Hi Scotty, I love your channel and find it inspirational. Your videos have inspired me to take pleasure in caring better for things, trying to problem solve more and saving money. Sincerely - thank you for your realistic and unpretentious approach to YouTubing. An antidote to the "throw away" culture we seem to live in when times are tough. I have a 2015 Mazda 6, 2 litre naturally aspirated, manual. My wife is a sales rep and used it for a while so it has 90,000 miles on it. I got offered £6,000 for it and only have £4,500 left to pay off on it. My plan is to pay off the £4,500 and run the car for the next 5 years doing about 12,000 miles a year. Do you reckon this is realistic? Am I onto a winning plan here and do you have any tips for general maintenance on it? Is the fact it is not turbo-charged to my advantage in terms of durability? Mazda now offer a turbo charged version of the Mazda 6 in North America due to demand for a punchier engine but we do not get in Europe where petrol prices are higher. Best wishes from Scotland where we produce oil but it still costs a fortune to fill our tanks!
If you maintain your car properly (see your owner's manual), and don't drive like a nut, your Mazda 6 should last another 60k miles. Of course, you'll have to get tires and brake pads and a battery and the like, but major repairs beyond something like an alternator or starter are not that common. Non-turbo is a longevity plus, in most cases.
https://repairpal.com/2015-mazda-6/problems
https://www.carcomplaints.com/Mazda/MAZDA6/
You can’t easily get manual transmissions in the US anymore. IMHO, you are sitting on an amazing vehicle. Keep good care of it and it will treat you well.
