Seriously, I don’t know how anybody can drive this car for a year and a half, as I have, and not be nearly 100% satisfied with it. It’s like driving a BMW 3 series at half the cost. And twice the reliability (yes, sorry to point out that BMWs and Audi’s are notoriously unreliable, even […]

Sorry folks, no S-Plan pricing yet on the Mazda6. If you’re a dealer who has this pricing available (or any 2006 invoice pricing), please send me a PDF or fax it to me (email me for the fax number) and I’ll post it here…

Well, the 30,000 mile checkup of my Mazda 6s (at 36,000 miles, oops!) went smoothly. I got a free rental car and they found nothing wrong with the car that needed fixing. Well, actually, there was the one thing… The passenger-side brake shoe warning piece of metal had come loose and that’s what was causing […]

So it’s time to go in for my 30,000 mile service maintenance, the first major maintenance for the car (even though I’m approaching 36,000, ah well!). I call around to the two closest dealers to where I work. One quotes $365, the other, $540. The $365 one also offers a free rental car and gives […]