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2118 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 9:10 PM
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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 04, 2008 5:52 pm) |
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Hello, does anyone know if you can combine the private launch bonus cash of $1,000 with the S plan? The terms and conditions reads "The private launch bonus cash purchase incentive program cannot be combined with any other owner loyalty or private incentives but can be combined with other public offers including but not limited to customer cash back, finance and apr incentives/offers." Thanks.
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Replying to: m6user (Sep 05, 2008 6:45 am) So what? Is there sample model too small or does their data collection and analysis methods produce skewed or incorrect results? Can you prove it or is this just a gut feeling? Are Consumer Report readers proven to be less reliable or truthful than any other person off the street? A biased sample causes problems because any statistic computed from that sample has the potential to be consistently erroneous. If entire segments of the population are excluded from a sample, then there are no adjustments that can produce estimates that are representative of the entire population. By only selecting from CR subscribers there is an inherent bias. Only the demographic represents subscribers is utilized. The number of responses for some vehicle models is not statistically large enough to produce accurate results.
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Replying to: moparbad (Sep 05, 2008 2:29 pm) If there aren't enough responses for a specific model, CR doesn't publish results for that model. |
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My car is the V6 with all options. I still love the car. But the problems with my car are directly related to Mazda using poor quality parts and components. Shame on you Mazda, I don't know if I can trust that brand again. The car rental company I went with confirmed my suspicions and told me that Mazda are amongst the worst quality cars they have. Oh and I forgot to mention the rust on the body and the leather flaking off the steering wheel (after 2 years)
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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 04, 2008 5:52 pm) 2005 Honda odyssey: replaced both lower control arms in warranty. Steering still vibrates at 70 mph, after changing over 3 sets of tires, and numerous balancing. Lexus rx300: I had to fight with the great Toyota motor company to fix silencer vibration so bad that it would be booming and irritating at idle speeds. For 6 months they refused to fix it since there was nothing broken to fix. I had to threaten to take them to court for them to fix it. Every now and them all the lights(VSC, TCS, check engine, etc) on the dash will start blinking. Will go away after 24 hrs. No idea what is causing it yet. Mazda6: u r right about the recalls. But that was not because it was unreliable. Not in my case. Reliable in my case means that the car does leave me stranded in the middle of the road or does not have any safety related issues. |
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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 05, 2008 6:55 pm) There is no frigging rust on the body. What everybody thought as rust was nothing but soapy lubricant changing color when exposed to the weather 
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The simple fact of the matter is, as someone else pointed out earlier, other than a few outliers brandwise, the difference between a very reliable car, and a very unreliable car are often negligible to people who actually know cars. But to the public at large, they see the stats and buy based on it. The key to any car, at all, is to keep the car maintained properly, do the proper maintenance on it and address any problems it does develop quickly so that they don't become bigger issues. This makes some people mad because they don't understand why they have to replace an air filter or get their transmission flushed. Tough crap. It's a highly complex machine with thousands and thousands of parts. It's gonna have maintenance. |
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Replying to: gfo (Sep 05, 2008 9:56 am)
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Replying to: crasht51 (Sep 06, 2008 4:38 am)
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