Maintenance Costs

[tyrantz]

Has anyone done any research on maintenance cost of Mazda vehicles compared against other car manufacturers in the same class? For instance:

Mazda3 vs. Civic vs. Sentra vs. Corolla
Mazda6 vs. Accord vs. Maxima vs. Camry
MPV vs. Odyssey vs. Quest vs. Sienna

I'm planning to buy the Mazda3 and wanted to see how much the car would cost over time, taking into consideration oil changes, regular maintenance intervals and ware and tear maintenance parts.

Thanks

[excluesiveonez]

i doubt there coubt be that much research on the 3 due to it being only recently born.. not many people have had problems with it yet

[beinkken]

there are a few problems that people are complaining about, but certainly not any problems everyone is having yet. Give it some time and more and more information will be available. joining htis site was a good place to start. welcome to MW

[excluesiveonez]

joining htis site was a good place to start

of course it is

[roofadoofalus]

the camry has pretty low costs, i know that for a fact. i used to own one. unfortunately, it is still a camry. suck it up and buy a millenia. a tu-tone one at that. you will be happier

[tyrantz]

Thanks guys, I'll keep my eyes open and regularly check this forum. The only reason why I'm asking is because I had a friend who owned a Miata. He spent about $50 for an oil change at Mazda. One time, one of the oxygen sensors when, and had to fork out $900 for it. I'm not sure if was bs sing me, but that just seems like alot of coin for oil changes and parts in general.

[excluesiveonez]

he got jerked hard