2020 Yaris Hatchback for the US

[myfirstyota]

Find a Mazda 3 that's over 4 years old with out rust. There's your quality.

[Leegamer]

Originally Posted by myfirstyota

Find a Mazda 3 that's over 4 years old with out rust. There's your quality.

My daughter wants a 2nd gen (09-13) mazda 3 for her first car and I'm thinking it would be a good first car. Do you have experience with them?

Rust isn't really much of an issue where I live.

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by myfirstyota

Find a Mazda 3 that's over 4 years old with out rust. There's your quality.

Wow our mazda5 2012 is well, 7 years old now, 110000km and has no rust. Nothing that comes out of the cracks or corners. All doors are perfect. Nothing in the hood hinges.

Same for both Mazda 3 2010 we've had for 6 years 120k and 150k km. Nothing apparent for a 6 years old car that never been rust proofed and not taken care of by the drivers.

We also had a 2011 mazda2. The car has been dead reliable, and rust free for the 6 years we've had it. This one we only got rid of because something hit the AC condenser and wasn't worth fixing considering it wasn't being driven enough.

None of them had been rust proofed.

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[suprf1y]

Be patient

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...ust-risk-45587

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-...-rust-problem/

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by suprf1y

Be patient



https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...ust-risk-45587



https://www.consumerreports.org/car-...-rust-problem/

You obviously don't care about my experience with Mazda cars since 2010. Lol

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[myfirstyota]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

You obviously don't care about my experience with Mazda cars since 2010. Lol

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Hey, that's awesome. I don't want to hear that anyone's car is rusting out on them. I'm just speaking from experience. Here in the golden horse shoe, the municipalities are salt crazy. Many townships outsice the cities will use a salt and sand mix on their roads. I can say from experience (driving plows for these municipalities) Toronto, York region, peel region and Durham region and most likely the greater Hamilton region use solely salt and salt brine... in mass quantities. Winter roads in York region are white.. and not from snow. They have a zero tolerance policy for snow and ice.

Possibility your Mazdas aren't seeing the concentrations of salt that say tmontague, wee yari, and myself See?

Just saying there's a ton of rusty Mazda here in the greater Toronto area.

Also some food for thought.... my car has had bad scratches for years. Metal exposed and everything. In 2 years I haven't noticed the corrosion getting much worse, if at all really. I don't rustproof either. Maybe Toyota just uses better Metal? Surely better than the metal on my ram. I never have too bad of a time with stuck bolts on my yaris. Wish I could say that for the dodge.

[Leegamer]

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/happ...irthday-mazda/

99 years later they're building toyotas, lol

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by myfirstyota

Possibility your Mazdas aren't seeing the concentrations of salt that say tmontague, wee yari, and myself See?



Just saying there's a ton of rusty Mazda here in the greater Toronto area.

Pay closer attention to model years. Since 2010, Mazda has vastly improved their rust resilience. Pre 2010, Mazda3s and 6s were turning to Swiss cheese by the age of 5. Worst modern day vehicles ever for premature corrosion. Much better now.


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[myfirstyota]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

Pay closer attention to model years. Since 2010, Mazda has vastly improved their rust resilience. Pre 2010, Mazda3s and 6s were turning to Swiss cheese by the age of 5. Worst modern day vehicles ever for premature corrosion. Much better now.


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Cool. I'm not much into Mazdas so I will honestly say I don't pay much attention to model years