Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by tommac » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:25 am

the reason I asked was I just drove a dealer loaner Mazda 6 for a week. V6, 5 speed. loved fuel!! It was a little rocket and I drove the skirt off it but it had milege that rivaled my 5.3 V8 GMC. Nice car but I wouldn't buy one for a daily driver.(because of the fuel mileage) Plus the tranny was laid out kind of weird.

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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by John F » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:19 pm

paultg wrote:BMW with over 100K miles just seems like a bad idea to me. - Paul G.
I don't know about that. My hand me down 2001 325xi has 194k on it with no issues. If you can't or won't fix it yourself it's a completely different story.
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Post by nateh » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:34 pm

Maybe if you hadn't "drove the skirt off" it would have given better mileage?
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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by paultg » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:41 pm

John F wrote:
paultg wrote:BMW with over 100K miles just seems like a bad idea to me. - Paul G.
I don't know about that. My hand me down 2001 325xi has 194k on it with no issues. If you can't or won't fix it yourself it's a completely different story.
Good point John. I do know a few people with higher mileage 3-series (E36) models, but the newer stuff in my opinion is expensive to repair (parts), and seem to require more frequent work, say compared to a Honda, Toyota, etc..

Again, just an opinion. I do have a 2004 Nissan Sentra with almost 200K miles on it, that cost me $12.5K new, and has only had regular service it's entire life, with a few issues more recently (A/C compressor, rear hubs, crank sensor).

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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by Shawn624 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:31 am

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paultg wrote:BMW with over 100K miles just seems like a bad idea to me. - Paul G.
Ya, that was my first thought.
My 2001 BMW 330i has 240,000 and going strong. I bought it with 135,000 and have made only minor repairs and maintenance. It seems to me that a BMW with 100,000 is probably in better condition than a Saturn on the showroom floor.
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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by breakaway500 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:10 am

"It seems to me that a BMW with 100,000 is probably in better condition than a Saturn on the showroom floor."

The BMW utes don't share their sedans stellar reputation for quality and durability. A very good friends X5 is on it's 3rd engine,in less than 60k miles. :shock: Two of my customers have had their X3 cylinder heads replaced before 100k,so something is def different between the BMW cars and the utes.
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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by CP » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:47 pm

Volvo XC90? Hyundai Santa Fe? Kia Sorento?
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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by chaos4NH » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:29 pm

Well, we are still looking. Waiting for a 2006 Escape with 71,000 on it to make it through the dealers shop before I offer 10K for it. Hey, talk about not knowing your product: I checked out a clean Jeep Liberty at Contemporary in Milford. 45K, factory clean, asking 12K. Hhhmmmm, I got ready to nab it, when I asked the sales guy if it was AWD for sure, he said of course, it's a Jeep. Ha Ha Ha!!! NOT! it was rear wheel only. DUH!!!!
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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by breakaway500 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:53 am

Make sure you take the Escape for a ride..they have wheel bearing issues as well. I have seem many dealers at auction buy 2wd,thinking they were buying 4wd...even Escapes came front wd only.
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Re: Replacing my wife's totalled Mazda Tribute

Post by chaos4NH » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:11 pm

Thanks for the clue Mark.
And Cy, I have those cars in mind also.
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