Well I have had my Mazda 6 for just over 3 months and almost 10,000 kilometers, so I am pretty sure that I can give a fairly honest opinion on this car. And that opinion is that it is the most irritating and over rated vehicle out there at this time, and I hate it with an absolute passion. Here are my reasons :
1. Whoever it was that came up with the idea to put 18" wheels and low profile tires as standard equipment on this thing should be taken out back and shot. They make the car handle like a total dog during low speed manouvers. If your driving along at anything under 60 kph and you come across a small seam in the road, then it just grabs you and yanks you over. Very dangerous, and it makes for very unpleasant driving. And thats on top of the fact that you feel every little peeple and crack in the road due to the lack of rubber cushioning from the ultra low profile tires. I just put 16" snow tires on there and the ride and handling are infinitely better.
2. The cheap material they are passing off as "Leather". How they can call it that with a straight face is beyond me. I thought it would soften up with a little wear and alot of conditioners..... but nope.
3. The auto climate controls. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, please explain to me why the A/C unit needs to be on when I want to it to get warm???? Having the A/c on kills the fuel economy, and there is no need for it to be on when its only 2 degrees outside. And even when you put it on manual, it still doesn't warm up properly.
It warms up for a while, and then for some bizzare reason starts blowing cool air. Why?? I dunno. Gremlins maybe.
4. Speaking of outside temperature, you have to reach over and push the AMB button (ambient) in order to see the outside temp, becasuse the darned auto climate setting is displayed in the same lines, so if you change to temp setting, then you have to go back and push that little button to see the outside temp again....AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
5. I have the 5-door hatch and have discovered that when everything is nice and warm outside and in, all is quiet. However, when it gets cold outside, all the panels shrink due to the cold, and that whole car rattles like a childs toy. So, note to self, only test drive cars in the winter time, that way you know if everything is tightened down.
6. How did they get the engine in there?? With a crowbar and a sledge hammer? I had to break out the owners manual to find out where to put the washerfluid. Never had to do that before.
7. What is with the cup holders?? The first time I put my lovely medium coffe into one, I had to get a pry bar to get it out because it sits so low that the lid was flush with the top. How assinine is that?
So... in conclusion, this car sucks. Plain and simple. I recommend anyone thinking of getting a Mazda6 to
just go to the nearest bar and drink yourself silly in the hopes that you will shake off the notion of wasting your hard earned cash on this complete piece of garbage.
I am so utterly disappointed with this car that it truly can't be properly expressed without a using a few pounds of TNT and a detonator. I think my problem was that I over hyped it my mind, and well, lets face it, there is alot of worse cars out there, and I will admit that the 6 is the best LOOKING car out there. Just not the most well thought out one. I find myself now trying to get rid of this thing wothout taking too much of a loss on it but I don't have much hope of that happening.
Hey??? Any of you suckers.... err... I mean, nice people wanna buy a slightly used Mazda6?? Give you a good price on it.
I'm serious btw.
Anyone???
Anyone at all??
I live in Toronto, and will deliver it to your door.
Honestly.
1. Whoever it was that came up with the idea to put 18" wheels and low profile tires as standard equipment on this thing should be taken out back and shot. They make the car handle like a total dog during low speed manouvers. If your driving along at anything under 60 kph and you come across a small seam in the road, then it just grabs you and yanks you over. Very dangerous, and it makes for very unpleasant driving. And thats on top of the fact that you feel every little peeple and crack in the road due to the lack of rubber cushioning from the ultra low profile tires. I just put 16" snow tires on there and the ride and handling are infinitely better.
2. The cheap material they are passing off as "Leather". How they can call it that with a straight face is beyond me. I thought it would soften up with a little wear and alot of conditioners..... but nope.
3. The auto climate controls. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, please explain to me why the A/C unit needs to be on when I want to it to get warm???? Having the A/c on kills the fuel economy, and there is no need for it to be on when its only 2 degrees outside. And even when you put it on manual, it still doesn't warm up properly.
It warms up for a while, and then for some bizzare reason starts blowing cool air. Why?? I dunno. Gremlins maybe.
4. Speaking of outside temperature, you have to reach over and push the AMB button (ambient) in order to see the outside temp, becasuse the darned auto climate setting is displayed in the same lines, so if you change to temp setting, then you have to go back and push that little button to see the outside temp again....AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
5. I have the 5-door hatch and have discovered that when everything is nice and warm outside and in, all is quiet. However, when it gets cold outside, all the panels shrink due to the cold, and that whole car rattles like a childs toy. So, note to self, only test drive cars in the winter time, that way you know if everything is tightened down.
6. How did they get the engine in there?? With a crowbar and a sledge hammer? I had to break out the owners manual to find out where to put the washerfluid. Never had to do that before.
7. What is with the cup holders?? The first time I put my lovely medium coffe into one, I had to get a pry bar to get it out because it sits so low that the lid was flush with the top. How assinine is that?
So... in conclusion, this car sucks. Plain and simple. I recommend anyone thinking of getting a Mazda6 to
just go to the nearest bar and drink yourself silly in the hopes that you will shake off the notion of wasting your hard earned cash on this complete piece of garbage.
I am so utterly disappointed with this car that it truly can't be properly expressed without a using a few pounds of TNT and a detonator. I think my problem was that I over hyped it my mind, and well, lets face it, there is alot of worse cars out there, and I will admit that the 6 is the best LOOKING car out there. Just not the most well thought out one. I find myself now trying to get rid of this thing wothout taking too much of a loss on it but I don't have much hope of that happening.
Hey??? Any of you suckers.... err... I mean, nice people wanna buy a slightly used Mazda6?? Give you a good price on it.
I'm serious btw.
Anyone???
Anyone at all??
I live in Toronto, and will deliver it to your door.
Honestly.