Not as exciting as the Ford SVT Miata, with a 5.0 Cammer motor moving something like 2200 pounds of car. Hmmmm, that might be interesting, if you could find shocks sturdy enough to hold up that much motor.

 

um...i care [/b][/quote]
Really! You never know where else those hands have been! :nono:

 

seen an V6 stang at the dealership and the factory put only one stripe down the rocker panel it was on the driver side ....they forgot the other side the dealer said maybe the stang behind this one got it LOL...

 

I spend a lot of time on Mazda 6 forums on web and I've never seen anyone complain about the clutch. I believe it's one of two things:

1. an isolated issue with your particular car

or

2. your driving style

I don't believe it's a design, or build quality issue with the 6. [/b][/quote]
Strange, the Mazda 6 board I used to frequent had dozens of complaints about clutch chatter. Matter of fact, several people mentioned that the only option would be to purchase an aftermarket clutch to get away from the stock clutches issues.

 

Here's a little something to back up my claims:

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/dir.../.ef12ce7/1317

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/dir.../.ef12ce7/1297

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/archi...ex.php/t-75345

 

Then I stand corrected. But I honestly don't recall ever hearing about this being an issue until now. Of course, since I first started getting interested in the '05 Mustang, I really haven't been spending that much time on the Mazda boards anymore.

 

Then I stand corrected. But I honestly don't recall ever hearing about this being an issue until now. Of course, since I first started getting interested in the '05 Mustang, I really haven't been spending that much time on the Mazda boards anymore. [/b][/quote]
Believe me, I'm not trying to be an ahole about it. I actually LIKED the 6s alot. It is a nice car, but the early ones just don't seem to work real well. I wasn't going to keep a car that seems to need a clutch every 6,000 or so miles. I've driven stick since I was 16 and rode bikes with clutches before that. It's NOT the drivers in most cases. I'm disappointed with Mazda (Ford) because they haven't come clean and brought out a real TSB to replace these clutches and find the root problem so that '03 owners can have piece of mind. My car is gone..at a huge loss financially.

Oh, and by the way, my dealer service department couldn't have s ucked better. They were an embaressment.

 

Believe me, I'm not trying to be an ahole about it. I actually LIKED the 6s alot. It is a nice car, but the early ones just don't seem to work real well. I wasn't going to keep a car that seems to need a clutch every 6,000 or so miles. I've driven stick since I was 16 and rode bikes with clutches before that. It's NOT the drivers in most cases. I'm disappointed with Mazda (Ford) because they haven't come clean and brought out a real TSB to replace these clutches and find the root problem so that '03 owners can have piece of mind. My car is gone..at a huge loss financially.

Oh, and by the way, my dealer service department couldn't have s ucked better. They were an embaressment. [/b][/quote]
It's cool. Like I said I don't remember hearing about until now. Was your 6 an '03 or '04? I couldn't tell you if my service dept. is good or bad because I haven't had to take my 6 back for anything. I just hope it stays that way!

 

It's cool. Like I said I don't remember hearing about until now. Was your 6 an '03 or '04? I couldn't tell you if my service dept. is good or bad because I haven't had to take my 6 back for anything. I just hope it stays that way! [/b][/quote]
I'm actually know around here for being notorious about buying brand new vehicles. I had one of the first Ford Escapes in the area. I had the second '03 Mazda 6s delivered by this dealer. I have the first '05 GT delivered by the dealer I got it from. I'm a stinker for new hardware. It's a curse!

 

What about the SVT 6? [/b][/quote]
it will be called the SVT Fusion

 

a LOT of performance cars have clutch chatter, it has no adverse affect to the car. From miatas to M3's you can sometimes hear it. Most aftermarket clutches do it even more. Usually the more holding power it has, the more chatter.