5maniac said:

just wondering but what p5 roof rack fiasco? my car didnt come with one which is why i ask.

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I'm wondering the same thing. Mine came with the roof rack, but I've never had an issue...takes all of 5 min to remove too...

 

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mountjonas

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• Jun 12, 2005

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i love my roof rack! i don't know if i'd call it a fiasco, but i'm assuming that not enough people used them to warrant the extra cost.

 

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• Jun 12, 2005

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well back in the day...lol
mazda put a roof rack on US cars and not on canadians. pretty much everyone in US doesn't need one and pretty much everyone in canada wants one.

 

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• Jun 12, 2005

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That and the roof rack on the P5 with the cross bars installed causes ALOT of wind noise. The front cross bar sits right over the sunroof.

 

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REMillers said:

That and the roof rack on the P5 with the cross bars installed causes ALOT of wind noise. The front cross bar sits right over the sunroof.

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yep, yep, i was going to mention and just decided to let it go. i do think the p5 looks good with the rack but when you factor in the noise and its weight, it needs to come off

 

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snowblazin

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• Jun 12, 2005

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True that. That's why I took mine off, the noise and weight didn't warrant it being there as I never use it. Still good to have for those weekend ski trips! (thumb)

 

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• Jun 12, 2005

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i love my roof racks. i just wish my mom didnt throw away the little covers when it was still her car. so i can at leasat make it look a little like its got no roof racks once in a while.

 

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• Jun 13, 2005

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sorry to hear. kinda weird, at least to me, that anyone would throw something like that away.

 

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DE31

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• Jun 13, 2005

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we remodeled the house (more like rebuilt since the whole thing was tore down and built) and my parents threw away alot of stuff sitting in the garage.

 

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• Jun 13, 2005

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ah see, in that case its understandable. when everything is in boxes and you are pretty sure its all garbage, you might not want to spend the time going through them.

i keep ALL my stuff off of the car. i have SS brake lines and i kept my factory lines. i got samco hoses and i kept my stock radiator hoses. i even have my old pcv valve, o2 sensor and a spark plug, lol. don't ask why, i just like having everything in case i ever need to refer back to it.

 

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• Jun 13, 2005

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YellowMP5 said:

ah see, in that case its understandable. when everything is in boxes and you are pretty sure its all garbage, you might not want to spend the time going through them.

i keep ALL my stuff off of the car. i have SS brake lines and i kept my factory lines. i got samco hoses and i kept my stock radiator hoses. i even have my old pcv valve, o2 sensor and a spark plug, lol. don't ask why, i just like having everything in case i ever need to refer back to it.

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everything? holy shiz even old motor oil?!?!?!? (silly)

 

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• Jun 13, 2005

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i had my old motor oil sitting in one of those enclosed pans for about 2 months after i did the oil change. i was too lazy to take it to the store. i event keep boxes. i have boxes from my door sills, ss lines, and the EDM lights that a friend of the family brought over from germany. actually i got my stock lights in those boxes

 

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• Jun 13, 2005

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i kept my old motor oil once. but my dad got sick of it and took it to autozone i think. maybe i should do that more often just to get lazier.