1993 Mazda MX6 LS review from North America
"The Ford Probes brother and a reliable race car"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I bought my Mazda MX-6 from a college student that did not have money to do repairs to the car. After doing a small tear-down inspection and very abusive test drive, a car that was not maintained and had 155000 miles on it was sold to me for $600.
The car had a bad caliper on the driver's side rear tire. I replaced the caliper for $85 from Napa auto parts.
The front struts were bad and cost me $200 for the parts and $55 for a front and rear wheel alignment.
For some strange reason, the windsheild wiper light is on as a warning light on the instrument panel. This is strange because everything for the wiper system works great.
The motor has a rhythmic vibration when warming up, but after the car has come up to operating temperature (2 minutes) it has a beautiful idle. I need to get that checked out.
General comments?
I purchased this car for $600. It is a 1993 and has poor maintenance if little ever done to it and the car is immaculate.
There is very little rust on this vehicle and after a good waxing, the paint looks beautiful and is black in color.
The moon roof works with flawless operation.
The transmission shifts smoothly when driven in a mild manner, and when beaten on... it shifts so firmly it makes you say, "Whoa!"
The engine, with 155734 miles on it, has so much power you don't realize just how fast you are going. I read on the internet that this car has only 160 horsepower. I am going to order a used engine in long-block form with a manual transmission for only $1325.00. This package will have 30,000 miles on it and will increase the horsepower from 160 to 220. The motor and transmission will come from Japan where just about all of the sports cars have more power than their United States versions of the same car. I am doing this because this car handles so good I am going to enter it in Sports Car Club Association events on a road course track.
I will probably add a performance suspension package from Eibach and some strut bars to make sure the chassis doesn't do anything weird.
I love this car. I can't say anything bad about it at all. I bet the original motor and transmission push another car to the 250000 mile mark while passing emissions. Does anybody want it? usand3kids@peoplepc.com.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1993 |
| Year of manufacture | 1993 |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2005 |
| Engine and transmission | 2.5 V6 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 10 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 10 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 9 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 155000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 155734 miles |
| Date of Entry | 17th June, 2005 |