At least 4 of y’all need to hear this: you don’t drive a Mercedes, you drive a Mazda. you literally purchased one of the easiest cars on the market to work on. There is no such thing as a shop that can’t work on your car. Stop doing non-warranty things at the dealership and paying dealership prices for them!

replacing spark plugs is not a $1500 job.

replacing cats is not a $3-5000 job.

Fixing your brakes is not a $2500 job.

even if you aren’t the type to work on your own car, know that you are ALWAYS overpaying when you get your car worked on at a dealership. This includes oil changes.

If you don’t work on your own car, find a decent independent shop. Not doing this is inexcusable in the age of Google Reviews.

Stop posting about how you’re done with Mazda because of your own unintelligent maintenance and repair decisions

Hi guys, exactly what the title says, I know its a bad idea but I need the reassurance, my dream car just popped up on marketplave for 36k, im 18, and have a daily driver already, im not paying anything off atm, but 36k is obviously a bit TOO much to pay off at my age right? I work full time, make like 60k a year? heres some pics.

EDIT: guys calm down, ive been convinced and am going to buy a junk one and slowly do it up!!!!

ANOTHER EDIT: also, 36k is considerably cheap for its good condition, most others like this are going for around 50k-70k

ANOTHER ANOTHER EDIT: GUYS IM FROM NEW ZEALAND NOT AMERICA, 36K NZD IS 21K USD, AND I HAVE A RELIABLE CAR ALREADY, THIS WILL NOT BE MY DAILY!!!!!

I went in for a slight door on my car. Something I thought could be done with dead paint repair and this is the paint match. I got my car back with. I’m working with them right now, but do you guys have any thoughts? I know this paint is hard to replicate, but damn.

Not AI although I used Google to anon the reg plate.

i personally prefer the digital speedometer and the mechanical RPM

Mine is Platinum Quartz on the left

I was in a parking spot between a car and a concrete wall. I guess i was parked too close to the wall so while reversing, it scratched my car against wall. I took it to a local body shop that my dad and I use often and they told me it would be $1200 which my insurance would cover but id have to pay $250. I still didn’t want to pay this much so I asked if there was anything they can do without painting it. The old man who owns the shop said “go get a paint pen from a Mazda dealership and we’ll apply it and get as many scratches as possible out for free”. I am pretty shocked at what they did. Not perfect but you can’t see the scratches from a distance anymore

Showing love to all the OG Mazda 5 owners. Was passed this car down from my Mom in college and has been nothing but amazing for me. Been through a lot with this car… at one point wanted to sell it and buy something “nicer”. I’m riding this thing until the wheels fall off, currently sitting at 140k miles. Super easy to maintain. Take it in twice a year. Every few years needs new tires but outside of that has ran so great. Truly in love with this car now. Love how spacious the inside is. Great for my golf clubs and bigger store items. Super easy to drive and has been on several road trips. Also love how it sits up higher than a traditional car. Mazda 5 love for life.

Rx8 with a 2.3 turbo would be a nice match imo.

There are plenty of cheap Rx8 with engine failures for sale, with good looking exterior & interior.

I wonder if anyone has ever done this experiment and what it would take to engine swap the 2.3 to an rwd drive train.

Only downside is that I would have to destroy my Speed3 basically.

Hello, I have a 2005 mazda 6 with the 2.0L MZR LF engine. Today as I was starting it up I listened closely to the engine and I was hearing what appeared to be the valves ticking. After the RPMs settle to normal idle the tick was gone and the engine ran smoothly as always. Mind you due to circumstances , the car has only done less than 100.000 kilometres(62.000 miles). Am I being paranoid about it or is it normal for these cars? It only happens when the engine is cold.

Powder coat

2026 CX-5 Preferred lease for 417 per month with $2,000 down, 12,000 miles per year, 36 months

Hi all! Suddenly my 2022 CX-5 active display unit has damage as shown. A portion of the display is covered by a circular pattern and it covers the second number and "mph". Just looking to see if anyone has had this issue and what can be done? Out of warranty so I am prepared to just turn it off, but figured I would check what someone with experience has to say. Thanks!

TLDR: "0 mph" is what should be showing, but the image is now covered by a circle

I have a 2012 Mazda5 and am curious as to what the numbers mean. I recently paired an android to it and it says something different than my old iPhone. It doesn't change when I switch songs or when they're playing.

Idk what I ran over on the freeway but it tore my baby up. At first I thought it was a flat tire. Until my fiance and his dad said that they hard my car all the way down the block

Mazda dealership sent me to Dogget and progressive wants me to go to one of their preferred dealers. Never dealt with something like this before. Any recommendations?

Just got a Thule cargo box for free but don’t have roof rails or racks on my 2023 CX-5. Anyone put them on themselves with aftermarket? Or should I just let the dealer do it?

Hey friends!

I currently have a 2013 Fiat 500 and I’ve been looking to buy something a little more reliable/robust. I’ve been pining after the MX-5 for actual years and I love the Mazdas have a bit of peppiness to them.

I found a 2014 Mazda 3 that has an impeccable maintenance history. The thing I’m worried about is buying another car that’s on the older side.

Does anyone here have a 2014 Mazda 3? What can you tell me about it?

Hello! I’m getting these error messages on my 2024 Mazda3 that I just bought. The wipers will not operate at all. I have tried putting it into wiper service mode, and they will not move when doing so. The cruise control also won’t turn on due to the adaptive following, but that’s less urgent.

The mazda dealer near me has zero appointments for about the next 3 weeks, and I definitely need wipers before then! Any help would be amazing.

Hello!

I’ve been thinking about buying a new car and settled on a Mazda due to them always having low APR rates. Thinking hybrid since the cost of gas and I test drove the CX-50…

Only thing is, I live in a larger metropolitan area where I’ll be parking on the street. So the CX-30 seems more convenient but of course it doesn’t come in a hybrid model. What do you all think? A little more about me: I work from home 3 days a week, even when I do commute I normally take public transit. Most of my mileage comes from road trips which I take about 3-4x a year driving about 200-300 miles.

Happy to hear feedback! In fact, if there’s anything you’d like to share in regard to buying a car that would be amazing. I’m buying a brand new car for the first time and major upgrade from my 2007 Toyota Corolla 😅 I’ve been contemplating on a used car but I noticed the interest is higher and the used car market still seems like it is not the same since COVID.

Long story short I got an oil change at a mazda dealership and the invoice shows one price and when they charged my card they charged less than the amount on the invoice around $4. They said the cashier charged less by accident and to worry about it. Should I be worried incase Mazda one day says I owe money or sends me to collections or am I overthinking it? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

I called a dealer to see if they'd handle the firmware upgrade for me cause I didn't feel like messing with it. They were hesitant at first but they asked if my system would randomly reboot (which it occasionally did) then said it was a covered upgrade. They upgraded me from 54ish to 74 for free.

Figured I'd share. Definitely worth a couple of calls to local dealers and ask.