Recent content by alexeyga

Easy solution: find a local shop (other than Mazda dealers) which specialises on Mazdas - make sure they are legit - describe them all your issues clearly and pay the bill. Hard solution (in that particular order): 1)air filters 2)transmission liquid level check (you'll be sticking you hands...

Last evening I've finally overcame my denials and went to have a closer look under my hood first time after my AT got replaced under warranty... Unsurprisingly - intake bolts are missing and there were some clips laying around. Can't wait for my next oil change to see how many engine cover's...

I may appear dumb, but I'd like to think that there's still hope.... (nailbyt) Lol, yes - I know about the kickdown swich - and no - it isn't the solution.

Having changed my CX-5's transmission fluid my-self with the following fluid level re-check - actually it wasn't so bad. What really left me on a wall - was the oil change on the current gen 4Runner. The amount of car we had to un-do in order to get to the oil filter - was insane and made...

Guys, don't overthink it, a filter - is a filter. As long as it's compatible and bypass valve's pressure is within specs - it'll do. I would avoid anything from FRAM though - worst crap ever made - regardless of the price point. I'm on my second half-dozen of OEM's from Amazon, my wife's 2'nd...

I'm open to the idea, but I have yet to see a clear set of instructions as to how to reset the AT's ECU. I remember coming across a youtube video with a fairly vague "procedure", but it didn't do anything for me at the time...

Lol, it's a dealer's service thing - period. Regardless of under which brand name. Unless we're talking some exotics - where nobody can touch a car without a pair of white gloves - absolutely all dealers employ same monkeys. My sis's BMW dealer, the largest one in Montreal area - only employs...

If i'll be stuck driving an AT in manual mode - I'd really prefer an honest stick and clutch. And b.t.w. when on highway - I'm mostly in manual mode anyways as on uphills - when she's supposed to go down into the 5th or even 4th - she's sticking to the 6th due to "excellent programming".

After owning an automatic 2.5L CX5 for almost 3 years - I can nothing but disagree. Albeit - it all depends on your driving style. As far as I'm concerned - I'm finding my self in total disagreement with what the AT is doing more often than I'd like to. To give you an example, just today I...

My bad, sorry... I've read a bit too fast... (thought)

You're laughing, but I have a co-worker who has a 2010 Altima. For the last 3 years it had an oil leak and since it started leaking he's been doing nothing but simply adding a can of oil every so often. Not a single oil change. He's waiting for it to die in order to get something newer...

When was the last time you've looked around in Canada? Here in QC it used to be that most idiots were driving on next-to-bold 4-season tires all year round. Then - around 2009 somebody had a bright idea to make winter tires mandatory December to March. The only thing that changed - now most...

I live even further north-east, where the crap they use on roads during winter months is damn acid. Everything rusts here, even plastics... It's a norm here to treat your car with rust-proofing annually. For these who care. Last 2 cars that I purchased new - both were treated with a...

At 72K km my stock 17" Geolandars are down to ~4-5/32th. That's with 3-4 months/year of winter driving on a dedicated winter set. Not impressed at all, nothing special about them. Technically I could still finish the season on them, but rain driving is getting sketchy and they are definitely...

It's worse actually as she's still learning, but overall it's the same. Very "sticky" - 9 times of 10 it wouldn't downshift when I need it to, unless I really floor it - and then she goes down 2 gears at once with all the jerkiness involved. "Sport" mode is a hit and miss with me - it makes...