Thanks for the enlightenment AST. It seems odd that they supply the tiedowns (adding weight which is counter to the Mazda “saving grams” strategy), when they are of little use once the car is delivered. Probably better off without it, if it’s use could damage the car.
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That’s a fair point but there is probably a very prosaic reason for it. Can confirm that when I was recovered from a Lidl car park recently they just put their straps around the wishbone to pull it on to the recovery truck. That all the stuff in the boot was still there was a bonus when buying my precious , but it’s all in a cardboard box in-the attic for when it’s sold. The inflator is kept for best and I just have a more compact item from Halfords ( or Lidl) in the car…
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Just had a look at the manual for the ND and it states that you can use the tie down eyes for towing/winching in an emergency if you take certain precautions as shown below. Must be different on the NC?
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Yes, my thought too. They don’t end up in your toolkit for no good reason. I was once towed home by theAA on a fixed steel bar when my Vdub camper got ill. I presume it’s a technique still used?
Put mine back in the car!
So they had this gunge in the Mk2 too?
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for a particular ‘as stock’ purist?
Haha! Actually, the pump that comes with it is of good quality. A couple of tyres in my three cars need an occasional breather, so it gets used for that and the mx just gets a Halfords cheapo in situ if disaster strikes…
When I cleared out my deceased mothers bungalow (10 years ago) I found lurking in the back of one of her kitchen cupboards a small tin of “Turtle soup” I would guess it was from the early 1950’s. No I didn’t try it.
Quite right. It’s a protected soup now.
If you open it you might find that it bears an uncanny resemblance to “Turtle Wax” sold by Halfords 
NBs all had a spare spacesaver.
Okay. The only reason I queried this was the bottle Robbie showed, given it has a four year life, would have put the issuing in 2004. Did they have both ? Seems unlikely.
Nerdy point anyways… it seems if used the tyre can’t be repaired because of the mess it creates. Not sure about this but if correct, it gets you home but stuffs what might be a perfectly reusable tyre.
The bottle shown has a part number for a Mazda6. And 2, 3, 5.
I’ve only used one of these things once, on a 2008 Ford Focus CC. On a wet night, by the side of the A5, with a vulnerable passenger. Trying to read the instructions by headlight, giving up and just squirting the stuff in, only to find it did jack. Then driving a mile and half on a flat to a garage forecourt, on a sunday night, so the shop was shutting, and waiting a couple of hours for Ford recovery. 17" wheels, I think if you lose inflation on these while driving the tyre is toast anyhow. I wouldn’t trust it to save a few quid.
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It’s actually from an RX-8 kit. I’ve got an NC kit too from a similar time. I carry one in my NA along with the temporary spare as an option.