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So it is true not to buy a new car too early?? My wife wants to new Honda HRV but friends advise not to buy a car in its first year of production or at least not the first 3 months.

In my old manual civic, if I had a long stretch with no traffic with a downhill gradient or no need to accelerate or brake soon, I used to switch into neutral and coast. Can I do this with my automatic rolla by shifting from D to N at say 30 mph and coast? Do I have to press the brake while...

My car is 3 weeks old. Does mpg get better later after more miles? The screen tells me I am getting only 31.5 in a mix of hwy and city. I thought it would be higher with a rolla :-( I have only filled my tank twice since I bought it so i have not done a "fill and divide miles/gallons" math yet.

Doesn't high revving waste gas and strain the engine? I thought it did, so I never rev even a manual past 2500.

Wow, that is high revving. Yes, my old civic I never revved near 2500. I'll keep the rolla in D and use M only for fun then. The auto (my first auto ever) is no fun. like driving a boat.

do you mean 135,000 miles?

And what accessories will make me look more like Vin Diesel? Barbells?

Ah, thanks!

Is this because of lower center of gravity? Who can install these coilovers?

Oh, so body repair shops will do this?

Reviews say the '15 Corolla has much body lean. What is this? When I turn my car, my body leans outwards. But happens in all cars. Do they mean the Corolla's body forces outwards. That also happen sin all cars. The corolla's center of gravity is higher than my old civic I feel. Maybe that is why...

Haha! Hey Jlinn, you're in vacaville, right? I live in Oakland. Would you know where in the bay area they install rally stripes?

Aha, sounds like a ricer!

Thanks, I looked it up and it is facinating theree is an entire subculture. I'd rather be a ricer after watching he video since i don't have the time or money to be a tuner :-)

That still looks better for Toyota than Mazda. My cousin had a Mazd6 10 years ago that had very bad reliability issues.

OK, I drove in M mode today but it did not change gears even at high rev. I did not go near the red line though.

This is what I'd like for my '15 S Prem. It is blue so I'd like white racing stripes. Where do you get them installed? I tried wrap shops but they are way too expensive. Also, why do posters spell them as ricer and not racer on this forum?

I looked it up. JD Powers reports Mazda3 reliability as 2.5 and Corolla as 4.5 out of 5.

But when I put the floor shift in M, the car does not automatically shift.

You being sarcastic, bro? :-) Of course corollas are the most reliable! I was wondering about the 3GT because I have read complaints from Mazda owners about suspensions. Even Edmunds's longterm Mazda3 road test mentions 4 dealer repairs in 1 year.