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Mazda5 Changes You'd Like To See
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We are two going to get one of these. We have a 4 year old and another one on the way. But that's it!
With the 3rd raw of seats up, there barely room for 2 grocery bags in the "trunk".
You should go see one at a dealer. They usually have on inside the showroom.
You need a real minivan. Get the Odyssey.
To carry anything of significance with the 5 roof racks and cargo boxes are in order.
How about a CX-9? It's only 10k more....
150 dollars does not speak volume.... It depends where you shop....
I drive a CX-7 which has a very large cargo area compared to the 5 with all the seats up. 118 dollars in grocery at Safeway/VONS fills it to the gils (the CX-7 back). More has to go on the seats.
Maybe I just hit the sale days and I get more for the buck.... but still suitcases to the airport... I don't thinnk so. And that was the point. I see that more responses point the same thing out.
If I ever go on a road trip with 6 passenger and loads of cargo, I have a basket roof rack I can throw up on top but to be honest I have yet to use it.
The CX-7 is not particularily big either, but I think the general population needs to get out of the mode of thinking that we need a vehicle for the absolute worst case scenario. Why does anyone need to use a truck that can haul a boat @ 80mph to do groceries?
Federal safety regulations.
A three passenger bench seat in second row, another 6" or so behind the third row and the turbo 2.3L or the 3.0L V6 and we have a perfect little sporty wagon.
A lot of features mentioned by others would negate other unique traits of the 5. A more powerful engine would almost certainly hurt gas mileage. Stability control or an LSD would bump up the price, which is currently pretty attractive. A softer suspension would probably reduce handling (or raise the price). More space in the trunk would make it an ordinary minivan.
All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the overall balance of features in the 5.
I think size wise the Mazda 5 is perfect, just add the 7th seat and we have a winner. There are too many other choices to go with if you want a "full size minivan" and Mazda has the Mazda 8 if they ever want to get back into that market.
Just being able to fit 5 passengers in the two rows and having the third row for those once in a blue moon times when we do need it to say transport kids' friends would be such a bonus.
You can turn the lights switch to "position lights" only, so only the markers will turn on, the headlights will stay off. The dash will also illuminate.
1) For an automatic trans, all doors should lock when shifting out of Park and unlock when you take the key out. This is a great safety feature.
2) Daytime running lights! Another safety feature. This is required on the Canadian models so why not keep it for the US models? I know the GT model has autosensing lights as part of the rain sensor but I don't want all the bells for a safety feature. If anything, I wish the lights would just shut off when I turn the key off, everything else shuts off!
3) Parking brake chime. Okay we all have left the parking brake engaged, don't lie! In addition to the light on the dash, it would be nice to have a chime in case you don't look down at the dash. Like the seatbelt chime.
4) I wish the console between the front seats had a lid. Nice to throw spare change or a few buck in there, ezpass/other transponders/gps and just flip the lid closed. Sure you can put the gizmos in the glove box, but cars have been broken into for a roll of parking quarters in the center console.
5) Flip-out keys were cool when they came out 10+ years ago. Now we've progressed to a fob and some makes don't even require the key to be inserted (ok, that's a Jag, but I have to pay $300 for the key anyway so might as well make it a cool key fob). Maybe that's not a cheap enhancement, but to me the key assembly is too long when in the open position and feels like it my knee could snap it off.
6) "Shark fin" style antenna. Standard antenna was too long and hits my garage door so I replaced it with a 3-section one from the local parts store that I leave collapsed. Still picks up stations well.
7) Another charge point for the middle row.
Well those are just some observations after a couple weeks of ownership. Bigger ticket items/trim levels would be motorized sliding doors, power seats (maybe even ones that adjust to the driver based on the key, or rather the fob, that unlocks it), etc.
I would also like to see slots put in the sides of the back area so that one could put a shelf to put light things on them. I would also like to see a hook higher in the back corners to allow the net that you can put to hold things down in the back could be put across the very back of the opening to put things in that will not slide forward.(yes the back bit slides in to the slot to make that in theory hold things but in actuality it will not hold to long before it slides out and releases.
i would like to see the day time running lights to also turn on the back lights(this also has proven to decrease accidents)
The front individual arm rests should be replaced with a larger one that incorporates a storage bin to charge a phone (with 110 volt option) and also be used as a large shared arm rest.
also to have the tray option on the backside of the front seats for the second row people this is available in other countries.
also a solar vent to remove excess heat when car is sitting in the sun.
more powerful battery on cold winter days there are times when it seems like the car barely starts
available glass tinted windows not the after-market tint. again this is available in other countries.
proper sunroof there is enough head room to have one that goes inside the roof space. the opening one now actually is tiny compared to the actual size of the sun roof glass and if you add the wind deflector the opening becomes only a few inches.
heated cloth seats not just heated leather seats
bright colours like fire engine red and yellow ie younger colours.
back up camera and or parking sonic distance system
standard blue tooth and mp3
DIESEL ENGINE lol
Anyway, lots of changes will come to the 2011 model, including larger seats and consoles.
I can't believe they missed that one how hard can it be?
Larry
I do think a Diesel would be great and also a manual option.
I would like to have a low gas chime though. I have many times looked down to see my yellow light on and I am never sure if it just turned on or if it has been on a while and I am toast. Haven't run out yet.....