Recent content by devgeek

You make some very good points idmd, I can definitely find a lot of truths in that perspective. I decided to ask the service rep about the labor charge on the air filter (he clarified for me that the $45 was in fact the labor charge for installation) and he was pretty shocked when I showed him...

Wow...you guys weren't kidding on the cabin air filter. I looked up how to do it and couldn't believe it. Literally 30 seconds. Squeeze sides of glove box to let it fall off the hinges, reach back behind it and pull out the old filter. How can they justify charging more than $5 to install...

Thanks concept!

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I think I'm going to forego the fuel injector treatment, especially upon considering ceric's above comment that it's to clean up carbon buildup and wouldn't be impacted by dirt in the gas anyways. It seems to me like a very high margin thing for the dealership...

Question for someone who is more mechanically inclined than myself... I just hit 15,000 miles in my 2014 Mazda 3 a couple of weeks ago, and now the lady's 2014 Mazda 6 also just hit 15,000 as well. The Mazda dealership I take both cars to is recommending a few things as part of the 15,000 mile...

Car looks great! Quick question about the aluminum pedals...does the kickback switch functionality still work with those?

If you want to get further details, there is a user on a couple of forums (predominantly club lexus I think) that goes by jfelbab. A lot of what I just relayed above came largely from information I gathered by reading his posts. You can google around for some of his posts in the context of...

I've been lurking around this forum a while, but seeing as I spent a significant amount of time researching this exact questions a few weeks ago I figured I should register and respond to this. These interiors are worth keeping in top shape! From what I now understand, you are absolutely right...