Heres Why Mazda is Better Than Toyota #2
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Dan210871
Heres a conundrum. When we moved to the Northeastern US, we tried to buy a used Subaru Forester (my wife does most of the driving because I travel a lot for work and she had never driven on snow & ice before. There were virtually none available with less than 150, 000 miles. We asked around and came to the conclusion that most people who bought Subarus (particularly Foresters and Outbacks) kept them for life. A few of my colleagues actually bought them when their kids were in elementary school, and handed them over to the same kids as they went off to college, with close to a quarter million miles on the odometer. I understand my experience does not constitute a representative sample, but its at least strong anecdotal evidence that Subarus tend to last a long time without major problems. How is it possible that Scottys experience is the polar opposite of that? For what its worth, we ended up buying a new Forester which now has 30, 000 miles on the odometer, gets serviced every 6, 000 miles and has required nothing other than a new set of tires during the last service. So far its been a perfectly reliable everyday driver, and weve gone on vacations alongside roughly half of the Eastern Seaboard without any problems. Did I get lucky enough to buy an atypically reliable Subaru?
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Heres a conundrum. When we moved to the Northeastern US, we tried to buy a used Subaru Forester (my wife does most of the driving because I travel a lot for work and she had never driven on snow & ice before. There were virtually none available with less than 150, 000 miles. We asked around and came to the conclusion that most people who bought Subarus (particularly Foresters and Outbacks) kept them for life. A few of my colleagues actually bought them when their kids were in elementary school, and handed them over to the same kids as they went off to college, with close to a quarter million miles on the odometer. I understand my experience does not constitute a representative sample, but its at least strong anecdotal evidence that Subarus tend to last a long time without major problems. How is it possible that Scottys experience is the polar opposite of that? For what its worth, we ended up buying a new Forester which now has 30, 000 miles on the odometer, gets serviced every 6, 000 miles and has required nothing other than a new set of tires during the last service. So far its been a perfectly reliable everyday driver, and weve gone on vacations alongside roughly half of the Eastern Seaboard without any problems. Did I get lucky enough to buy an atypically reliable Subaru?
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Burako Shimazaki
sigh I love Scotty, I have a lot of respect for the man. However Im afraid Scottys knowledge of the 86 project is very lacking. He really needs to go back and look at its predecessor AE85/AE86, and the other cars that were inspiration for that car including the 2000 GT and Toyota Sports 800. These cars were Front-Mid engine, rear wheel drive, and in the case of the Sports 800, featured a boxer engine, 4 YEARS before Subaru made their first production Boxer engine, the EA-52. Secondly, Subaru during prototype production of the 86 initially refused to collaborate on the car, citing Subarus exclusive focus on AWD performance cars and as such a rear wheel drive car was not in the companys interest. To this day, after Subaru tested the car and suddenly sang a different tune, the BRZ remains the only rear wheel drive car in Subarus production fleet. So, all of these factors taken in, it is in fact that despite the hard materials and car being manufactured out of a Subaru plant (of which Toyota owns 17 percent of Subaru) that the Toyota 86 and even the BRZ are indeed Toyota cars both in design and functionality. Im sorry Scotty, but Im quite firm that you are just wrong or underinformed on these cars. Still love your channel and videos regardless.
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sigh I love Scotty, I have a lot of respect for the man. However Im afraid Scottys knowledge of the 86 project is very lacking. He really needs to go back and look at its predecessor AE85/AE86, and the other cars that were inspiration for that car including the 2000 GT and Toyota Sports 800. These cars were Front-Mid engine, rear wheel drive, and in the case of the Sports 800, featured a boxer engine, 4 YEARS before Subaru made their first production Boxer engine, the EA-52. Secondly, Subaru during prototype production of the 86 initially refused to collaborate on the car, citing Subarus exclusive focus on AWD performance cars and as such a rear wheel drive car was not in the companys interest. To this day, after Subaru tested the car and suddenly sang a different tune, the BRZ remains the only rear wheel drive car in Subarus production fleet. So, all of these factors taken in, it is in fact that despite the hard materials and car being manufactured out of a Subaru plant (of which Toyota owns 17 percent of Subaru) that the Toyota 86 and even the BRZ are indeed Toyota cars both in design and functionality. Im sorry Scotty, but Im quite firm that you are just wrong or underinformed on these cars. Still love your channel and videos regardless.
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Andrey Ivanov
Im 23. I am 3rd year in Uni studying Electronics (no pun intended. The sheer fact that even a tire needs a bloody sensor to tell you that you have a flat tire. I mean f seriously? Are people that lazy to spend 2 seconds and check their tires for abnormalities. is it that hard? I mean, technology and its rep - it a device in a spinning tire waiting to break down and cause problems. Pfft. ridiculous What are they gonna think of next? Put a sensor in the windshield itself - comes a small crack and now youll need a fancy scan tool and big wallet to fix the windshield and the trouble code evidently. :OI hate over-engineered stuff. Unnecessary. :)
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Im 23. I am 3rd year in Uni studying Electronics (no pun intended. The sheer fact that even a tire needs a bloody sensor to tell you that you have a flat tire. I mean f seriously? Are people that lazy to spend 2 seconds and check their tires for abnormalities. is it that hard? I mean, technology and its rep - it a device in a spinning tire waiting to break down and cause problems. Pfft. ridiculous What are they gonna think of next? Put a sensor in the windshield itself - comes a small crack and now youll need a fancy scan tool and big wallet to fix the windshield and the trouble code evidently. :OI hate over-engineered stuff. Unnecessary. :)
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Connoisseur of Cannabis Cars&Pussy
I have 2 91 miatas both bought new as a pair for my pop and I for my 16th Bday in 91. One has 437, 000 miles with only 2 clutches an 2 timing belt/water pump changes. The other car only has 57, 000 miles and you couldnt tell which has more miles. They are both on Coiloverr, Glasurit paint, full suspension, Avid rims 16x9 and fresh interior and factory hardtops. Im 44 now and still over them and will never be sold. I also have a LS2 swapped/T56/8. 8 IRS with a 4. 30 gear set and a AS2 PROCHARGER and only car to pull on me was a 488 because at 120 I still couldnt hook up. its on youtube.
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I have 2 91 miatas both bought new as a pair for my pop and I for my 16th Bday in 91. One has 437, 000 miles with only 2 clutches an 2 timing belt/water pump changes. The other car only has 57, 000 miles and you couldnt tell which has more miles. They are both on Coiloverr, Glasurit paint, full suspension, Avid rims 16x9 and fresh interior and factory hardtops. Im 44 now and still over them and will never be sold. I also have a LS2 swapped/T56/8. 8 IRS with a 4. 30 gear set and a AS2 PROCHARGER and only car to pull on me was a 488 because at 120 I still couldnt hook up. its on youtube.
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2dble fistn
93 Miata here and its been more reliable than all my past cars that Ive owned not to mention the best driving exp Ive ever had. Owned a bunch of Hondas, an Acura, VW Gti, Eclipse and even a Mustang. None of them came even close to how amazing of a car the Miata is not to mention the endless support in the modification department. Simple and cheap to work on. Its a car with a raw and pure feel that feels like youre driving it rather than it driving you. Responds precisely with every input you give it. I feel connected to the car and it answers back 100% of the time.
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93 Miata here and its been more reliable than all my past cars that Ive owned not to mention the best driving exp Ive ever had. Owned a bunch of Hondas, an Acura, VW Gti, Eclipse and even a Mustang. None of them came even close to how amazing of a car the Miata is not to mention the endless support in the modification department. Simple and cheap to work on. Its a car with a raw and pure feel that feels like youre driving it rather than it driving you. Responds precisely with every input you give it. I feel connected to the car and it answers back 100% of the time.
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gwalia2112
10 years ago my sister had a Renault, never again. It was like Star Trek (oldies, lights and switches everywhere and they all started to fail. The tyre monitors went one by one and they were 80 each 10 years ago. She actually listened to me, not quite properly though, and traded it in. She wanted something economical and reliable and fancy. I told her to get Audi A3 Turbo diesel. She got a turbo PETROL BMW and had the cheek to complain to me it was dead expensive to run. HAhA, she traded it in for an Audi A3 Turbo Diesel and loved it. :)
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10 years ago my sister had a Renault, never again. It was like Star Trek (oldies, lights and switches everywhere and they all started to fail. The tyre monitors went one by one and they were 80 each 10 years ago. She actually listened to me, not quite properly though, and traded it in. She wanted something economical and reliable and fancy. I told her to get Audi A3 Turbo diesel. She got a turbo PETROL BMW and had the cheek to complain to me it was dead expensive to run. HAhA, she traded it in for an Audi A3 Turbo Diesel and loved it. :)
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Tierhog
Im still picking up jaw after his negative Toyota Tundra comments. Another hit a million miles again. Sometimes I think perspective is important. Scotty isnt a durability expert. Hes a mechanical expert. Mechanics dont like non accessible parts and unorthodox designs. Is the Tundra starter a pain to replace? Yep. Are parts expensive for the big 400HP V8s? Yep. Do they fail often? Nope. I appreciate his honesty and efforts. I also appreciate his criticism. Toyota is always looking to improve their trucks. Rev up your engines
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Im still picking up jaw after his negative Toyota Tundra comments. Another hit a million miles again. Sometimes I think perspective is important. Scotty isnt a durability expert. Hes a mechanical expert. Mechanics dont like non accessible parts and unorthodox designs. Is the Tundra starter a pain to replace? Yep. Are parts expensive for the big 400HP V8s? Yep. Do they fail often? Nope. I appreciate his honesty and efforts. I also appreciate his criticism. Toyota is always looking to improve their trucks. Rev up your engines
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Xanther Xavier
So Ive been looking to buy a used celica after your advice, Scotty. Except, I could only find TWO within a 50 mile radius And I live in a fairly populated area (West Palm Beach, FL. I scratched my head thinking what the hell, how could there possibly be only two celicas within 50 miles? Then I realized. They last forever, no wonder theres barely any on the used car market
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So Ive been looking to buy a used celica after your advice, Scotty. Except, I could only find TWO within a 50 mile radius And I live in a fairly populated area (West Palm Beach, FL. I scratched my head thinking what the hell, how could there possibly be only two celicas within 50 miles? Then I realized. They last forever, no wonder theres barely any on the used car market
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RARenfield
1994 Mazda Miata hands down the best car Ive ever owned. Bought used in 1999 with 73K miles. Still going strong at 230K miles. Rubber timing belt, BUT non-interference engine. Ive changed it twice over the years. Simple to work on. Fun to drive. Just dont be surprised when the soccer mom blows your doors off on green. 0-60 times are a very leisurely affair. Good call, Scotty.
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1994 Mazda Miata hands down the best car Ive ever owned. Bought used in 1999 with 73K miles. Still going strong at 230K miles. Rubber timing belt, BUT non-interference engine. Ive changed it twice over the years. Simple to work on. Fun to drive. Just dont be surprised when the soccer mom blows your doors off on green. 0-60 times are a very leisurely affair. Good call, Scotty.
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