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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by VQ35DE</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have had 5 Skyactive engines and auto transmissions. LUV UM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div></div> Does it mean a new...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by wag123</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> 3. If you are worried about reliability (I would be if my wife was driving it that many miles), the Fiat 500 earned such a bad reputation that they couldn't sell them in the US any...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by PimTac</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> That engine is not for the MX5 but will be used in their current Mazda3. It's already available in Europe. Why the hangup on iron blocks vs aluminum? Automakers have been using...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Does someone have a four facepalm meme? </div></div> Do you want to say that if a Miata had a refined iron-block I6 engine from the 90s, it would be less reliable than the...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by edyvw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> So, where we can go and buy LC70?</div></div> The Jeep Wrangler TJ with the 4l engine is an American equivalent. I think it's still produced in China. It's the 4l engine that...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> An expert on DI valve deposits who knows nothing about the walnut blasting procedure; interesting. Out of those 250 pages, please cite the posts where Miata owners report...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> You specifically stated that the Mazda " will need a rebuild after 100,000 miles." As for DI engines requiring disassembly, some my need the valves cleaned with walnut shell...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by PimTac</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Yes, this should prove interesting. </div></div> I'm also interested how somebody can put a mark "Super reliable or super unreliable" on a car without testing it for at least 15...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> What statistics do you have that indicate it will only last 100k miles? How did you test it? </div></div> I didn't say it would last 100k miles. As it's a DI engine, owners will...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by rooflessVW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You actually think the Miata's engine will need a rebuild in...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by edyvw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> What LC70 has to do with this list? </div></div> Isn't it the list of the most reliable cars in the world according to Consumer Reports? Or what is it? If I understand correctly, you...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> My point was that comparing a motor designed to power an SUV to a motor designed for a lightweight sports car is pointless- a textbook example of apples and oranges...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by MCompact</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Wow- driving a Land Cruiser for 50 years/500k miles is a level of automotive bliss I never thought I'd attain. I'm definitely scratching a Miata off my list. Just one question...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by edyvw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nah, I drove 70 when I worked in NATO. It had 4.2 naturally aspirated inline 6 diesel engine and it was bare bone as it can get (we had few Lada Niva's that had more "luxury" stuff in...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by edyvw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by E365</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For allegedly being so "durable", where did all these 15-20 year old...

I wonder who decided to slap the slogan "The most reliable car" on the Corolla? Let's compare the 2000 Corolla and 4Runner. <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>You can hardly ever see a 2000 Corolla, but 4Runners are everywhere. Why have Corollas disappeared if they are so...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by Yah-Tah-Hey</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not quite as bad as a Yugo or a Skoda but a POS for sure. Worst repair record of any vehicle on the road in US according to Consumer Reports. </div></div> Could you describe the...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by blueglide88</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> That's pure BS. There are plenty of small cars being sold by all the manufacturers. Fiat cannot sell because they cannot not compete. They are junk. There are far too many good...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by wdn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fiat 500 pulled out of the US market. Orphaned 12 cars with the worst one-year depreciation. Two of the twelve are Fiat 500s: the 500 and 500L. That is used car marketplace...