I just bought my son his first car. It's a 2005 Mazda3 with just over 77,000 Km. It runs quite well but I'll admit that we bought it without having a PPI done. It was a private sale. The previous owners had just had a baby and felt that the car was no longer large enough for their growing family.
The only issue I have with the car is the oil consumption. We've put on around 1500 Km and we've had to add almost 1L of oil. We are using a synthetic SAE 5W20 oil as recommended by Mazda Canada. I've logged on to some Mazda forums and this seems to be a common issue.
What has been your experience?
Cheers!
Alex