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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dabigboy" data-source="post: 3839912" data-attributes="member: 50364">Believe it or not, the only vehicle I really regretted selling was my 2008 Mazda 3 hatch with the 5spd. Sold it late 2020 as I recall (or was it early 2021...I forget), just as the car market started going nuts. I sold it because it spun a bearing and was knocking, something I then discovered was a common issue: engine starts to drink oil --> oil light never comes on for whatever reason ---> there's no oil pressure gauge 'cuz we can't be bothering the driving masses with such esoteric details ---> engine go boom. I generally drive clunkers as long as I can (which is usually many years), then sell them when they die or become sufficiently annoying. Then I spend a little money for a not-so-broken clunker. I figured I could replace it easily, like I've always done in the past...how wrong I was. I really liked that little car A LOT. Now, I would GLADLY pay $2k+ to have a shop drop in a low mileage replacement engine.Ended up overpaying for another Mazda 3 (a Mazdaspeed) that turned out to have all sorts of problems....it's my daily now, but it's kind of a mess. Probably gonna cut my losses and get something else once the market cools off.It looked just like this one. Outstanding car, too bad the Ford 2.3L engine is weak.Matt</blockquote>