Eden Mazda Taunton is practically next to J25 of the M5, so my pre-arranged test drive was to head north on the M5, exit at J24 and return to Taunton on the A38. This round trip of 20 miles or so should have taken no more than 30/40 minutes, but...... After a couple of miles the M5 ground to a halt....

I discovered by trial and error that "on" and "off" are reversed for traffic announcements. Now I have finally shut these unwelcome intrusions up. Someone in an earlier post described this ludicrous system as "reverse logic". There is nothing logical about it. It has be...

I hope something can be done to modify the suspension, or the lack of it, before my back finally cries enough.

From painful experience I have discovered what suspension the CX-3 has. Very little.

My wife's car was hit from behind whilst stationary and I was driving it at the time. The other party's insurers arranged the repairs and hire car, so we made no claim and just reported the incident to our own insurers. Much later we had an unsolicited phone call from some compensation chasing firm,...

Wish mine were getting soft. It might improve the hard ride.

Perhaps I have been fortunate with Eden Mazda Taunton, who have been helpful and efficient with sales and service.

Mazda didn't put much soundproofing in the early CX-3 models which saved weight (and money). You might consider fitting a kit diy or professionally - e.g. https://www.nkgroup.co.uk/product-category/vehicles/cars/ ? At last the truth comes out! I have complained about the CX-3's noisy ride ever sinc...

Unfortunately the car also had the mechanical crudity of a transmission which required me to select the gears myself and engage the drive with a friction clutch. "real men drive cars with manual transmissions" ;-) https://www.askmen.com/top_10/cars/top10-reasons-real-men-drive-stick.html ...

Gus wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:31 pmIt has 360* view.

A hot air balloon.