Willy Abuga
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Mazda Mechanic @ M+H Auto. Loves Cars, Food & Travelling
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After church attending the meat 🥩 festival at Karen, absolutely blown away by the sheer amount of food & Pitmasters putting in their best effort in making the best nyama this side of the Sahara
Slow cooked for 48 hrs 🙌
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I let the CX5 drive itself through the night all the way to Nairobi, I was more interested in utilizing these specific features;
1.MRCC
2. Adaptive I-ActiveSense
3. Lane Keep Assist
This is so far my observations, whether it’s useful or fancy non-useful gimmick
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There is this decision i made in 2020 that still puts a smile to my face each month- going offgrid- 0 power bills.
Huge initial investment but worth every coin, even i sometimes doubt it
#solarenergy
#Offgrid
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Maxine is back on the rally and all her previous sponsors like Betika,Aquamist etc are onboard
Try to accuse a man of even a sexual offense and the man’s whole career is over, no one would touch that man with a 10 foot pole BUT I guess the rules apply different for women
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I spent a solid 5 mins at a petrol station in Awasi convincing the attendants that this Demio will take Diesel fuel ⛽️
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Any boychild who just started adult life in Kenya, nothing really prepares you for what lies ahead. Unemployment,brokenness & humiliation from society really takes a toll on you.Seeing a boychild rise up on his own & make a name for himself in Nairobi is something only few have
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On Sunday right after church, I may have committed a little mistake😮💨, took the family out for some lunch but never bothered to inquire how much food costs beforehand
The bill for 2 adults & 1 minor made my eyes watery
Lesson learnt
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I took the Diesel Demio on a 900km trip in under 24 hrs
NBI- Kericho- Litein- Kabianga- Awasi- Tinderet- ELD - NBI
Guess how much total fuel spent
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Nairobi- Kigali with a 2015 2.2D Atenza 👊
Rather than selling his car, Ouma moved to Rwanda with his Mazda 🔥🔥
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As a car enthusiast, I often tend to talk to different owners about the experiences they’ve had with their cars- like the CarTalk event I hosted a few weekends ago.
This Disco was bought around the same timelines as the KCX vehicle and I thought I’d get their experiences too…
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Postcards from ushago, let’s create a thread of cars in ushago 😅
- Mention the locations
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I witnessed a Toyota Harrier that failed to negotiate a turn fall off down to the river, that vehicle never attempted to even brake or avoid going off the road- probably driver had dozed off.
Vehicle hit the ground sooo hard that the driver was ejected out of the car
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Saw a recommendation for a family friendly afternoon hang out spot here and I finally visited 👍
Peaceful scenery, very generous food serving and friendly service and lots of kids activities
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In 2022, there is this guy that had a car issue, his car needed about 400k in repairs (minor accident) he had bought the car when money was flowing on his side but unfortunately after a while, he lost his job and had no other source of income.
The car was towed to our workshop
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When you leave the comfort of your home to go sleep on the ground with people who understand your language 🚘 🏕
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It’s actually quite sad to learn that Super Metro has stopped the Western Kenya (Kakamega) route and redirected their buses on a new route
Why did SM quite the route?
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When you are at a petrol station and there is a bit of queue, always go to the line with older cars like Toyota 110, Nissan B15, Starlet etc
Those guys never fuel more than 500 bob at once 🤣🤣
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At this rate, looks like i am the only one left in Kenya who hasn’t done a Moyale roadtrip 😢
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Lets call a spade a spade; driving upcountry is pure bliss, smooth well marked highways
The past regime outdid itself infrastracture wise
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Saw a guy park his car, remove his tools & literally start working on his car.
He stayed there for about 40 mins seriosly fiddling with something in the engine bay before he finally left 😅
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What kind of money do you need to own land and farm like this in kenya 😳
Do these kind of farmers even worry about fake fertilizer or price of a kg of maize 🧐
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Brian is puzzled by the consumption of his 2000cc petrol CX5 while heading upcountry.
It used up full tank from Nairobi - Rongo via Narok- Bomet route; lets get down to the math, actual figures 👊
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2 vehicles came into the workshop today, both had the same problem, both share the 2.2D engine.
Issue was DPF warnings and loss of power
We however solved their problems differently, I’ll explain below
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Kapsoya, Eldoret 🙌🙌
Actually love it when people put an effort to beautify their environment 👊
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Before & After 👊
There is nothing as satisying as seeing the results 🥰
This is why i have never been an apartment person
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Remember this 2015 Diesel CX5 that hit a truck at full speed on Southern bypass a few months ago?
The owner walk away fine & has gotten a new unit -2018 Diesel CX5 full spec.
On the road remember, you are the ASSET not the car
That car was made possible by u, NOT vice versa
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Booked Mumias-MBA Bus online, paid for the VIP which was 2400, the bus left at 4 pm as indicated.I however alighted at Nairobi but didn’t mind the extra fare, slept 🛌 almost throughout the whole journey.
Bus was nice, charging ports worked & crew was friendly
Would recommend 🙌
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There is this channel on YouTube called Mara Nomads - arguably the best car content in Kenya 🇰🇪
Kudos to those guys and a HUGE mention to that SJ Subaru Forester that is always doing big boy trips effortlessly
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On 1st Oct 2022, CX5 Club will be heading to Muranga for a charity drive 👋
Wamamas are asking if the men will be joining in?
Mko?
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You invest your money in buying a good car that has premium features including a 10 speaker Bose system tuned by sound engineers from the factory 🏭
BUT
You throw all that out & install aftermarket sub-par speakers while drilling holes on the car to fit them 🤨
Kenyans
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Has anyone noticed the sheer amount of butterflies 🦋 since last week when driving upcountry?
Kenol - Sagana and beyond
Viewpoint - Gilgil and beyond
The whole road is just noted with white
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Early morning & tuko site
3 diesel CX5s have checked in & all have the same issue, no power when overtaking or hill climbs
One of them is a KDM straight from the port- turns out it is a very small issue
*Boost Leak*
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#AtenzaTribe
meat & great yesterday at Tigoni photo dump 👇
Frame 4 is their calendar for 2023
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Kijana
@POTENTdynamics
amefanya social media ikumbuke mechs exist & are a vital part of the society
Keep up the good job
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A quick before & after on this ex-CMC police issue pickup
Had lots of fun driving this vehicle the first day it arrived, unapita back road hivi every drunkard just takes off 😂
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Doing a long distance roadtrip via bus looks like a lot of fun 🤩
Should definitely give it a try
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I know the Outback is a capable car 🚗 in a lot of aspects but am not spending 10M on it just because it’s zero mileage
Do you know the options out here for a 10M mtumba car really 😐 maybe it’s the poverty in me speaking
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When climbing Kinungi with your puny petrol, you are almost likely to encounter these diesels flashing lights for you to switch to the climbing lanes 🤣
Any vehicle with 2000cc & below should always stick to climbing lanes kwa highway 🥹
Good Morning 🌞
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Wueh, each day people in this country continue proving that I am the only one suffering financially
Yaani an oil & brake pad change on the KCY is 153k 🫣?
So the cost of rear brake pads on a Landrover are enough to do the routine maintenance on the KCX including all brake
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The misses called & told me that the car isn’t starting, I told her to leave it where it is I’ll have a look when I get there.
I went, I had a look, battery voltage low-couldn’t start the vehicle, swapped batteries but still FAIL.
That’s where that flatbed contact comes in🥲
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Stalled truck vs Mazda CX5
Severe punishments should be endorsed for truck drivers that abandon their vehicles on the road when they break down.
Stalled trucks are a major killer on our highways
No humans were harmed in this incident
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Ladies & Gents, a new car club is born
The Mazda CX3 Club Kenya.
Let’s welcome them on board
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The rest stop at Kakuzi (Makuyu) with a butcher for Borana Beef & Mbuzi both raw & slow cooked
Highly recommend when you are on that route
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Someone set out to explore Africa using a Demio diesel, currently in Bujumbura 👏
Let’s wish him all the best
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‘Jaza diesel’
On weekends, this mechanic has to test if the cars are still in good condition 😅
Our beautiful motherland still surprises me each time 🔥🔥
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All you can eat mbuzi for 500 bob😮, well this seemed like a really great bargain for me to turn down l.
Right after church, Mimi huyo checked myself in ready to devour the whole mbuzi at just 500 bob
BUT….
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A CX5 got stuck at the Pangani bridge & while the owner waited for us to come and rescue it, she left the lights ON.
Getting to the scene ready to tow it, vehicle couldn’t move as it’s E-Brake was engaged, since the battery had less than 12V, the brake actuators couldn’t release
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Time check 0100hrs and I just want to commend this Miraa pickup, very very good driving👊
On bends, he was doing about 100kph and on straights with clear sights he was keeping it 140-150kph, following him u could tell he was very attentive to the road & surroundings
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I am super shocked 😬 just how much these microfinance companies charge guys when u default on a car payment.
Other than interest charged, a car has been charged 70k as towing charges
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IDK if u can see it, the heads-up display can read road signs and display them to you on the windscreen.
cruise control with radar aiming, the vehicle will use these signs to decide on specific speed to maintain
This is the 2017 CX5 KF series, Mazda brought back the temp gauge
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Aug, 2022 marks exactly 5 years since i got this unit, now its starting its 6th year land about 100k km put on it locally.
At this point, I know the car in & out
What questions would you like to know about this specific model of BMW ?
@SpaceYaMagari
@Kalasinga_
@alexmwanzo
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Good Morning🌞
DeKUT did a feature on their page 👍, woke up to 5k follows 😊
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What is the moral lesson of this story; never be afraid of downgrading your car, a moving demio is better than a dead Porsche/BMW/Benz.
Once you get back on your feet, you’ll buy whatever car again but meanwhile, don’t go back to route 11
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Passed by this shop called Furniture Garden in Thome that promises to replicate whatever pic you give them at best price possible
Download something from Pinterest and they make it
They seem quite confident in their work and the results do actually speak for themselves
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The Mazda CX-5 thread
Everything you need to know about this car, feel free to ask
Having driven it thousands of KMs and also worked on a number of them at the workshop, I have in-depth knowledge in & out on this model
@SpaceYaMagari
@Kalasinga_
@alexmwanzo
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Early Sunday + Full tank, which new highways should we go testing today?
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This lady explaining to car owners how to save fuel
Girl Math at its best
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I don’t normal find myself in Mombasa Rd but when I do, I have to withdraw cash & use on the expressway. Today decided to finally get the ETC 😅
On exiting as it shows you the balance, shock & behold, an Outback with UN plates had a balance of 213,482 bob
#Wueh
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Not to downplay the efforts Rwanda has done but No East African country has better road connection than Kenya,
Class A to E roads are all tarmac and still more road is being upgraded
Tembea Kenya & find out
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Good Morning 🌞 everyone and Hi to this owner very much, gari imeweza 👏
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Two CX5s lined up to race on a very empty and excellent tarmac road
One was a 2200cc diesel and the other was a 2500cc petrol- both the same year all factors held constant
Which one do you think outpaced the other ?
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The 3 brands that have really proved themselves in the Kenyan market 👏👏
Just a bit more pricey but if you replace your vehicle battery with the correct size with any of these 3, you forget about it completely
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Kuna mahali niko na kwa parking hakuna Gari ya mwananchi hata moja bana😬, huku wanatumia X5 kama PSV 🤭.
Niingie ndani ama nipige u-turn?
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Mazda Demio DE came in with a broken rear axle- this is a pretty common weakness on this generation of Demio, guys reinforce and it still cracks after a while
The fault was corrected on the newer DJ Demio series so I sought to find out-
Can the newer axle work on the older car?
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While having breakfast 🍳, I have just seen an unbelievable vlog on YouTube, bikers doing Ngong Rd - Emali in 1 hour 😳, that’s 1.5 hrs faster than a car.
Southern Bypass they were all doing 220km/h & on Mombasa Rd lowest speed was 150km/h
I know it’s fun but Wueh 🫣
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Bodyworks is a slow process but the results are always very satisfying 👏👏
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This is a 2016 CX5, the highest spec Mazda ever produced (Anniversary Edition 1/999), the lady owner is finally ready to let it go and is asking for 2.05M for this beauty. Entire car is in impeccable state as seen from the photos both mechanically and cosmetically, retweet widely
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We are in 2024, this is the 3rd or 4th 🤨year of going full off grid in electricity ⚡️ thanks to solar power.
A few lessons have been learnt over time and this will basically be a long term review of how the solar system has served us thus far
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Tinderet- Nandi Hills are quiet a spectacle, amazing road lined with amazing forestry all through
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Sometimes I like to write down notes on a car, that way I’ll remember next time I bump into it 🔧
This Atenza wagon started overheating straight from the port, probably was doing the same in Japan
Hopefully we fixed her good, time for her to eat up the kenyan terrain now 👊
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Jambo jet was charging 54k return for NBO- UKU flights for 3 seats, well that presented an opportunity for a bit of highway driving.
This car has never been back to the coast since initial pickup at the port 6 years ago.
550km of nothing but nice & easy highway 🛣️ driving
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It is usually funny just how vehicles behave 🤨
Toyota 1KD vehicles especially matatus are plagued with common rail failure,IDK who discovered that the CX5 commom rail can work on the toyotas without the routine failures.
This has driven the Mazda common rail to a price of 50k😬
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Didn’t expect my 5 year user experience of the BMW to get that much attention, I think it’s because
@alexmwanzo
&
@SpaceYaMagari
retweeted it.
If guys are interested, I can do a detailed experience of the Diesel Mazda CX-5 and debunking some of the myths around it
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We repaired and sold that car quite quickly- I see it on IG with the Forex boys now. The guy got a demio to move around and a little cash to sort himself out, while yes it’s a downgrade, it was the best decision he could have possibly made & I felt proud I made that for him
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This image of an Audi has been doing rounds on Facebook because of the mismatched tires 🛞
It’s like u guys have a different car ownership experience from what the rest of us have
You may have a car Yes but something happens maybe a tire burst and u are broke u can’t afford to
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I can confidently say, this ENA coach bus was being well driven 👍
Followed it for a bit and driver has good manners
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We completed works on the cx5 that was bubbling coolant and overheating after a while of driving, so what makes the SH01 engine experience cases of overheating?
We dive below
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@Enockki73906681
Next to Kabianga Uni, nilikuwa chipo zinaweza sana 😂 - cost was 40 bob hadi I tipped the Mathe
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In a bit to avoid the traffic snarl ups experienced this festive season, i was fuelling at Gitaru by 2 am, around 6:30am, i was doing the Chebilat - Chabera rd
Impressive time really, keeping a steady speed of 100kph and was surprised by how much ground I could cover
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Half way into the journey- it hit me this may not have been the best vehicle for the journey. RWD in the wet 🤭
Ladies & Gents, i present Nyeri County 👊
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Just the other day, i was searching for an F-series BMW battery module as the one on the car had corroded completely and car was having charging issues.
Such a small device but quotes locally were north of 30k😬.
Gave up & went online, total landing cost from UK all inclusive 5k
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This guys spots cars on a daily and posts content about it on his IG
A very good man 👌
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Night driving in parts of W.Kenya with sugarcane tractors is among 1000 ways to die
U hv to keep switching between low/high beam watching out for the tractors
Sugarcane tractors are death traps that shouldnt be allowed to operate at night
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The local Mazda franchise holder called me in 👍
It was nice spending some time quality with brand new units and exchanging knowledge with the technicians at CMC
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More highway rest stops keep popping up along the way, a new place for people plying NBO- Nanyuki Highway - Leki Sagumo in Sagana
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1. MRCC (Mazda Radar Cruise Control)
-This actually works quite well, you set speed and distance you’d like to maintain from the vehicle ahead and the vehicle will accelerate and brake by itself all the way- Very Nice.
-However, we are in kenya 🇰🇪 and…
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Being a mech, you literally have no off hours - found a stranded lady with a CX5 just as I was heading home.
‘Charging malfunction’ error on vehicle - checked belt (ok),BMS (ok),only to find out alternator is undercharging the battery 🔋 thus battery had gone flat.
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I was today years old when I learnt that the AP police has another unit called RDU- don’t know what they do but man’s here is calm keeping security for WRC
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At that moment, your whole life is reduced to the police trying to find your ID so they’d contact next of kin.
Everything you’ve ever worked for aspired for in your life, cokes to an End
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Verdict on MRCC: Works quite excellently as intended BUT we are on roads with very unpredictable drivers - the system doesn’t have enough knowledge to handle surprises on the road, it only works by the book.
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I have always told myself let me wait and give the 1500cc diesel engine on the Demio/CX3 & 2017+ Axela time to see what issues it will bring forth and so far I think I can now confidently make it official
The Mazda’s equipped with the 1500cc turbo diesel termed S5 are as
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The 4 pics represent my most preferred mode of transport when heading to the coast from most preferred to least preferred.
Of course each has its advantages but there is a reason why I highly keep off the SGR despite the safety and cost savings it has
Thread
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Correct ✅ but lately Mazda has gained so much traction it’s no longer invisible
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The W205 Benz is nice & all but anyone buying an import at 4M needs to be smacked on the head
Nothing justifies buying a 7 yr old compact sedan for that much
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*BMW Chronicle*
1st slide is the last time i drove the BMW drama free which wa about 2 wees ago before parking it & heading upcountry for a funeral.
Car parked, everything working fine & all.
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While we are on this topic, guys remember, garages aren’t storage facilities, if you know it will take a while before you can repair your car, park it at home. Workshops need working space and yes, it avoid the issue of parts theft since that car isn’t monitored 24/7
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