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My 9500i mounted high hidden by the sun strip from outside the car:
V1 nearby for highway travels:
9500i mounted high inside the car:
Blinder switch integrated into the dash:
My blinder & concealed display heads allows me to mute without drawing attention. I have the smart head zip tied to a vent. Double sided tape will not work in this car:
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America is all about speed hot, nasty, bad-ass speed
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V1 with concealed display, LI dual,Cobra 25 ltd cb Garmin 650 running trapster
Saves V1- 11/11
LI- 8/8
Looks good, sporty, gets decent mileage, Mazda reliability... Looks like a good buy!
Nice to know there's one less SUV on the road. The Mazda is much easier to see around.
x2.
Get that rust taken care of, while it's tiny and easily fixed.
__________________ DD: '91 Toyota Supra Turbo RD: Valentine One, 3.863, CD. 2 Losses [IO-K PA, IO-Ka AL] GPS: Garmin nuvi 660; Loaded Stationaries from MarvC & Trapster LJ: An LI (for right now) is on the list CB: Uniden Pro 520 XL w/ Maxrad/PCTEL MLB2700 Camera: Sony DCR-SR45 Scanner: It's on the same list Binoculars: Fiance trained Thermal Camera: Can't justify...yet
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This forum has an odd obsession with poop. happya$$: "Think of POP as POOP." wanderingmind: "The RD gods are going to poop on you." sethy: "Change that sig or ill poop on you" kpatz: "It's a "men pooping while working" sign. " <<JAZZY>>: "Craig Peterson is a loser that needs to be thrown off a mountain into a lake of poo!" ELVATO: "Figured I'd vote in poop threads before I called it a "night."" MEM-TEK: "Cobras are magic poop." upstatedoc: "And speaking of poop..." Ω MiNATi Ω "Well this adds more pOOp to the toilet! I need to do some research."
2005 VW Jetta GLI 1.8T
V1 1.8 Rev3.861
Veil on the front
Well I'm going to blow my cover and admit that I have almost the same car - '08 Mazda 6S Touring (not Grand Touring)
Likes:
- Pretty tossable for a FWD car that's a little on the large side
- Six speed auto is smooth and smart enough to be trusted in D when I'm just cruising
- Great highway manners (at least compared to the sloppy Buick and twitchy Miata I've had.
- The looks have held up well considering this generation is a few years old. I actually prefer it to the 09's...
- Nearly imperceptible torque steer (however, I've never driven much with the traction control off)
Dislikes:
- 119 MPH (GPS) speed limiter that no one seems to know how to disable
- With a V6, it doesn't have the gas mileage folks in here seem to think it has. I get I think around 23-24 MPG, but I don't calculate every tank and I spend at least 1/4 of each tank above 85 MPH.
- Seat was not comfortable at first, see below
- 6 disc changer doesn't pay MP3 CD's
Seat fix:
I could not get comfortable in the stock driver's seat. My Touring has a power seat with cloth, and I can only assume the Grand Touring has the same power seat with leather, so the stuff underneath should be the same. The problem is that the driver's seat has a rather aggressive lumbar support, so even when it was adjusted to the minimum, it felt like the only thing being supported were two or three lower vertibrae in my lumbar area and the very top of my shoulders, which caused my upper back, shoulders and neck to fight against the seat to remain upright and caused great discomfort.
Frustrated, I unhooked the seat covers at the bottom of the rear of the backrest so I could take a look inside and discovered that there's a wave-shaped spring that's drawn across the seat a few inches above the lumbar support. It was hooked in to its mounts by small pieces at the ends that were bent forward, so I simply removed it and reversed it so it gave a bit more support to the upper back area. It may be hard to understand, but it makes sense when you look at it.
That simple fix actually dramatically improved the way the seat fits me, and I just went on a 4 hour drive yesterday with no great discomfort. Before the fix, I couldn't go half an hour before I started squirming around and wishing I were driving my other car.
You might not have a problem with it because everyone is built different, but there you go if you need it.
Having a seat you like is VITAL. I love the Recaros in my VW, although I always have the lumbar support cranked up to the maximum setting. But aside from back contour, it's also important that the seat prevents lateral motion. I HATE seats where I feel like I'm sliding around to either side.
I'm pretty shocked that nobody has figured out how to disable the limiter. Aren't there any ECU reflashes for that car? That usually erases the limiter.
My car doesn't play MP3 CDs either, but long ago somebody figured out a very cheap way to attach a line-in jack to the stock Monsoon double-DIN head unit. Usually it's wired up with a cable coming out of the center console or the glovebox. It may be possible to do something similar with the Mazda.
__________________ Jabomb9: "We were both 100% nekkid and not just "messing around". [...] Good times with my sister! AirMoore: "But you're not allergic to titties, so cheer up -This thread is for you too!" FoolishOne: "I just noticed that the Veyron has a camel toe of sorts, on the hood. It looks like it is wearing a big panty.....big, crotchless panty." 904nm: "I had the hots for JDS for a while when I thought the avatar was photos of JDS. Dang was I mistaken. Man, to think I almost fell for a pedobear. I've got to go play some football or do something else manly to get over that mistake."
This forum has an odd obsession with poop. happya$$: "Think of POP as POOP." wanderingmind: "The RD gods are going to poop on you." sethy: "Change that sig or ill poop on you" kpatz: "It's a "men pooping while working" sign. " <<JAZZY>>: "Craig Peterson is a loser that needs to be thrown off a mountain into a lake of poo!" ELVATO: "Figured I'd vote in poop threads before I called it a "night."" MEM-TEK: "Cobras are magic poop." upstatedoc: "And speaking of poop..." Ω MiNATi Ω "Well this adds more pOOp to the toilet! I need to do some research."
2005 VW Jetta GLI 1.8T
V1 1.8 Rev3.861
Veil on the front
I have owned two Mazdas in the past, and I drove both of them until they died after around 180K miles on each of them.
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