Mark 4 v5 gearbox

Technical Area Engine, Transmission, Exhaust etc
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Is it :thinking:

Guess if someone wants to fully explore their car, something like a Hyundai N car would be a better choice. Got a track warranty with that.

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Not many manufacturers warrant their cars for racing, mazda have been replacing transmissions in the US on car’s that have been on track. I think the demands of racing are completely different to those of road use.

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No one mentioned racing. The N cars are not warranted for racing, but track use. You don’t need to be ‘racing’ to be on a track.

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OK but most manufacturers don’t warrant any track use either. If you are making the effort to take a car on track you’re not usually driving it the same as you would on the road.

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Yes, I agree with that. Makes you think though, if a box is warranted for track, like those N cars are, I doubt you’d have any trans issues during the cars lifetime.
I haven’t got one btw. I like the i20 N and think it looks cool, but I couldn’t part with my ND for one

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My issue with Mazda is they do NOT warranty anything used on track but then (a few years ago) put a post on twitter saying ‘Track day Tuesday’ why not take your mx5 on track ???

FFS they wouldn’t cover a standard car we used on a charity day that broke giving passenger laps🏁

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Didn’t the GR86 have the same thing? Some track ready advertising or something.

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Are you seeing many broken transmissions still? There’s a lot of talk on miata.net about synchro issues on some the most recent car’s, wondered if you have seen any problems.

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Another one bites the dust

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Another one bites the dust

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Another one

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Not great

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Another one bites the dust

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I am suffering from FOMO . Try as I might, I can’t make my 2015 ND gearbox break. I’ll have to settle for the schadenfreude created by those that have broken.

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By gum lad, you do seem to get an inordinate amount of pleasure from these announcements!!!
:heart:

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Deary me.

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Yep, it’s something we’re all aware, so not sure we need quite so many posts about it.

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The thread is about the mx4 V5 'box. Not the '15 one.
FOMO no more.

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Another '23 car, later V5.
Has now had transmission replaced under warrenty

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