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Same as above, I'm not 100% on the colour, I'm assured by the dealer it's a lovely deep colour Being the Sri has 18" alloys, tinted windows, rear spoiler and sports suspension and interior

Yes, picking it up in 2 weeks so will be a 14 plate

Yeah, I looked at the Mazda 5, Ford S-max, and the VW Touran and they were all high The Zafira Tourer was from £299, naturally I wanted a better model with a bit more oomph, so opted for the cdti 165 Sri which is £499

It's a motability car so really depends on the advance payment required The AP for the Mazda 5 was £1499!

If it had been up to me mate, we would have only had 1 together 3 was manageable, 4 difficult, and now 5 it's mayhem Keep telling myself things will get better As for the Zafira, your right probably the best of the mpvs I'd prefer the S-max but they are silly money As said I would have loved to keep the mazda as a weekend toy but after doing the maths just wouldn't be able to I've got it advertised for £550 locally, have now for a week but have had zero interest, I think people are put off by the fact it's a V6 Don't understand it tbh as for what it is, it's good on petrol as is loads of fun to drive :/

Yeah she is, has to wait 2 months for things to settle first This is our 4th, the eldest from a previous relationship

With the new addition 5, so they're really isint any way around it Test drove a Zafira tourer Sri cdti 165 yesterday and for a bus pulled and handled pretty well

Well the time has come to move on, now the mrs has had the baby it's time to sell my soul to the devil and get a people carrier:( So the Mazda is up for sale at a silly need to get rid asap price:( Would have loved to have kept it but finances dictate otherwise, typical aswell as it just passed its mot with no advisories

If I was mine I'd leave it standard, maybe a nice set of wheels at a push I think it's cool to see an 80's classic how it came from the factory:)

Merry Christmas

Aye it's fairly nippy, quiet and smooth around the doors, so quiet in fact I have to frequently check as I think it's cut out Past 4k when the VRIS is open sounds like an animal Not a patch on a b18 on song though Exhaust is just a standard replacement so not much to look at really

Well fitted the 2nd hand exhaust I picked up for £50 (£183 was the cheapest brand new I could find) yesterday, Its like a different car, quiet and smooth around the doors, but past 4k sounds amazing Also just bought a Clifford alarm system with remote start cheap, will be getting that fitted in the new year:)

I actually did do that, was showing off to the mrs after I'd been trying to make it work, I said 'watch I can make the engine turn over from in the house' To which I set it off for the car to promptly lunge forward just missing the outer sitting room wall Oops:)

The low fuel light is something of a hit and miss thing on the M, some members it works some it doesent, I started a thread about it a while back as mine worked then didn't after I ran low on fuel

I could never get it to work, it would just turn over and never fire no matter what I did I went to my local auto electrician and he said it would cost a fair bit to sort out so just gave up in the end

I was offered a Clifford system with remote start etc cheap but passed on it as I didn't know anyone who could fit it reasonably cheap I once attempted it myself, never again

You'd think all the extras that it has that it would have a leather steering wheel, weird

Must say that is one awesome M The wheels really suit the white car

Tbh with the lack of exhaust it sounds pretty pants at the moment I thought it sounded awesome for about 5 minutes, then half an hour at motorway speed my ears were starting to bleed I will get one up when it's sorted:)

I don't have to lol, I've had vauxhalls My astra Sri and Zafira were horrendous in the mornings, I'm sure I had more lifter treatment than oil in at one point:)

Yeah they are £13 each from mazda It was on 117k on last mot in March, 122k now Most v6 owners just live with the noise:)

Aparently it was only 3 months ago, Oil does still look fairly clean and filter looks recent Might change it again after Christmas for full piece of mind

Funnily enough she didn't tap at all this morning and it was mighty cold out there Did do a 100 mile run yesterday though which might have helped I spoke to the previous keeper yesterday who said it's always been a little tappy on a cold start in the winter for a few minutes and he did an engine flush a few months ago and used decent oil which helped loads

Thanks mate, few cold mornings have made another problem present itself, although very common on the KFDE engine, noisy HLA's Was tap tap tappin away like a goodun this morning, till she warmed up a little A lot of the V6 boys swear by wynns lifter treatment with decent oil so going to give that a try Only on cold starts thankfully, I've heard them clacking away on warm engines aswell so could be worse:)

Certainly is mate, it was a guy on the 323f forum that's put me to them as he's already got a few bits from the car:)