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I have a minor issue that only rears its head on the rarest occasion. My issue arises when I attempt to start a cold engine for a second time after it has been running for a brief period and then shut off. Example: I start the engine after the car has been sitting at work for 8 hours and do a...

Its a 2009 with 114k miles and a 5 speed manual. Got it for $4k which seems like a pretty decent deal. It has two minor things that I would like to correct and I have searched the forum, but these issues are not very clear. 1) On the shift knob, the 5 speed pattern (cap) has come off and it...

Hello all. Been a few years since I was on the forum but Im just about to pick up a 2006 Mazda 5 for the family. We have a total of 4 kids. My fiance had an 06 Mazda 5 several years ago and she told me it was always a bit hard to get cold air to the back to cool off the kids. I know Mazda...

the first time I tried to fill up our '09 after we got it I was at the gas station for 10 min trying to get the damn thing off. My wife had filled up a couple times prior to that and had got used to how to open it. After swearing and calling her on the phone I finally got it loose and filled up...

I know this is slightly off topic but... your salesman told you no on a trade cause you bought it less than a year ago? :bs: ... Everytime I pull my '09 into a dealer to get the oil changed they are always trying to get me to upgrade. Sounds like your salesman couldn't be bothered taking you for...

I have owned both a GTI (2003 MKIV) and our current 09 Speed 3 and loved them both. I will say that the only thing that I prefered with the GTI over the Mazda was interior quality. Those VW's interior's are super nice. But the Mazda is more fun to drive!

I love it. Our '09 MS3 GT has aprox 12k on it. Bought in Sept of 08. Changed oil 3 times at 3k, 7k and 11.5k. All with the standard non-synthetic stuff that Mazda uses. No issues. No oil leak/burn issues either. Been great car so far.

This concerns me I spent about an hour of my day yesterday reading through this entire thread. For a long period of time I thought is was possible that s-retire was leaving a key piece of information out (such as the fact that he really did the oil change himself or something along those...

My wife and I have a 2009 MS3 on order. It is currently in transit, sitting in the Pacific somewhere. The guy that sold us the car mentioned that they would only be making the 09 MS3's up til November of this year, effectivly making it only 1/2 year production. And the 2008.5 and 2009's are...