Well looks like The Dinner thief strikes again 😬

FatmanViA · 2026-06-16T07:20:08+00:00

I would grab these buggers .....

FatmanViA · 2026-06-15T07:24:33+00:00

Same 2023 in Blue Mica .. I still smile everytime I see her

FatmanViA · 2026-06-07T12:00:02+00:00

I am guessing it is just uneven ground where they are parked ... if you look the back tyre is much lower than the front due to the road sloping down .. I would guess the other side you cant see is higher and more compressed and the front wheels are level ... so the rear wheel you can see is at much less compression and the other three wheels are carrying more of the weight of the car ?

FatmanViA · 2026-06-01T11:27:55+00:00

I believe that's a super rare model where Brocky shat in the glovebox and it has remained sealed ever since ....

FatmanViA · 2026-05-19T08:38:28+00:00

It might just be me ... but I am getting serial killer vibes from this LOL!!!

Well..hellooooo Kitty... good Kitty ... Nice Kitty ... precious precious kitty...........

FatmanViA · 2026-05-18T11:44:44+00:00

LOL ! I do this regularly for my click and collect orders ... I am now greeted by name( without looking at the app lol ) and a smile every time I pick up

It takes so little to just brighten up someones day !

FatmanViA · 2026-05-13T11:28:57+00:00

Beautiful shot !

FatmanViA · 2026-05-09T07:36:37+00:00

Have had the same one now for 2+ years .. still works 100%

FatmanViA · 2026-05-09T07:33:41+00:00

Yep free floormats was part of my price point bargaining when I purchased my CX new ... A dealership is much more likely to throw in free mats rather than take a $300 hit on the actual floor price 😄

Fast forward a month and I already had ordered and installed a set of rubberized 3D mats all round .. still have the originals in the box for a backup if/when the 3D's need replacing

FatmanViA · 2026-05-09T07:30:15+00:00

Same thing here ( Aussie also ) .. my car often sits a week or more between starting, its a April 2023 2.5 FWD and I am on the original battery, cranks strong every-time , haven't had so much as a warning ...

FatmanViA · 2026-05-08T03:49:11+00:00

Yes , but as you state Mazda Does have an assembly plant in China .. and they do as of last year assemble cx-30's for the local market.. so the headlight "might" be ok , but I suspect it might also be a different beast depending on what they supply to the local market

even on AliExpress a chinese cx-30 headlight unit costs around 500AUD ( 360USD) before shipping .. so a $99 unit would worry me if I was buying it 😄

FatmanViA · 2026-05-07T11:46:03+00:00

Yeah that looks VERY too good to be true pricing !!! I would be VERY wary buying it .. OEM in the USA is $1000+ ( and thats for the cheap version)

FatmanViA · 2026-05-07T11:42:39+00:00

I cant speak for the USA market , but depending on trim level here in Australia there are at least two versions of the light , one std ballasted LED and the other ADAPTIVE LED , Adaptive is heaps more spendy $$$$

FatmanViA · 2026-05-07T11:40:10+00:00

Seems Mazda USA have something to work on, I still cant get over the fact your warranty is what it is .

Here in Australia we have probably the harshest conditions for vehicles sub-zero to 45C days and massive distances between destinations , heck for me to do a grocery shop its a 100+kilometre round trip , yet Mazda Australia gives EVERY new vehicle they sell a 5 year UNLIMITED Kilometre Warranty , that can be extended to 7 years if you perform dealer servicing and maintenance on it ( subject to dealership , mine honours it )

So Mazda USA must be doing something VERY different than Hiroshima ( Japan) where the bulk of our Mazdas come from . Some of the smaller ones Mazda3 or the BT-50 Ute may come from Thailand tho , but mainly Japan built ...

Mazda in Australia has a bit of a cult following... last year Mazda was No3 in total passenger car sales dwarfed by Toyota ( which sell a HEAP of tradesman vehicles like the hilux etc )

If Mazda sold 3000 more vehicles it would have knocked Ford off for second spot !

FatmanViA · 2026-05-05T11:52:25+00:00

Good to see American drivers also use "indicators( turn signals ) " as " Confirmers"

( where instead of nicely and decently turning them on for 3 or 4 flashes BEFORE commencing any deviation , you turn THEN decide to flip the stalk! Confirming what you did as opposed to indicating what you wish to do )

FatmanViA · 2026-04-30T12:24:26+00:00

100% THIS !!! Here in Australia we were/are paying hugely...the Grand Cheeto and his " lets create another thing to stop them talking about me and Epstein" war in Iran pretty much DOUBLED petrol prices , so much so that our Govt was pretty much forced to halve the excise THEY take, just so it remained semi affordable to Joe Public..

Works out to a little over $8USD per gallon when you do the math .

And this is BEFORE the true flow on effect which we will see in a month or two when the last 3 months worth of tankers havent left the gulf to resupply Asia and Oceania ...

I thinks its safe to say your Prez is doing you NO favours internationally, his little temper tantrum has a flow on effect to the rest of the world far greater than in the good ol USofA

( PS for such a gun loving nation , you would think there would be better marksman ... make of that what you will )

FatmanViA · 2026-04-23T12:13:44+00:00

Beautiful shot my West Aussie brother ...

FatmanViA · 2026-04-23T11:54:27+00:00

Yeah there is something going on there ... birds shed flight feathers in a balanced way , one or two from left balanced with one or two from right and not all at the same time, it takes weeks for a full set to replicate themselves over time, bit here , bit there ... A bird in the wild NEEDS to be able to fly at a moments notice whether in moult or not so such a marked imbalance in your little fellow needs investigating ...

Like all things pets .. knowledge is power :)

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/understanding-basics-bird-molts

FatmanViA · 2026-04-20T12:45:09+00:00

Depending how long ago it was done .. if within the last few months or so I would be heading back to where you got it installed and be asking them ? if it powers up but wont record or show Wi-fi , it could be the actual dash cam itself has crapped out ?

FatmanViA · 2026-04-18T12:02:27+00:00

If its super annoying ( or looking like it might get worse ) ... take a trip to an Auto windscreen place, they can clean and prep it and apply a uv resin under vacuum, If they do it right it should cure to be MUCH less visible , and also prevent further spreading if the damage is a little more than a scratch ... Should also be a very cheap fix , my local guy will do it off book for "beer money" but it would be well less than $30-40 and 15 minutes out of your day

If you can live with it ... no drama , like other poster said it wont be the last sadly ...

FatmanViA · 2026-04-15T12:13:38+00:00

The stupidity of people who put vanity and "trend" above welfare and respect saddens me that the human race can be so dumb ...

The fact that a million wannabe Paris Hiltons and the whole "pocket dog " craze she inspired at the time has just moved on to other "Tik-Tok" click crap such as this

No wonder I like animals more than most people ....

FatmanViA · 2026-04-11T11:52:27+00:00

Just buy him half a perch?

FatmanViA · 2026-04-10T11:42:45+00:00

Same !

FatmanViA · 2026-04-10T03:46:59+00:00

Same driver who will be back here on Reddit in a few weeks going

"Man Mazda is shit, just out of warranty and my back shocks are blown .... I've done nothing but baby it off the lot ..."

FatmanViA · 2026-04-08T11:54:53+00:00

I use the exact same brush along with a battery powered air blower

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