A better carb and 2" exhaust will make it quite a bit livelier.
Pros: more lively performance
Vehicle:
Mazda
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Ours has been pretty reliable, had some issues with odd stalling once which was cured with new plugs/wires/carbon cleaning, rear shocks just went recently.
Pros: cured stalling issues
Cons: rear shocks went recently
Vehicle:
Mazda 5
Yes. We owned a 2006 Mazda 5 with a stick and it was a great, dead nuts reliable car. I'd venture to say with the exception of the rear struts there isn't much to worry about.
Pros: great, dead nuts reliable
Vehicle:
Mazda 5
Back in March I got fed up with the B5 platform shenanigans and started shopping for a Subaru... Upon entering the Mazda dealer, I got the typical \"We don't have the exact one you want in manual, but we do have this...\" and I decided to humor the salesman. Lo and behold, a 2012 Mazdaspeed 3 appeared before me... With 263 ponies and 280 ft/pounds of I could dead, the MS3 has proven itself to be the best possible car that a 23 year old male could own.
Pros: handling is unreal, stock brakes good
Cons: violent torque steer, premium gas
Vehicle:
Mazda 3
Mileage: 48000 km
I changed the belt on my "97 at 10 years and 60k, the old belt looked like it had lots of life left.
Pros: lots of life left
Vehicle:
Mazda
Mileage: 60000 km
My NA had ~90,000 miles on the original almost 25 year old belt when I bought it. We actually did a couple of autocrosses and my girlfriend drove it on her 100 mile commute for a few weeks before we got all the parts and tools and time to do the job. The belt didn't even look like it was going to break any time soon. It was definitely overdue for changings, but it wasn't cracking or mission teeth.
Pros: no cracking, no missing teeth
Cons: overdue for changing
Vehicle:
Mazda
Mileage: 90000 km
The Miata is pretty easy to work on. But ironically, one of the simplest jobs is a major PITA, changing the oil filter The thing is buried underneath the intake manifold.
Pros: easy to work on
Cons: oil filter hard to reach
Vehicle:
Mazda
Cabin air filter, first gen Mazda 3. Getting to the filter is a pain.
Cons: filter access is a pain
Vehicle:
Mazda 3
The brakes - overheated on several occassions coming down mountain passes. This happened on 2 sets of brakes so it seems like a design issue.
Cons: overheated on mountain passes
Vehicle:
Mazda
I'm surprised Mazda is rated so poorly, I had a Mazda MPV for 8 years and honestly the only problem I had was the driver's side window gear was worn out, and the alternator.
Cons: window gear worn, alternator failed
Vehicle:
Mazda MPV
Mileage: 200000 km
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