It's a Mazda 6

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Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

angryhampster posted:

I think by and large your car has been beaten and abused. My 6 had a couple faults, but yours sounds like a festering pile of poo.

OP, here is my old 6 for reference:

I owned it for about 3 years. Aside from routine maintenance, I replaced the following:
- Pads all around, and rotors in the front
- PCV valve. This was a pain in the rear end. I could not do it myself on the 4cyl. Paid $350ish for a reputable import shop to get it.
- 1 daytime running light bulb (city light as it's commonly known)
- 1 foglight bulb (also a minor pain in the rear end)

I ran snow tires in the winter and it was WONDERFUL. Best car I've ever driven on snow. Also replaced the stock exhaust with OBX axle-back and had a hilariously aggressive RacingBeat rear sway bar on it. It was a lot of fun.

I'd heard the obx headers for the v6 were kinda lovely compared to the msds ones, so I assumed I'd be looking elsewhere for exhaust. How did it hold up over time?

Also, outside of some random smoking on startup that I haven't bothered to look for the source of due to a lack of garage space and the po being a shithead who cut the amp and amp for the bose system out of the car, I'm enjoying my '04 6.

leica posted:

So labor was $340 to replace a ten dollar part? Jesus.

I dunno about the 2.3, but on the 3.0 it requires removing the top half of the intake manifold and other assorted throttle body things.

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