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#251 of 899 Flatso by qbrozen Jan 03, 2004 (6:32 pm)
What dealers are you seeing this at? I'm just curious because I have yet to see more than one at a time at the local dealership here in Freehold, NJ, and the one I see keeps changing color so I have to think that they keep selling them. But maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place.
#252 of 899 Right before New Years by flatso Jan 04, 2004 (8:03 am)
East Coast Mazda on Rt 17 had about 65 and Crystal Auto Mall on 22 had about 45 and Open Road Madza on RT 1 had about 35. Most are the fully optioned ones in the upper $30's price range.
#253 of 899 Extended Warranties for RX-8 by petea Jan 04, 2004 (9:09 pm)
Anyone out there been able to find a genuine Mazda Extended Protection Plan for the RX-8 at a discount? Most dealers won't discount the warranties, but when I bought my Honda Odyssey I found an Acura dealer that sold HondaCare warranties at slightly above cost. I saved about $250 on a 5yr/100K miles contract. Hopefully someone is aware of a dealer/website that handles Mazda warranties the same way.... Thanks.
#254 of 899 flatso/petea by carliker Jan 05, 2004 (1:31 pm)
flatso - I've never seen 65 of the same vehicle in one lot before. Is that a huge mega dealership?   petea - Extended warranties for a Mazda seem to be unnecessary, as they are for most vehicles. Is there a reason why you are interested in this?
#255 of 899 Extended Warranties for RX-8 by petea Jan 05, 2004 (5:24 pm)
Your message got cut off, but I think you were trying to say Extended Warranties are unnecessary for Mazdas because they are very reliable cars.   The reason I am interested is because I had a Mercury Village that a head bolt broke off and ruined the engine after warranty, and most recently, the Odyssey Transmission went and was covered no questions asked with the HondaCare warranty( they might have covered this anyway since they are have numerous problems with the transissions in those vehicles). Any info would be helpful.
#256 of 899 Ext warranties.... by graphicguy Jan 06, 2004 (6:34 am)
Mazdas have a reputation for building reliable cars. Plus, they have one of the best warranties in the biz (excepting Hyundai, Kia, and the like)...it is 48 mos/50K miles, bumper to bumper.   Personally, I always figured if something was going to go terribly wrong with any car, it would happen within the warranty period. In general, I keep all my cars to well past 100K miles and have yet to have anything major happen that would make the extended warranty cost worthwhile.   If you want peace of mind, there are those extended warranties you can buy from Mazda, or a 3rd party (like warranty gold). If you get a quote from a place like warranty gold and end up not buying one from them, be prepared to be inundated by their telemarketers/e-mail marketers who will try to sell one to you for about a month after you get their quote.   I have had F&I people at dealerships offer me discounts on extended warranties from the manufacturers, so you may want to negotiate with them....even after you've already bought your car.   The only extended warranties that have ever paid off for me has been on high end TVs (from Circuit City). They've actually replaced a 3 year old, $2,500 TV because it wouldn't stay "in spec". Warranty cost me something like $250.
#257 of 899 reliable Mazdas by qbrozen Jan 06, 2004 (8:19 am)
Just don't tell that to those folks who owned the 4-cylinder 626 with the Ford automatic tranny that self destructed every 30K miles or so.   But, for the most part, they do have a fairly good rep (miatas and proteges being the main reason, I think).
#258 of 899 Houston $1,000 below invoice. by midnightcowboy Jan 06, 2004 (8:57 am)
In Houston they are advertising $3,000 off MSRP. Most delaerships have all colors sitting on the lo, some as many as 25-30
#259 of 899 qbrozen by graphicguy Jan 06, 2004 (9:16 am)
I think the good reliability goes back even further than the Protege and Miata. I can remember the 323s being bulletproof and were the RX generations. I still see some RX7s on e-bay that have gone well over 200K miles.
#260 of 899 good reliability by qbrozen Jan 06, 2004 (9:23 am)
Oh, they certainly have other reliable cars in the past, but I don't think they were ever popular enough to give them that "reputation of reliability." Those who were in the know and who knew how to take care of their cars (there were plenty of disgruntled RX-7 owners because they did not maintain their rotary engine properly) loved their Mazdas, but the real mainstream didn't take notice until they developed much more popular and better selling cars like the Miata and Protege.   That's just one man's take on it, though.

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