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Sedans Mazda6 2009 Mazda6
2118 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 9:10 PM
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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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Replying to: gfo (Sep 06, 2008 4:49 am) |
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Just like to add, I did have the transmission flushed a year before it failed. Followed all the maintenance as suggested by the dealer. Crap in, crap out. This car has given me more problems that all my previous cars combined, which were all fords. Sorry if that upsets people with emotional feelings towards their car.
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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 06, 2008 7:16 am) What year is your Mazda6? |
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Replying to: moparbad (Sep 05, 2008 2:29 pm) Are the subscribers to CR not representative of the population at large? Is there some trait or demographic that is inherant to CR subscribers? I understand what you're saying but doesn't any survey automatically exclude some members of a population either by the number of surveys sent or by the "types" of people that respond? |
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NY Times on the new 6 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/automobiles/autoreviews/07AUTO.html |
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Just read an article on how Chrysler is eaking out more MPG on it's engines and was kind of amazed at the following: Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger (RWD) 2009: 370 hp, 398 pounds-feet of torque, 16/24 mpg city/highway 2008: 340 hp, 390 pounds-feet, 15/23 I'm not a fan of Chrysler products but doesn't it seem like the 2009 Mazda6, which probably weighs less, should get better MPG with a V6 and 272hp. It's rated at 17/25. That's a lousy 1 mpg better. What gives?
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Replying to: m6user (Sep 06, 2008 11:14 am) Remember, those are big displacement engines that run at very very low RPM's at cruising speeds. They typically run at 1,500 RPM's at 65-70mph. |
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