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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Originally Posted by petrolhead611 View Post
Mazdas are super reliable, but they do rust. I speak from bitter experience. My owned from new Premacy rotted in the rear wheelarches by 5 years old despite my regularly hosing out the mud from there. My neighbours 10 year old Mazda 3 had terrible rot in the same area

I wonder if they've improved in their more recent models? My Mazda3 was bought new exactly 5 years ago and has gone through salt encrusted Buffalo winters since - it has no body rust what so ever.

Fun car, can be had affordably and and relatively easy to work on. Mine's a stick, but if it's an auto - be sure to keep on top of the transmission flushes.
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