- #13717 of 18041
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Re: . [kyfdx]
by fintail
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May 12, 2008 (10:06 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (May 12, 2008 9:57 am)
Those sold in large numbers in Canada back in the day, too. I remember in the mid 90s you couldn't throw a stone without hitting one (or a MB W140) in Vancouver. In Canada they were called something like the "Precidia MX3" -kind of a JDM name.
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- #13718 of 18041
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Re: . [kyfdx]
by british_rover
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May 12, 2008 (11:07 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (May 12, 2008 9:57 am)
I think it was a 1.8 liter V6 too so a real odd ball.
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- #13719 of 18041
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Re: . [british_rover]
by kyfdx HOST
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May 12, 2008 (11:20 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (May 12, 2008 11:07 am)
Yeah.... I wanted to say it was 1.8 litre... but, that seemed just too weird.. 
I think you are right, though...
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- #13720 of 18041
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Re: . [kyfdx]
by bumpy
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May 12, 2008 (11:44 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (May 12, 2008 11:20 am)
Yep, 1.8, same engine family as the 2.5L V6 in the MX-6/Probe. Not the smallest mass-market V6 but close.
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- #13721 of 18041
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Re: . [bumpy]
by andre1969
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May 12, 2008 (12:03 pm)
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Replying to: bumpy (May 12, 2008 11:44 am)
Is that the same engine as the 2.5 V-6 that was used in the Contour and Mystique, or were those different?
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- #13722 of 18041
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Re: Spotted on a used car lot... [mazda6iguy]
by buda
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May 12, 2008 (1:12 pm)
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Replying to: mazda6iguy (Dec 19, 2005 1:47 pm)
two weeks ago i bought a white 1993 dodge dynasty with 93000 miles on it. i paid $2100. it goes in the shop tomarrow to get a new transmission.
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- #13723 of 18041
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Re: Spotted on a used car lot... [buda]
by andre1969
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May 12, 2008 (1:19 pm)
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Replying to: buda (May 12, 2008 1:12 pm)
That sounds like about the right interval for those cars.  Years ago, one of my friends bought a brand-new Dynasty, with the 3.3 V-6 and 4-speed "Ultradrive" automatic. I forget when the first one went out, but I think #2 failed around the 90K mark. Chrysler picked up the first one under warranty, and miraculously, he got them to cover half the cost of rebuild #2.
Just outta curiosity, how much is a rebuild in one of those nowadays?
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- #13724 of 18041
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Re: . [andre1969]
by bumpy
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May 12, 2008 (1:44 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 12, 2008 12:03 pm)
Nope. The Duratec V6 in the Countour, etc. was something Ford's European arm whipped up in the early '90s, although Mazda does use later versions in the Mazda6.
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- #13725 of 18041
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Re: . [bumpy]
by texases
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May 12, 2008 (1:47 pm)
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Replying to: bumpy (May 12, 2008 11:44 am)
I seem to remember that 1.8L v6 getting the same kind of reaction that the 3L v8 did in the 530i - nice, by why not the i4/i6 instead?
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- #13726 of 18041
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Re: Spotted on a used car lot... [andre1969]
by buda
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May 12, 2008 (2:01 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 12, 2008 1:19 pm)
i manage the buda engine company (allis chalmers) here in shreveport, la. one of the shops we do business with, doing me a favor $875. my wife called some other shops anywhere from $1300- 1900.
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