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Have owned a Mazda3 for the past fifteen years. Maintenance costs have been negligible. 22% less than negligible is… negligible. Saving a few hundred dollars o
by moistly 4y ago
Have owned a Mazda3 for the past fifteen years. Maintenance costs have been negligible. 22% less than negligible is… negligible.
Saving a few hundred dollars over the course of fifteen years by buying a car that’s tens of thousands of dollars more expensive doesn’t make sense.
The fuel savings might make up the difference, though. Silly to highlight maintenance expenses when fuel costs are an order of magnitude greater.
- stunt 4y agoI wanted to say the same. Lexus, 8 years, 115000km, and (knock on wood) never even opened the bonnet. I only replaced tires. I still have to pay the annual service, but nothing ever broke. The Lexus service takes care of filters, oil, and scheduled replacements when it's due. One of the milestones was 100000 km mark and service was a bit more expensive. Funny because I even never had to refill the wiper fluid. They refill it with the annual service and apparently I don't use it enough to empty it before the next service.