Is there any M2 car manual, like in pdf format or any? Gonna get mine pretty soon (Alu HB), and would like to read the manual if any

So far from test drive yesterday, pretty much happy with the car.. tho i believe it would be more appropriate to say that i was easily impressed by the car itself coz i'm switching from Iswara to M2, which is a huge gap there haha.

Anyway can anyone listed down what are the free stuffs that they usually got from the SA when purchasing the car? Interested to know if there is any diff

Is there any car checklist for Mazda2 here? I mean the 'what should i expect to check and see' kind of list when collecting the car?

Got mine yesterday hehe. Add me to the club too. Proud owner of Alu HB

Personal feel when driving (likely to be biased because changing from old Iswara to this baby)
The first few secs when starting to kick up the speed feels maybe sluggish, but after that its a smooth drive. Haven't try the sport and paddle shifters yet but its likely i don't have a need for it as the default D is more than enough for me. I started as a manual, and am a manual transmission lover, but i have no problem with the auto transmission offered. The learning curve is almost nothing anyway, just need to get used to your left leg sitting ducks all the time.

Almost no complain regarding the features and whats not. The car is absolutely brilliant. Almost got the hang of its i-Stop feature, and going to learn alot more later from the manual book. Brake is super responsive, which might be dangerous for me that got used to full-force braking in my old Iswara most of the time, even in jam haha. But that one i can cope with.

Even with the reverse camera, i still got used to turn my head towards behind to look for incoming car (well its a habit already, and it won't change because its simply efficient no matter how old fashion it is). Seat feels so nice, tho i am going to readjust on the upper part, else my head won't get that relaxed feeling when driving.

Design overall..

Conclusion - No regret at all buying this car.

I have questions here
- Do you guys leave the AC and fan toggle to on all the times (no need to off it even when off the car)? If what my SA told me, i don't need to toggle off the AC and fan like what i always i did in my old Iswara before when i off the engine, unless if i misunderstood his context
- If not using iStop, can i set the gear to N every time during stop and D again when want to move? (used to free the gear when car stop in heavy jam, and resume gear again when want to move in my old Iswara).
- How bad is the rain noise during heavy rain? Is it sound like heavy rain hitting zinc made roof?
- Do you guys normally adjust your headlamp to 1 (flashing further ahead)? I think by default the adjustment was set to 5, which covers limited range of view on the road?
- Where do you guys put your tissue box?
- Where do you guys normally put your Smart Tag? Behind the MZD infotainment pad? If not, is there any other location where i can put my tag and the toll sensor can detect it without any problem (like the small space on the left side of the infotainment toggler)?


Thanks

This post has been edited by margafred: Jun 28 2015, 09:31 AM

Mine is 2 mins++ before.. that's my highest record time. Its random tho, can be fast, and can be long stop. Not sure what affects the stop time

Anyone knows how to clean these stains? Its not a scratch.. Even sending my car to carwash didn't seem to be able to remove these stains...


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Nope didn't do coating. Plan to do that sometime later once my budget is stable.

WD-40 won't ruin the car's paint?

Not sure but it seems like so... at first glance looks like scratch but tried to scratch it gently with my nail, and managed to clean it (at the cost of my nail )

Is it ok to use WD40 to remove it, if really can remove that stain?

Btw the petrol indicator, each box on the indicator represents how many litres of petrol?

And i feel like if fill up till full, feels like there is a hidden box that is not shown on the indicator itself, and my indicator will stay full until like about 100km.

I was sure my petrol stayed full for around 150-160km before it goes down. Hmmm..

Anyone here have repaint their Mazda2 to another color? I feel like i want to change the color but not sure if i want to go for the official Mazda repaint center in Glenmarie/PJ or go for other car paint shop.

Anyone can recommend me alternatives for swapping out battery aside from the service center in Selangor area? Its the same leaking issue again i think, the i-stop blinking in orange color non stop. Its like every 18 months will have this kind of issue, and 600+ for swapping to new battery is really ^^;;;; was thinking if there are other shops that can do the same, but at lower prices.

This post has been edited by margafred: Oct 21 2019, 10:51 AM

Damn man, you're the man Changed mine to Varta Q85 too, and the guy was good

Thanks again man for the recommendation

Anyone here had their car maintenance done on normal workshop? Just wondering if its okay to send my car for maintenance at normal workshop, and the usual price for it.

So its okay to send Mazda2 to normal workshop for maintenance? Or do you feel Mazda SC still the better one?

Ouch.. like that have to go to SC..

My engine light indicator is already blinking, definitely need to send liao.

Nope.. 5 years edy.. plan to try do maint on normal workshop, seeing that alot ppl sending even new car to workshop instead of SC.

This is exactly why i wanna try bringing my car for maint outside. Not to say SC is bad, but its been long since Skyactive engine first came out, im sure at this point there are alot workshops know how to get it done.

Anyone know cheapest battery that Mazda2 can use? Been very while edy since M2 SkyActiv came out, so im sure theres cheap battery out there.. i think?