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    Tow hitch?

    I saw somewhere in the owner's manual that the Mazda5 is not meant to tow anything, and that's all they say about it. I'm not looking to tow, rather to put a hitch on it to put on a bike rack. We have the potential to want to carry five bikes at a time. Can roof racks carry that many? I've...
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    Fun with Fuji

    Not even one week into ownership, and the kids have already slept in Fuji twice (I had to nix a third night, as I didn't get any sleep since any noise in the garage woke me up from my warm, soft bed). Two nights ago, we took it at sunset to a parking spot that overlooks Lake Mead, along with a...
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    Engine interference with DVD Aux

    I very recently purchased a used '08 Mazda5 Sport MT with less than 32k miles on it. I bought a Panasonic dual-screen DVD player that straps to the headrests, and a jack to plug it into the aux port. The DVD player works just fine while the engine is not running, but we get an annoying ticking...
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    Finally, a year after my search started, I bought my Mazda5!

    Whew! It's a little red 2008 Sport manual with a little under 32,000 miles on it. It spent most of its life on Kaua'i, which must be the reason for the low miles. I spent forever looking for a used manual 5, even resigning myself to an AT as long as it had a moonroof to help lessen the sting...
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    Hmm, so do the dealers even know what they are selling?

    Hey again! Thanks for the welcome. In my quest to find the perfect 5, I've been noticing a lot of irregularities in advertisements for various Mazda5's for sale. A number of dealers, including some Mazda dealers, list loaded 5s with leather seats and moonroofs as Sports, and sometimes...
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    Hi! Brand new here, looking to replace my trusty '88 Toyota truck with a Mazda5

    Hey! We outgrew our almost-classic Toyota 4x4 ten years ago when we had our first of three kids. But, we bought it new off the lot, we honeymooned in it, we have a lot of history and fond memories with it, and it's a great truck. I just don't know how anyone can own (and thus maintain) a...
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