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Well, it finally happened. Last night, I'm on my way home from work, sitting at a red light, and WHAM! My pristine '97 Civic EX (63K mi.) lurches forward. I look up to see the grill of a Toyota Highlander filling the rear window. I have fallen victim to a soccer mom with a cell phone and an SUV...

I think I may be in the market for a '06 Mazda3 5 door to replace my '97 Civic EX Coupe. I have heard the rumor of the 5 spd auto and was wondering what else may be in the wind. I grilled the local Mazda sales guy (the one I bought our '03 P5 from), but all he knew was that there would be new...

Has anyone replaced the factory ATF in a P5 automatic? I did this 3K miles ago on our '03 P5 with Amsoil ATF, and have not had any issues. The car only has 13K miles on it so far. However, I also did this in my '97 Civic nearly 30K miles ago with Mobil 1 and now the transaxle in the Honda...

I have a 2003 P5 that is about to roll to 10K miles on the odo (momma doesn't drive much). I will be converting the engine oil and the transaxle ATF to full Synthetic at that time. The owner's manual and the shop manual that I have for this car do not specify a transaxle fluid change interval...

I have been reading about these devices and was sorta stunned to learn they have been being installed in many cars for quite a few years now. They record the last five seconds of vehicle and driver activity before the air bag(s) are triggered by the car. Does anyone know if the P5 has one (it...

has showed up at the local dealer's lot. Now the lonely Orange one has company. Jim

arrived in the mail today from my local dealer, even though the return address was Milwaukee, WI. It stated that Mazda routinely reviews customer's service history (big deal Saturn has been reminding me for the last ten years) to ensure that our car gets the routine scheduled maintenance it...

I was at the dealer's this morning having an oil change done on our P5 and went strolling down the lines of stored new cars. There was an '03.5 P5 on the lot with the standard subwoofer. I noticed that the roof seam fillers have four little slide covers for the roof rack mounting bolts. Looks...

Just received my May issue and there's a comparo test article. Draw your own conclusions. Jim

Not sure if this is old news as I haven't seen it posted here before, but www.mazdausa.com has been completely redone. Jim

and getting 24.5 mpg on the last tank full with mostly in town driving. I'm not gonna worry about it until spring when it warms up and the cold idle time diminishes. Jim Hello. What gives? This post should be at the other end of the thread!

Ok, I've searched this site, Googled, and Dogpiled for TSBs and haven't found anything but Alldata for them. Being a skinflint, I was looking for a site that would provide them for free as opposed to the subscription deal with Alldata. Anyone got a favorite site that I've missed? Thanks, Jim

I was at the local dealership today salivating over the black MSP that just arrived and saw some Mazda 6 colors I hadn't seen before. Laser Blue, Black, and a stunning metallic Charcoal that really looked rich. Suppposedly there is pale green comming also that looks like the color on the Mazda...

I finally got the time to install the Silverstar bulbs (9003 ST) in the Honder. What a booger! You have to remove the air filter box and the power steering resevoir to get at the bulb mounts! I don't have pics, but the ones on the Sylvania site are exactly what they look like compared to the...

OK, don't shoot, but if this should be in "Off Topic" I'm sorry. I've been trying to find a Honda Civic site like this one for a month now and I don't seem to be able to find one. I thought I'd get more hits here than in OT. I have a 6th Gen EX that I'm working on and need the kind of help...

Yesterday we got 5" of really hard snow. Tiny little flakes that packed into quasi-ice as soon as you touched it. The roads were like grease! The P5 was impressive in this crap. The tires had good traction even in the slippery, ice coverd side streets. The manual mode of the automatic was...

Do any of you with US P5s ever move the rear bar around? I have ours all the way to the rear and plan to leave it there. Since I don't like the look of the exposed rails, I also plan to take the long plastic covers that come with the P5 for when you remove the bars and modify them to fit in...

The Mazda salesman just called me to follow up on my service visit Tuesday to get the wheel locks installed on our new P5. He also let me know that Mazda has upped the warranty period for ALL 2003 Mazdas to 4 years/50,000 miles. Anyone who has already purchased a 2003 Mazda will be getting...

Since I just purchased a new '03 P5, I thought I'd get the service manuals now even though it will be three years before I will likely put wrench to bolt on the car. A call to the friendly local Mazda parts counter turned into "Stump the Band". Today, I was in the service department having the...

I know, they are NOT real HIDs, but the specs. show them to be pretty hot (4,000K vs 4,100K for HID). Has anyone used them yet? At $20 - $25 a bulb, they are worth a try, but I'm worried about the heat and the plastic housings/lenses. Actually, I'm looking at putting them in both my Civic...