OK, so I have read a lot of info on these forums, however I wish I had read this great info prior to my purchase.
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Excellent information and I appreciate all the contributions on this forum. It is time consuming to get through so much info, but if I keep the car I will keep reading.
I really would prefer a car with less gamble on engine life and maybe this isn't the car for me.
The good news is I didn't yet spend $25-30K on a new Mazda 6. :-)
I bought my 07 (aprox. 35K miles) Touring with numerous options that led me to wonder what difference with it and GT model. I got about 270 miles of interstate driving with some cruise control and generally 70-85mph (Been a few years since I actually drove a clutch mind you) before my fuel light came on. This seems normal range so I assume the car is as good internally as it looks.
The tires are fairly new but wish original coil/wires and plugs had been changed before the $1000 tires.
The car looks really in great condition with some door dings and minor body imperfections expected. The driver seat has one mark on the leather but no cracks, tears etc.
After reading these threads I decided I either need to sell or do some work to it and then sell. I may do compression check (I am optimistic based on my mileage and operation of car on first day driving) So far I see I need to start with BHR coil/wires, improved water pump and perhaps the Sohn Adaptor as well as some of the smaller mods mentioned in sticky in new member forum.
I would like to do myself but I am not the most mechanically inclined. I do not own a shop and live in colder country with changing weather dropping to 20's tomorrow.
I do not mind investing a little for big returns. I enjoy a fun ride but even in the 8 through Denver traffic and freeway driving is little fun to me still. I look forward to a fun drive in a mountain highway and winding canyon road. However I think I want reliability over fun and sport driving, which is why I was considering the newer Mazda 6 model, but didn't want to spend that much on a new car.
So...now i am wondering if I should register and start doing work or sell my 8 that I have owned for 24 hours? hmmmm... big decisions.
Is it better to drive in 5th at 70-80mph than 6th near 4K rpm?
-I should go buy some oil...think I will start with just 5-20. I may use heavier at some point but WY is cold right now so that should be good.
Any more optimistic reports of over 100K on cars to increase my hopes? Stats are discouraging, but I question how much of that is a result of lack of understanding of needs for rotary care?
http://ift.tt/1CeT0iZ
Excellent information and I appreciate all the contributions on this forum. It is time consuming to get through so much info, but if I keep the car I will keep reading.
I really would prefer a car with less gamble on engine life and maybe this isn't the car for me.
The good news is I didn't yet spend $25-30K on a new Mazda 6. :-)
I bought my 07 (aprox. 35K miles) Touring with numerous options that led me to wonder what difference with it and GT model. I got about 270 miles of interstate driving with some cruise control and generally 70-85mph (Been a few years since I actually drove a clutch mind you) before my fuel light came on. This seems normal range so I assume the car is as good internally as it looks.
The tires are fairly new but wish original coil/wires and plugs had been changed before the $1000 tires.
The car looks really in great condition with some door dings and minor body imperfections expected. The driver seat has one mark on the leather but no cracks, tears etc.
After reading these threads I decided I either need to sell or do some work to it and then sell. I may do compression check (I am optimistic based on my mileage and operation of car on first day driving) So far I see I need to start with BHR coil/wires, improved water pump and perhaps the Sohn Adaptor as well as some of the smaller mods mentioned in sticky in new member forum.
I would like to do myself but I am not the most mechanically inclined. I do not own a shop and live in colder country with changing weather dropping to 20's tomorrow.
I do not mind investing a little for big returns. I enjoy a fun ride but even in the 8 through Denver traffic and freeway driving is little fun to me still. I look forward to a fun drive in a mountain highway and winding canyon road. However I think I want reliability over fun and sport driving, which is why I was considering the newer Mazda 6 model, but didn't want to spend that much on a new car.
So...now i am wondering if I should register and start doing work or sell my 8 that I have owned for 24 hours? hmmmm... big decisions.
Is it better to drive in 5th at 70-80mph than 6th near 4K rpm?
-I should go buy some oil...think I will start with just 5-20. I may use heavier at some point but WY is cold right now so that should be good.
Any more optimistic reports of over 100K on cars to increase my hopes? Stats are discouraging, but I question how much of that is a result of lack of understanding of needs for rotary care?
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