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Normal car recommendation….

Have the air lift suspension on your Range Rover crap the bed and you will likely scrap the vehicle if you don’t have a guy in the know .
Aluminum engine in brothers Range Rover was punched at 80k . Too useless to run and too light to be a boat anchor . He’s on his 3rd , turbo diesel now because he likes that sort of misery .


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I would own another jag if it was not a daily driver . Head gasket on our supercharged v8 was $2500. Not at the dealer , pothole chipped a rim , 4 new custom rims cost less that 1 jag wheel. At 60,000kms my mechanic said , you don’t want to own this car in the next 20k kms . Bought at 28k kms sold at 59,k loved it for 4yr occasional use .


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I’ve had 2 Jags and they were bulletproof… until the met Canada. First was a 96 XJ12 used, then a new ‘00 XJ6. Drove the snot out of those cars when I lived in the SW US. Oil, tires, brakes…

After 2 years in the winter things went to crap. Electrical, corrosion, water intrusion. The best was opening the gas filler door on a cold day to 2” of ice securing my gas cap.
 
Have the air lift suspension on your Range Rover crap the bed and you will likely scrap the vehicle if you don’t have a guy in the know .
Aluminum engine in brothers Range Rover was punched at 80k . Too useless to run and too light to be a boat anchor . He’s on his 3rd , turbo diesel now because he likes that sort of misery .


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Does he like mushy peas and warm beer?
 
His Range Rover with punched engine and pooched airbags would be well suited for pulling around with a horse.
 
Mazda's seem to be well thought of - anyone know of a reputable dealer in the west end ('Sauga and it's environs), that I can go to and try one on for size?
(DM me)
Thanks!
 
@Chris-CJ Achilles Mazda in Milton on Steeles just west of James Snow Parkway on the north side was good when I had my Miata...it's been 10 years since I've been there but worth a shot...they've been around for ages (originally from Acton)...
 
How are Mazdas for rust these days?

We had a half dozen guys at work all with Mazda 3s (must have been a sale, actually all recent grads at the time and they bought the 3 as their first post school cars) and they were all starting to show rust spots (bubbling etc.) around the four/five year mark. These were mid 2010s models (2014 to 2016...). Hardly a statistical sample but there was a pastern and it gives me pause.

We used to tease them that we could hear their cars rusting in the parking lot....
 
How are Mazdas for rust these days?

We had a half dozen guys at work all with Mazda 3s (must have been a sale, actually all recent grads at the time and they bought the 3 as their first post school cars) and they were all starting to show rust spots (bubbling etc.) around the four/five year mark. These were mid 2010s models (2014 to 2016...). Hardly a statistical sample but there was a pastern and it gives me pause.

We used to tease them that we could hear their cars rusting in the parking lot....
Mazda had major issues with rusting until about 2010 or so. To the point of holes forming.

They changed their metal supply / formulation around that time and have joined the industry average since then.
 
More recently, Mazda's have had rusting at suspension fastening points, this too has been sorted out.
Another issue was a "fast battery drain", also sorted out.
These two issues stemmed from QC at the ancillary suppliers end.
The body rust, is a past story.
(gleaned from their forum)
 
How are Mazdas for rust these days?

We had a half dozen guys at work all with Mazda 3s (must have been a sale, actually all recent grads at the time and they bought the 3 as their first post school cars) and they were all starting to show rust spots (bubbling etc.) around the four/five year mark. These were mid 2010s models (2014 to 2016...). Hardly a statistical sample but there was a pastern and it gives me pause.

We used to tease them that we could hear their cars rusting in the parking lot....
I have a 2014 3 gt and its been great. Bought used in 2021 for $11k with 80k km. Zero rust at 180k km now. All I did was replace brakes, early oil changes and did a front suspension refresh this past fall. Drives like new and has the fancy pants android auto/carplay which is nice for the age of the thing
 
Mazda's drive well and their quality of construction easily meets that of premium euro models. Took a test drive of a CX-30 turbo and this one is a "Q ship", it will easily compete with the likes of an Audi Q3 (a dressed up VW)!
 

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