Recent content by DanInAMazda

Brought them to the dealer, which took 90% of it off. When I went to put them on this morning, I noticed there was still some streaks left... screw it, they're going on.

Before I do this, I'm going to give the ol' dealer a call... this is uncalled for IMO. I bought the car in Dec and they stuff these in the back when I brought the car home.

I did not try Goo-Gone. Assuming it would be safe for the rims? Three rims are like this: One has considerably less, but still some "streaks" to be removed. Gave up after 45 mins working on the first one.

I bought my car during the winter and they wrapped up the mounted summer tires in plastic bags which I stored in my garage. Today, I wanted to swap the winter tires with the summer tires. After I unwrapped them, I noticed that each spoke, on each rim, had glue residue. So far, 45 mins in on...

Thanks for the info... I shall not fear the manual option in that case :

We just got a new 2015 Mazda5 GS with an automatic transmission. I was wondering about the durability of driving it using the manual mode? How aggressive can one be with the manual mode in terms of downshifts, etc? Tips or suggestions? So far, I find I get good results lifting slightly on the...