Looking At Two Mazda5's Tomorrow

"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii) 06/29/2016 at 20:18 • Filed to: Adventures in Car Shopping.

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One manual, one auto

Not going to lie. Kind of leaning towards the auto. The clutch on the manual seems...inconsistent. Which is a yellow flag. Maybe it's operator error and I'll do better tomorrow. There are minor qualms about both cars, or as I refer to them, bargaining chips. The auto is better equipped with leather, heated seats and sunroof.

If I had to bet on myself I’d say 20% chance manual 30% auto and 50% keep looking.

dogisbadob > LongbowMkII 06/29/2016 at 20:22

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How many miles on them? Price difference? Isn’t the clutch a wear item?

Me, I’d get a manual with a sunroof.

LongbowMkII > dogisbadob 06/29/2016 at 20:26

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This is the only manual for sale within 400 miles, plus I think they stopped offering the manual on the touring trim in 2008 update.

59vs76 so not a sizable difference.

RallyWrench > LongbowMkII 06/29/2016 at 20:31

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You actually found one with a manual? I looked high and low during our minivan search, and the only ones I found were clerical errors calling automatics manuals.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > LongbowMkII 06/29/2016 at 20:32

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You influenced me to go look and see how many are near me, I must say this one looks interesting but given the owner listed on the carfax that is a nope even though it is a CPO.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

I have yet to see any manuals near me.

LongbowMkII > RallyWrench 06/29/2016 at 20:37

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I’ve found a couple this year. Went preemptive shopping during tax season and test drove a cheap 07 manual with sunroof (and rust). maybe it is rose tinted glasses, but I think that clutch was better(if still vague and unsatisfying).

dogisbadob > LongbowMkII 06/29/2016 at 22:16

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59 vs 76

is that the price, or the mileage? :p

Yeah it sux they stopped offering the manual touring version after 08, but I’d be buying one older than that anyway.