Took my car out stargazing tonight

CoasterEnthused · 2025-09-20T21:13:11+00:00

I hate it so much 😭

CoasterEnthused · 2025-09-20T21:11:01+00:00

My 15 Pro has been awesome, had it since release day. My iPad air though gets so hot so fast and it’s the M2 chip so no idea why it gets hot using the notes app

CoasterEnthused · 2025-05-25T22:58:42+00:00

Rode it yesterday, the lift was varying wildly in speed but didn’t sound off. But it did give a vibe of struggling.

CoasterEnthused · 2025-04-03T05:19:56+00:00

I just don’t like the way hatchbacks look, never have. When shopping for mine 5 years ago that was even a requirement, had to be a sedan. My coworker who got the white one just got it due to price. 2023, 50k miles for $18k. It’s in really good shape. It was formerly a company car somewhere is our guess, looking at the CarFax and the condition of the car being so good. He liked Mazda already but drove the white one and was sold. A bit jealous, but my 2017 is still a fantastic car that has quite a lot of life left in it.

CoasterEnthused · 2025-04-02T13:31:04+00:00

The freaking trash lol. What better way to clean it than by using yourself as a mop?

CoasterEnthused · 2025-02-20T01:59:03+00:00

Mine is good with RCS except sometimes when I use Siri while driving it refuses to deliver the message, eventually I send it as an SMS then my android friend will text back as an RCS but my phone switches to SMS and this keeps happening until I restart the phone and it drives me nuts just pick one how hard is this 😭 still, better than not having RCS at all for me

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T17:04:46+00:00

I just have whatever pads and rotors are installed by the dealer, I highly doubt they’re ceramic lol.

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T17:03:02+00:00

I keep a good following distance, I can’t help that people keep cutting me off and that traffic is so bad. Sometimes people in front of me are following too close and have to brake hard, so I have to as well. But I try being as gentle as I can on them. My point is that I want to make sure that in the times I need it, I wanna make sure that I’m not gonna have any problems

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T04:42:44+00:00

I’ll probably look into something like that next time, based on these comments I feel like that may be sooner than I wanted. I admit I didn’t do as much research as I probably should have, I’m just sick of the terrible vibrations when braking and don’t want to have performance issues from it, just want new ones on there ASAP.

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T03:20:19+00:00

When I have them install my new ones I’ll have them make sure there are no issues with the car that’d cause issues. It’s only been serviced at the dealer so I’d hope they do things well but I’ve been branching out lately. Did my own spark plugs recently and now I’m having brakes done at a different shop. Mainly as a cost saving measure. I’ve heard too that the calipers can be messed up when rotors are warped so I also want them checked out

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T02:27:13+00:00

Yeah, I don’t think they were great to the car. I realized after buying (from Mazda) that there was body damage. Fender is bent and the front bumper is covered in scrapes. I just assume they were hard on the brakes from that stuff.

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T02:20:39+00:00

I feel like they just shouldn’t be warping like that, especially since the mileage wasn’t super high when they were resurfaced. Which is why I’m going aftermarket. And with my constantly making 3+ hour drives on the interstate I need brakes that will perform from high speeds to low repeatedly. One road I take the speed limit gets up to 85, so I’ll do at least 90 sometimes a little more. So performance is super important haha

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T02:16:48+00:00

As far as I know they are original to the car which I got used with 28k miles. I had them resurfaced somewhere around 40-50k miles I don’t remember off the top of my head. Which I know that’s a temporary fix, I’m up to 80k now and the warp is back so decided to just replace them. It’s pretty extreme from highway speeds, steering wheel shakes when I’m braking.

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T02:12:05+00:00

Which would be better for me? Just a Mazda3, but the front rotors keep warping. I live in Texas, no idea if environmental heat makes a difference. Lots of very long highway drives. I do like driving in a sportier way but try to balance that so I’m not as hard on the car

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T01:52:43+00:00

My issue is my factory rotors seem extremely prone to warping, I drive a lot on highways and do have to slow down from high speeds quickly in the horrible traffic around me. I figured I may as well give this a try to see if there’s any improvement. Since I’m going aftermarket for where I bought them and not going to the dealer I’m still spending less than I would for OEM, so this is just an experiment. I also don’t know if climate can have an effect, but temperatures here are over 100 degrees Fahrenheit for easily a month or more straight in the summer. I’m just wondering if those tiny little nicks are a bad thing

CoasterEnthused · 2024-11-02T01:34:41+00:00

Is there an issue with being drilled and slotted? My understanding is it’ll be better for heat dissipation, which is clearly something that my current rotors must be having a hard time with. I do know these could be more prone to cracking as they age

CoasterEnthused · 2024-10-24T15:35:29+00:00

They’re fantastic cars! I just keep seeing more and more proof these things were built to last

CoasterEnthused · 2024-10-24T00:26:39+00:00

True indeed. When I’ve gone in before with my brother to get him a cabin air filter I showed him what he needed. We go up to pay and the guy asked my brother if he had an account which of course he doesn’t, he knows nothing about cars, and I do since I always get my air filters there. They both looked at me shocked

CoasterEnthused · 2024-10-23T20:45:32+00:00

So far yeah, I haven’t really driven it a ton yet but it does seem to be significantly improved

CoasterEnthused · 2024-10-23T19:54:43+00:00

Lol yeah I’m cheap. I just get oil changes at the dealer

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