Comments | druidstar: I have a new car

druidstar

I have a new car - Year

Jan 31, 2006 23:08

Today, I took my car to mazda for repairs. After looking at the car, I was told it would cost me more than $4,000 in repairs to fix the car. $3,000 for the transmission and another grand for miscellaneous ( Read more... )

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freewillfl February 1 2006, 13:45:16 UTC

Camry. What did you do to your Mazda that required 4 grand in repairs?!

Dealer Rip druidstar February 1 2006, 14:19:06 UTC

Mazda was going to charge me over $3,200 for a new transmission. This is to replace the sucky one that came with the car. Next, they told me I needed new brake system, there goes another $650 dollars. Then I needed the tune up and new hoses.

In the long run, the book value of the car is less than $5,000. For a second the dealer got me looking at the new Mazda 6. I liked the car and was going to buy it when it hit me.

Why should I give extra money to Mazda to buy a new car to replace the crappy one that they built. I know many people whose car has more than 65,000 miles on it. Hence, I told the dealer I was angry that poor quality of the Mazada 626 is forcing me to make a purchase that I wasn't ready for yet. I was enjoying having a car with no payments. So, I thank the dealer for his time and when to both Honda and Toyota to see who had the better car and deal.

Toyota won

Re: Dealer Rip freewillfl February 1 2006, 21:46:27 UTC

hmmm...transmission and brakes. You don't think your (well-documented!) wild driving, including tendencies to floor the accelerator and slam on the brakes, had anything to do with it?

:-P

What Me druidstar February 2 2006, 15:06:13 UTC

What you talking about Willis :)