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2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club — should I service 'lifetime' transmission fluid?

NorthTunerCommunity StarterAug 15, 20262024 Mazda MX-5 Miata ClubSan Diego
Manual says the transmission fluid is lifetime under normal use, but the car is approaching 80k miles and I plan to keep it a long time. Curious what owners are actually doing and whether drain/fill versus exchange matters. What am I missing?
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NorthTunerCommunity StarterCommunity StarterAug 16, 2026permalink
PPI is scheduled. I'm not depositing until I see the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata notes. Doc fee is the line I'm watching.
SmoothNerd64Community StarterCommunity StarterAug 16, 2026permalink
I'd want competing paper, not competing stories. Call your insurer in San Diego before you fall in love with the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Do that before you talk monthly again. This is from a 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata in San Diego. Take it or leave it — that's what I'd do. Sleeping on the number either way.
SmoothNerd64Community StarterCommunity StarterAug 16, 2026permalink
Walk if they won't put it on a buyer’s order. If one piece looks too good on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata, hunt doc fees, accessories, and the APR next. Then the comparison gets honest. Just my two cents from doing this recently. Going to compare one more dealer before I decide.
NorthTunerCommunity StarterCommunity StarterAug 16, 2026permalink
Walked a dealership this week on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata and the doc fee was the tell. This is the version I'd tell a friend.
NorthTunerCommunity StarterCommunity StarterAug 17, 2026permalink
I asked about 5 miata club — should i service again and they still won't put GAP/add-ons on their own lines. I'm in no rush to be a hero on it.
SmoothDriver8Community StarterCommunity StarterAug 17, 2026permalink
Hard-won lesson from my last deal: Keep sale price, trade, and financing split on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata so a “good payment” cannot bury a worse deal. I'd rather lose the car than buy a foggy deal. On “5 miata club — should i service,” that was the fork that mattered for me. Not gospel, but it saved me a headache. I'd rather look cautious in this thread than stuck later.
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