On dark, desolate roads, the numbers are too intense, and in all conditions, the uneven backlighting is annoying. Sure, at first glance they resemble cars from the bottom of the Hertz and Avis price sheets--and since none of them wears Evo-esque wings, flares, airdams, or other overt signs of swagger, you can be forgiven for thinking these cars are automotive white bread. Turn the car off, but leave the key in theā¦ It's Odd that the instrument-panel light dimmer adjusts only the gauge and center stack intensity and not the orange numbers on the gauge face. I raved about it, I couldn't help it--it's so likable. Units Affected 4029 Our last update complained about how the instrument-panel dimmer doesn't allow adjustment to the orange numbers on the gauge faces.
At the top of the instrument cluster are two buttons; the one on the left is the blackout button. . We're impressedā¦ We sent our Mazda3 to Florida where online editorial director Jeff Bartlett's first logbook entry declares that it's the current compact-car benchmark, no question. Still, the 3 stands tall as the enthusiast choice in a segment known for colorless commuters. He went on to say that the short shifter action allows the driver to extract every horsepower from the 2. Reader Eric Meyers wrote to let us know that there's hope.
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