200,000 miles: Mazda 5 Sport

[MadmanO/T People]

Back in late 2019, I gave my daughter my 2010 Mazda 5 Sport. I bought it in 2015 to replace a 2003 Volkswagen Passat estate, a car that made meth addicts with a gambling addition seem reliable and trustworthy in comparison. The Mazda had just over 71,000 miles when I bought it. By the time I handed it over to my daughter, it had already clocked around 157,000 miles.

Today, the faithful old Mazda achieved a milestone. 200,000 miles. My daughter was so exited, she texted me this photo...




Good on her for following in my footsteps and rejecting planned obsolescence and the never-ending spiral of consumerism that drives so many people to saddle themselves with crushing debt.

As I've said for years, new cars are for chumps!

[andy43]

I’m in Cheshire surrounded by Ferraris and leased German brands and all I can see is this

[Rusty Old-Banger]

I'm in Essex and there are 30 Ferrari, 100 Porsche, 1 Aston and 4 Corvette within 100 yards, but without the silly accents, and that's all I can see too.

[Astacus]

All I can see from here is a purple box that says I can’t see the picture in my region

[RazerSauber]

Best to upload your picture to PistonHeads. Imgur is banned in the UK for.. reasons.

[trickywoo]

It’s a great milestone and extra impressive that it hasn’t rusted away. Every uk Mazda I’ve seen looks like it’s been parked at the high tide line it’s whole life.

[danb79]

OP - use postimages.org - free to sign up to and use and it works in the UK faultlessly

[Leveret]

trickywoo said:

It s a great milestone and extra impressive that it hasn t rusted away. Every uk Mazda I ve seen looks like it s been parked at the high tide line it s whole life.

Yes - tens of thousands of Mazdae have come and gone during the lifetime of my durable Ziebarted 1980 TR7 DHC. So sad that it was followed by the shamefully disastrous MG F and TF.