1986 Mazda 626 GT review from North America

I have replaced, in the one year I have owned this car and the 23,000 miles I have driven it, the following:

Rear passenger side brake caliper.

Several stripped bolts and pins (thanks to prev. owner)

Motor mount, still need to do the other 2.

Alternator.

Blown rubber exhaust hose in turbo intake.

Power steering belt & pulley.

Sway bar bushings.

Rack & pinion.

Passenger side front fender (thanks to ice on the road)

Things I still need to fix:

All 4 window tracks.

Rear sunroof drain gutters and clogged, and the car has flooded before as a result.

Turbo burns oil.

Radiator is corroding.

Shifter rattles on freeway.

Interior is pretty decent, but those 80's dashboards never hold up, do they?

This car is very quick, nice acceleration, even though the turbo needs some cleaning up and working on, it still punches pretty good.

I can't decide if the problems I face with this car are due to poor manufacturing or the idiot I bought it from...wait, maybe that makes me the idiot. whatever the case may be, it is nothing that can't be fixed. I pray this will one day be a good looking, well maintained, fast car to drive and not fix.

Stock suspension is disappointing, at first I thought electronic suspension would be cool, but really it's worthless as it's just more things to fix and the car sort of throws it's weight around.

I think it's a cool looking car and with the right work it would be pretty fast.