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Having personally owned well over 100 vehicles I can't say that any one auto manufacture stood out. Even in High school I choose primarily Chevy but owned Mopars, Fords Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles etc...
As for Mazda I toyed with the early rotary engine models and the fugly looking coupes they were in. Ending up since 2019 with a Mazda was purely the choose of the color. We were in the market for a new daily driver and Ford Nissan and Honda were in the running. I almost bought the Ford because it was a quieter ride and seemed to handle better on a test drive same road and conditions I used to compare. But when we went to Mazda and the brand-new Mazda that still had delivery protection body protection was sitting waiting to be set up and detailed for the sales lot the sun hit the paint, and I was sold. LOL As for its short comings well that was easy for me to fix. And here I am 5 years later and still owning it. In the past most vehicle's, I owned only lasted a few months before I sold or traded them. The sad thing is starting in 2019 to present not one Mazda has my interest.
'05 mazda 6i went to 230k miles before i sold to family who put more mileage on it (maybe another 20k before it got junked)...only manufacturers i looked at were mazda, honda and toyota (and possibly subaru but i didn't want to deal with oil consumption issues again)
