I believe most of the mechanical components are fairly common.  The main issue I’ve heard is getting body panels and such in the event of an accident.

We have our 2016 Mazda CX-5 because after our beloved Mazda5 was totaled and our SSaturn grenaded it’s transaxle we had no usable cars and Mazda had a really good lease deal. We still have it because when it came off lease my wife had just left her job and we got an OK car loan in 30 minutes.  While it's not ideal the…

Kids, Costco runs, and a lust for wagons

My wife and I needed a replacement for my aging Stratus to be the reliable family car. My wife didn’t want to give up her Frontier (she has a thing for manual transmission pickups), so since I prefer four doors, I got the ‘family’ car. Why the quotes?  Because my wife gave me two simple restrictions: Must have 4…

I have owned BOTH. They are NO more reliable than the Germans, and cost just as much and often more to fix. In exchange, the Germans ride, drive, and handle better, and are an all-around better place to be.

the magnum was the best looking wagon,i’ve got 1 that will be 20 years old in 5 months and people still double take on it (red),67000 miles. the only thing that went wrong was the air and i whacked off just the muffler at 1200 miles,i just like it.   88 yr old

No Taurus/Sable wagons, either. While it’s not show quality, I still daily my ‘02 Sable wagon. It’s done yeoman service for me for 20 years now.

There were 3. They weren’t that good though. One was a stock R/T that had to leave because it was leaking some fluid. The other two were SRT-8s that had a lil too much going on.

this is no longer a movie it’s a documentary! 

Thanks for not disappointing

1994 all over again

Feeling funny, are ya wildcat?

The whole ordeal sounds like something out of a “Speed” movie.

Yeah, a go-around would have been very bad. It almost looked like the plane landing was intentionally floating the landing to make sure the plane in front didn’t abort the takeoff. Likely a big brown pants moment for the landing pilots.

The NA Miata also used a copy of the Minilite wheel. Mazda should be commended for building something very close to the Elan is spirit while being reliable and durable

Mazda 3, Mazda 5, Ford Focus (Euro spec, Mk II), Volvo S40, C30, V50 and second gen C70. 

him going around could be problematic i think? The plane in front is going somewhere too. Im not sure honestly what his move would be.

Correct. The C1 platform, aka “Global C” was codeveloped by Mazda, Ford and Volvo, and was used in all the compact Euro Fords and the compact Mazdas and Volvos from that era. They share a ton.

When I got mine in ‘81, the catalytic converter was plugged solid, to the point that the car could not turn a tire. Holding the brake and punching it produced a sick “Squeak”, and off it went. I had spoken to Mondello Performance before buying it and was assured by Joe himself that the weak Olds 403 could be made into…

I still miss my ‘79. Not my favorite looks wise, that front end is kinda silly looking, but it was a lot of fun, after I modded the crap out of it. It took about $3K of parts and about $1K of labor in 1981 to make it a 13 second car.