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I have a 25 cx30. I can feel the cylinder deactivation system when it reactivates. You almost have to be concentrating on it to really feel it. For the most part I feel it when the car pulls hill or when I add a little acceleration while in cruise control. I rarely feel it on flat terrain. The...

Back in those days corner gas stations had some pretty good mechanics. Luckily mine did. They had a device that was called a "unisync" (a glass tube with what looked like a ping pong ball in it). I believe it simply measured intake air flow to even out all the carbs. I'm sure there are far more...

Back in 1967 when I was graduating from high school my dad agreed to let me buy a car. I was going to commute to college in the Detroit area and would need transportation to do so. My dad had a friend who lived in Birmingham Michigan who had a neighbor that worked at Chevrolet. I knew him as a...

I like smaller PU's. I had a 77 Datsun king cab 2wd PU (620) and loved it. It had a 2 liter (L20B, 110HP) 4 banger with a 4 spd manual trans and regularly got 30 mpg on the highway. Reluctantly sold it to my brother-in-law who trashed it. Missed having a small truck so I got a 78 Chevy LUV which...

Side mirrors, door handles and bed liner are black. Maybe enough to compliment a black hood.

I assume this is an option but I prefer to make it a "do it myself" job to keep costs down. The rest of the truck is in decent condition. The hood just looks terrible.

What is a good liquid paint remover if this is an appropriate option?

I intend to remove it to do the work.

The clear coat on the hood of my Nissan PU is peeling off in huge flakes. I decided I have to remove all of it and repaint the hood. Is it ok to use a liquid paint remover first then sand or should I just sand all of it off. I have never really did any serious car painting before and not sure of...

I had a 2014 Mazda6 as well and was thrilled with it's gas mileage. Like you said 35mpg was common on road trips. I remember as much as 38mpg! That was a great car as well. Roomy, comfortable, big trunk, and great Mazda handling (on top of the good fuel economy). Too bad they had to dump it in...

As i said, it's very subtle and hardly noticeable. It feels like a very slight (single) engine miss and only occurs when more power is called for (pulling a slight grade or when a itchy foot is planning a passing maneuver). I never feel the deactivation just the reactivation. I too wish there...

They do, but it's pretty much trim specific. I like some interior color in my cars as well and had to do some compromising to get what I liked. For example they offer a color called "Greige". It's a light Grey/beige but comes on only one trim (have it in my cx30 "preferred trim"). They also...

Traded in a 18 3 hatch for my current cx30. One of the best cars I ever owned and kind of regret selling it. It was a GT model with 2.5 motor. Excellent road trip car for my wife and it regularly got 35 to 36 mpg at 75-80mph, even better on 2 lane roads at 65-70mph. Plenty of pep and passing...

To a degree yes. Aurora has a wide range of demographic and economic issues. It is a large city both in population and land area (as big or bigger than Denver) and was in an expansion/growth mode without too much consideration for future infrastructure issues in the early 70's. I worked for a...

No I have not,but I have not driven the cx30 in high outdoor temps yet. I did have some concerns last summer when I drove the CX5 to Dallas several times in temps well over 100 degrees. The cx5 does not have a temp gauge like the cx30 has, but I never had any idiot lights indicating any...

Have a 25 cx30 (NA, 6 mos old)) and a 21 cx5 turbo carbon edition. Son moved to Dallas so we got the cx30 primarily for road trips from Denver to Dallas hoping for a little better gas mileage. Have made three round trips so far and have averaged 33 to 38 mpg per tank. That's better than the 26...

The Mazda Skyactiv 4 cylinder is somewhat based on a atkinson /miller cycle design but with a twist. The mazda motor uses very high compression ratios (13 to1 or so) to achieve increased power and fuel efficiency that can use regular fuel. Atkinson cycle (lower compression) motors are found in...

I have been very happy with Mazdas. Incredibly durable mechanics. I'm on my eighth one now (a cx30) and also currently have a cx5 turbo. None of the eight has ever had a mechanical issue that took it off the road (and that includes a RX7 and Miata....sometimes considered high strung vehicles)...

AC Delco would be the OEM filter for a Buick and the most common ones are available at Walmart. Decent and redibly available filter. A pretty straightforward filter selection for that car.

I have sinned as well. I changed my oil without properly warming the motor and I topped up my sister in laws car with 5w30 when it had 0w-20 in it. Would doing community service at a walmart quick lube forgive my transgressions?