My experience of Mazda warranty has been very favourable so far, so if you did get a problem with the alloys in the first three years, that doesn't look like external wear and tear, then I'm sure your dealer would be successful with a warranty claim on your behalf. That's good to hear, there's just...

jtonline wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:19 am Welcome to the forums, Andy.

Thanks jtonline

Have downloaded a pdf owners handbook and blown away with the amount of options in there! I have no idea as to what my new acquisition has on-board and am expecting a very steep learning curve

Understand what you say jtonline, I'm just a bit paranoid having seen the deterioration on my previous car even after taking care of them! I may well take out an insurance... Does yours cover a refurb if a SMART fix won't suffice?

What about the windscreen wipers that worked on a vacuum system. The faster you drove the slower the wipers worked. :lol: Arrgghhh.... Yes my 100E had these - a real pain going up hill in the rain as you had to occasionally lift your right foot up to enable a wipe... And the 100E was a side valved ...

Chemical Guys web pages supply several good quality wheel cleaners and coatings for diamond cut alloys.

Agreed St3v3cx-3!

I've found several treatments that can be used on The Chemical Guy's web pages - I may be tempted?
I also know several people who got VW to replace their alloys under warranty.

Greenman - I had Toyo Proxies T1-R's on a Bora PD150 I once had, very grippy although quite soft so wore sooner than expected, I liked them though, even down to their 'aggressive' look when viewed on full lock. St3v3cx-3 - fully understand the Aircon probs I may encounter as I think my cx-3 was firs...

Hi Skylander, I'm sorry to hear you have had health issues made worse (or caused) by driving your car - must be upsetting every time you have to use it?! I understand the 2018 'uplift' model has gone someway to increasing noise reduction and the electric driver's seat has lumber support - not much g...

What - if anything - does anyone here use to help protect the surface of their laser/diamond cut alloys? I don't mean rim protectors (That I've read on another - informative - thread here) but the actual surface of the alloy, my Golf's diamond cut alloys deteriorated quite badly over the years - mos...

Hi people, have been a stalker here for a few weeks gleaning information and knowledge of the CX-3 and once I decided I knew enough and had a rough idea of the pitfalls of buying/owning a CX-3. ie. Hard ride, noise at speed, rear leg room and condenser failures etc, I (we - as wifey has to have a ma...