Mazda 6 Wagon, V6 5spd! Unicorn!

NMNA

Found this on Detroit craigslist while messing around

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/5157653974.html

Shut up dude, I'm trying to reach the seller...

Good luck, I always get nervous about cars that have been listed for a while. This one is 21 days. Hopefully you'll have a good story for us.

I really thought you couldn't get this combo. This really is a unicorn. Regardless, that looks amazingly clean for an eleven-year-old Mazda. If these aren't ten-year-old photos, I find this really desirable. My only new car purchase was a Protegé5 with stick in 2004, and I liked it quite a bit. Having a slightly more luxe version would be great.

I live in that town, how have I not seen it? also it has the roof rails!!! me want

I'm in love.

I looked a long time for that combination before giving up on the idea. Pretty rare, and that one looks really good.

There's actually another one at a dealer in PA. At $4k/100k miles I am wondering how much can be wrong with it. Cloth + manual + crappy mpg = limited market? Tempting but there's nothing inherently wrong with my wife's Vibe and a 10mpg hit to our road trip vehicle is kinda substantial. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ctd/5189819669.html

Automatic and only $2900

Maroon Stick $5,000

I kinda like them. Probably less maintenance than the Passat.

I saw a couple of them in detroit, but nothing local enough to test drive them, are they reliable? I had a Mazda5, but I really didn't like how it drove. do they drive like a car or a SUV? How are they in the snow?

Pretty cool, definitely rare, but I still prefer the hatchbacks

AFAIK the main problem with these is that the V6s run lean under WOT and the pre-cats disintegrate, leading to all kinds of engine carnage.

In reply to SlickDizzy:

That may have led to the "only 45K on new engine".

SlickDizzy wrote: AFAIK the main problem with these is that the V6s run lean under WOT and the pre-cats disintegrate, leading to all kinds of engine carnage.

Kind of similar to the SER Spec-V Achilles heel?

Can both be cured with a cat delete pipe of some sort?

trigun7469 wrote: I saw a couple of them in detroit, but nothing local enough to test drive them, are they reliable? I had a Mazda5, but I really didn't like how it drove. do they drive like a car or a SUV? How are they in the snow?

with snow tires? AWESOME! plenty of ride height and the IRS is good with the wheelbase so you can let the rear end hang a little. Mine has been very reliable, I have just done tires/plugs/coils/brakes/suspension/fluids and a reverse light switch to mine. I enjoy it! Kind of sad seeing the prices so low, I wanted to charge more for mine since it is such a clean example. But I am not looking to sell mine yet.

Rusted_Busted_Spit wrote: In reply to SlickDizzy: That may have led to the "only 45K on new engine".

Those V6s are randomly terrible. blowing out spark plug threads and wierd things, Some engine last over 200k with no issues whereas others last not even 100k.

I had an '07 V6 5-speed 5-door and had zero issues with it over 6 years and 60k miles. The engines are shoehorned in there though and the engine clearly wasn't meant for the manual transmission as it uses an adapter plate from the factory.

Also, what makes that car even more unicorn is that it has leather. Not a lot of 6es had leather as it was a fairly expensive option and even fewer wagons (since the wagon was also a fairly expensive upgrade from the sedan or hatch). So the sticker on that car would've been quite high.

Always admired these, but I'm not interested in a snow belt car.

I'll stick with own version of a rare Japanese long-roof, a lancer ralliart (1st gen, so FWD and no turbo).

So, whatever happened to this one? Was it real?

So whats more reliable the Mazda 6 wagon? or a Audi A4 wagon Quattro?

I'll bet there are a lot more of these north of the border. Canadians like wagons better than Americans, and they're more likely to buy sticks. So it's not unusual to see manual trans wagons available there that never came to the US.

trigun7469 wrote: So whats more reliable the Mazda 6 wagon? or a Audi A4 wagon Quattro?

This is a joke question, right?

I've had 0 issues that I didn't cause over 75k and 5 years. Also, don't think i've heard more than 5 pre-cat issues, and that's with being on 2 mazda6 forums.

Anyone buy this thing yet?

I got no response from seller. :-(

But next week I'm picking up an '07 525xi. :-)

In reply to Ian F: All the Mazda 6's that I have found, usually say engine issue or that it has been replaced.