Unlike starting the car normally, Mazda’s i-stop restarts the engine through combustion; fuel is directly injected into a cylinder while the engine is stopped and ignited to generate downward piston force. I-stop operates the starter motor for less than a second to assist engine restarting.

I've never tried the Mazda Connected Services, but I know Gus has, and is not at all impressed with the accuracy of the, so called, Live Traffic service.

It was a survey in 2017 and the article says they had more than 10,000 responses (10,001?). It doesn't say how many votes were for each model, so results may be a bit skewed.

ABS and TPMS warning lights have nothing to do with the Front Sensing Camera on the windscreen.

Hi yorkiedave and welcome to the forums. I use Aytoglym High Definition Wax on the paintwork. I've read good things about Collinite No. 476S Super Double Coat Auto Wax too. Try to ensure you don't get any wax on the black plastic trim, but if you do, a tip is to use a soft pencil eraser to remove th...

'Mark topics read' is not something I've used as I read every topic anyway. Santa, whilst on the home page, if you click 'unread', then click 'mark all read' will that achieve what you're after?

DaveG I have removed the accidental duplicate posts as requested. goldhillman, all I know is that in the manual it says "CAUTION, Do not overfill the engine oil. This may cause engine damage." There may be a bit of leeway so that a small amount over MAX will not do any harm. However if it ...

Glad to read you got a new battery. You just need to keep it charged up now. particularly if you're doing infrequent and short trips. i-stop improves fuel economy by approximately eight percent (under Japan's JC08 mode test cycle) and of course there is no exhaust pollution when the engine isn't run...