Ford vs Dodge vs Mazda

>>15881874
Mazda 3, you'll have the most fun, most reliable, easiest to maintain car out of the 3

The Ford because I'm not a queer. Like what kind of self respecting man would ever drive a Mazda?

>>15881874
Either the Ford or the Mazda would be a good choice, but the Mazda will have the best resale if you decide to sell down the line. Just don't buy the shitty Dodge

I would probably go with the mazda

>ever considering a dodge product

>>15881879
Mazda3 is garbage.
Road noise at 35 mph is like a normal car at 85 mph.
Zero sound deadening.
Glass is as thick as paper, you can hear dust slamming against it.

I would take a ford, dodge, gm, Toyota, Hyundai, or even a friggin rusted out yugo before I bought that piece of shit Mazda.

Mazda > Ford > Dodge

>>15881874
+1 for Mazda

I would buy the Dart, it probably is the cheapest price wise, and it definitely has the most interior room as well as the most cargo space.

ford ecoboosts have a problem with fouling on the valves and they have not been able to remedy, there have been many technical bulletins about it but no solution. Mazda is like >>15881917
Plus mazda is probably the most $$ out of the 3 .. I have not even checked but I would bet money on it.

>>15881965
>valve fouling
>no solution

there's been solutions for this for years you dunce

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>>15881874
Seriously

Get the Mazda and don't even worry about looking back. You'll be having too much fun and best ownership experience going forward . . .

As long as you get one that was manufactured in Japan and not Mexico...

>>15881874
FCA mechanic here. Dodge dart is a shit. If you buy a dart also buy a quality aftermarket clutch kit for when the oem pressure plate fails around 50k. Can't speak for the focus but did used to own a fiesta. Other than the ddc being a pile of shit it was a good car. I suppose a manual one would be a good choice. Currently own a 16 mazda 3 and love it. Someone posted about it having road noise but I call bullshit on that.
>implying any car in ops price range is gonna have sufficient sound deadening.

>>15881874
None. I'd move closer to work. If you can't do that then I'd shut up and buy a civic for 3k.

>>15882073
civic is horribly ugly

>>15882102
Wouldn't you rather sacrifice looks so you can have more money working for you so you don't have to?

>>15882102
maybe to a teenage girl

>>15881874

Mazda 3 without a doubt. Best quality out of the three, probably the most expensive out of the 3 by a few grand but definitely worth the little bit of extra scrap. It's most fun you'll get in a fuel efficient sedan for the buck, especially in stick. SkyActiv is a meaty little bastard, too, considering the size of the car it's in.

Which trims are you looking at, OP?

>>15882022

Also this, make sure it's manufactured in Japan just check the serial.

Another vote for Mazda here.
I was in the same boat you were in before I settled on my '16 Mazda3. Never looked back.

Dodge Dart

>>15882346
nice b8

>>15882212
Only the s models are made in Japan.

>>15882352
I'm serious

>>15882361
then get an s model