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Erictl76

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  On 9/22/2015 at 6:08 AM, Nelmo said:

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general search:

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Please take note to check (maybe contact the seller) if the model is meant for 2013 and after (China 2013 & after model is same as our new M5).

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  On 9/22/2015 at 3:11 PM, Previousviosdriver said:

What are those rare moments when you depress the I-stop button ?

 

Why do you switch off TCS/DSC (next to I-stop) ? Drifting ?

 

Allow me to share my view:

1) I turned off the I-stop button when it's heavy jam, or when I am queuing to clear the custom.

2) I don't think I'll ever do that. That supposed to have a better safety when you're traveling especially raining day.

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  On 9/22/2015 at 2:27 PM, Previousviosdriver said:

Saw this article on oil. http://www.rojaklah.com/2015/09/22/ron95yk220915/ Maybe useful for drivers here. Anyone can summarise it ?

 

My experience with power windows is that do not press the opposite direction when the windows are opening or closing. It will jam the windows in vios (manual SFN generation and auto SFY generation) and 2nd generation Honda accord. Dare not try with my new Madza 5. I am so glad this "common sense" does not apply to mazda 5 sliding doors. What a good feature. But I learn this the hard way. Thinking that I would only open 1 sliding door, I parked my car nearer to the wall on the other side. My wife press the wrong button and the other sliding door hit the wall. As the door opens, I dare not stop the sliding for fear of jamming the door because I think it is the same as power windows. I am saying out so that you can stop a "disaster" and park your car right in the middle of the lot.

I am interested in this. Anyone good in Chinese, combine orders ?

 

Hi.

 

On widows, My Mazda 2 can switch up and down between directions. So far OK or maybe lucky. No need to stop and press the button again.

 

Regarding to your Mazda 5 when the door hit the pillar, what happens after? The door stops there, return back to close or jam? I usually park quite closed tot he pillar on one side, either left or rightside, trying to create a bigger space for the center car. So sliding door need certain opening thickness for clearance.

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wow, thanks man

 

 

  On 9/22/2015 at 3:06 PM, Erictl76 said:

 

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Hi,

 

When you park in a shopping centre and forget where your car is. Do you have any method to help you find your car? my previous car has a mini-siren if you press and hold a button on the remote

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  On 9/16/2015 at 9:17 AM, Fuelsaver said:

based on ur explanation n comparison w other mz5, shouldn't b the case. mayb this one / small % nvr adjust valve tappet clearance as properly.

do keep posted, tks.

 

Just an update , did my 1k servicing last fri .

 

for the loud engine noise when starting up ...its largely due to the sky activ technology , which it requires to warm up the engine really fast.

But as most forummers mentioned , the sound would last at most for 25-30 secs max...

 

I think it has also something to do with a cold start in the morning...

 

also , when moving off from gear 1-4 , I could hear/feel the gear change which is not heard in my previous GLX ( 6 years old ) .

as its largely due to the fact that its being driven by gear chain , rather the timing belt/chain . ..which is why in some vehicles the gear change sound its not heard so clearly as the sound would be the same throughout moving ...

 

That was what the technical guys told me. (its different from conventional CVT transmission )

 

Ultimately, we do not have to change our timing belt (we do not have it in the first place) , during 80-100K , where we can save some doughs on that!!

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  On 9/17/2015 at 7:20 AM, Xman13 said:

I am having same issues during start up... but the noise will go away after 10-20 secs..... Fuel consumption is bad,,, do not trust the indicator,,,, if it shows 11 km/l, it is not true, manual calculation only about 9 km/l... current mileage about 5800km... manage to get slot for servicing for 5k in early October only. By then I will hit 7k.

 

 

 

haha.. maybe u can ask the technical again regarding the loud engine start up sound, and see if they give you the same answer they gave me..

 

its just about getting used to it , I guess..

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  On 9/22/2015 at 3:11 PM, Previousviosdriver said:

What are those rare moments when you depress the I-stop button ?

 

Why do you switch off TCS/DSC (next to I-stop) ? Drifting ?

 

I depress everytime I move off...

 

it just doesn't make sense to cut and restart engine when halted at junction , somestimes its not even for 5 secs..

 

and actually I realized if do not depressed your brake hard enough , the istop( if its on default on) will not kick in as well.

 

I;m just paranoid thinking how can the engine not go bonkers , if it keeps, start /stop during a 15k journey??

 

 

btw, my understanding for tcs/dsc , is on by default , unless you are a need for speed wannabe , and wanting to perform some drift acts,

u could try de-activiating it...

hi all , so far I have managed to pump ~53Litres into the tank ...

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  On 9/30/2015 at 2:56 AM, tytytyty said:

 

Just an update , did my 1k servicing last fri .

 

for the loud engine noise when starting up ...its largely due to the sky activ technology , which it requires to warm up the engine really fast.

But as most forummers mentioned , the sound would last at most for 25-30 secs max...

 

I think it has also something to do with a cold start in the morning...

 

also , when moving off from gear 1-4 , I could hear/feel the gear change which is not heard in my previous GLX ( 6 years old ) .

as its largely due to the fact that its being driven by gear chain , rather the timing belt/chain . ..which is why in some vehicles the gear change sound its not heard so clearly as the sound would be the same throughout moving ...

 

That was what the technical guys told me. (its different from conventional CVT transmission )

 

Ultimately, we do not have to change our timing belt (we do not have it in the first place) , during 80-100K , where we can save some doughs on that!!

very kind of u to feedback, tk u bro.

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  On 9/30/2015 at 3:09 AM, tytytyty said:

 

I depress everytime I move off...

 

it just doesn't make sense to cut and restart engine when halted at junction , somestimes its not even for 5 secs..

 

and actually I realized if do not depressed your brake hard enough , the istop( if its on default on) will not kick in as well.

 

I;m just paranoid thinking how can the engine not go bonkers , if it keeps, start /stop during a 15k journey??

 

 

btw, my understanding for tcs/dsc , is on by default , unless you are a need for speed wannabe , and wanting to perform some drift acts,

u could try de-activiating it...

hi all , so far I have managed to pump ~53Litres into the tank ...

 

Hi, just to share that I used to loathe the i-Stop feature as it was also cutting off the engine for abt 2-3 seconds each time, which in my opinion is more wasteful than fuel-saving. My aircon setting was the cause of that, and after I changed the preset temp to 24 deg instead of 22, fan speed still at level 2, the engine now cuts off for much longer, sometimes more than 10 secs. I now leave the i-Stop on as I'm pretty sure it's saving rather than wasting fuel, and I must say I've grown to like the feeling I get when it cuts off...not many cars can claim to have this special feature!

 

I'm now on my 3rd tank of V-Power, this time it was the new Nitro version which I believe has better performance compared to the previous. In terms of FC, I am now just above half tank and I've managed to clock around 280km, which could mean I may be able to reach 600km on one full tank. That's about 100km more than my previous tank, so its a pretty big improvement. However, this electronic fuel gauge is terribly inaccurate, especially towards the bottom half tank, so I'm expecting a less impressive number. I'm tempted to go back to Esso 95 and see if I can achieve that same mileage or even better. Based on my previous ride, Esso 95 gave me better economy but of course not as much kick when accelerating...:) I've now covered about 1500km in total, and the FC is still way below my expectation for all the technology they've put into this car, but I've heard from several brothers here that it will improve after around 5000km, so I'm looking forward to that.

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  On 9/22/2015 at 3:06 PM, Erictl76 said:

 

I had a tonneau cover for my previous ride, and basically left it in my store room until I sold off the car haha! It actually restricts the amount of stuff you can carry in the boot, like luggage, and unless you have somewhere in the car to store it when you don't need it, it's pretty "zhor teng"...just my opinion though.

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  On 9/30/2015 at 6:48 AM, BenjaminTay_83149 said:

 

Hi, just to share that I used to loathe the i-Stop feature as it was also cutting off the engine for abt 2-3 seconds each time, which in my opinion is more wasteful than fuel-saving. My aircon setting was the cause of that, and after I changed the preset temp to 24 deg instead of 22, fan speed still at level 2, the engine now cuts off for much longer, sometimes more than 10 secs. I now leave the i-Stop on as I'm pretty sure it's saving rather than wasting fuel, and I must say I've grown to like the feeling I get when it cuts off...not many cars can claim to have this special feature!

 

I'm now on my 3rd tank of V-Power, this time it was the new Nitro version which I believe has better performance compared to the previous. In terms of FC, I am now just above half tank and I've managed to clock around 280km, which could mean I may be able to reach 600km on one full tank. That's about 100km more than my previous tank, so its a pretty big improvement. However, this electronic fuel gauge is terribly inaccurate, especially towards the bottom half tank, so I'm expecting a less impressive number. I'm tempted to go back to Esso 95 and see if I can achieve that same mileage or even better. Based on my previous ride, Esso 95 gave me better economy but of course not as much kick when accelerating...:) I've now covered about 1500km in total, and the FC is still way below my expectation for all the technology they've put into this car, but I've heard from several brothers here that it will improve after around 5000km, so I'm looking forward to that.

I believed before 5000km servicing, our M5 is on mineral engine oil. I guess they will change it to Synthetic engine oil and that's improve the fc a little. But, don't expect any big jump I think.

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  On 9/28/2015 at 5:38 AM, Erictl76 said:

This one doesn't has the 'car finding' features. As for me, I'm using the mobile phone to take a photo whenever I park at unfamiliar place.

 

ya lor

 

quite pissed off at that.

 

usually depend on the beep to find car at the carpark

 

hahahahaha

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heard that they only change to synthetic at 10,000km. I haven't hit my 5000km servicing, therefore not sure on this.

 

  On 9/30/2015 at 7:15 AM, Erictl76 said:

I believed before 5000km servicing, our M5 is on mineral engine oil. I guess they will change it to Synthetic engine oil and that's improve the fc a little. But, don't expect any big jump I think.

 


noted on that, especially when you have your last row up most of the time. it will be quite a headache to keep it.

 

 

  On 9/30/2015 at 6:57 AM, BenjaminTay_83149 said:

 

I had a tonneau cover for my previous ride, and basically left it in my store room until I sold off the car haha! It actually restricts the amount of stuff you can carry in the boot, like luggage, and unless you have somewhere in the car to store it when you don't need it, it's pretty "zhor teng"...just my opinion though.

 

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  On 10/1/2015 at 4:54 PM, Nelmo said:

heard that they only change to synthetic at 10,000km. I haven't hit my 5000km servicing, therefore not sure on this.

 

 

noted on that, especially when you have your last row up most of the time. it will be quite a headache to keep it.

 

 

 

 

When I went for my 1K servicing, I checked with the engineer why they don't replace the engine oil. He told me that the car uses specially formulated Mazda Gold synthetic engine oil, and that it only needs to be changed every 10K servicing. Also he says our SkyActiv engine cannot use other brands of engine oil like Shell Ultra or Mobil 1, otherwise engine will spoil...dunno how true but that's from the horse's mouth.

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Hmm if that's the case, what they do for 1k servicing if they don't change eo?

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