Owner quotes — Cluster F — Ice

Published · Researched 2026-09-21

Cluster F quotes — all models, with platform attribution

"Took my 06 corolla wit 510K miles on a 1200 mile trip last week with no issues" — FB, Toyota Corolla Club (North America)
"The best part of driving an older Corolla is nobody would want to steal that slow shit. That's why I love em❤️" — FB, Toyota Corolla Club (North America)
"Always change the transmission fluid every 30k-50k miles. Or else your transmission belt will snap and you'll either have to get a rebuild or a swap. Both will cost $5k+." — FB, Toyota Corolla Club (North America)
"just don't listen to Toyota when they tell you the trans fluid is lifetime fluid." — FB, Toyota Corolla Club (North America)
"our 2006 Toyota Corollas will outlive the Sun" — Instagram comment
"Na true you talk ooooo 5yrs now only servicing" — FB, Nigerian car-culture reel comments
"they are cvts THEY WILL FAIL, and when no warranty you need close to 10k USD" — FB, 2026 Corolla SE transmission-failure thread (dissenting voice)
"True nothing wrong with the CVT. I have 120000miles on mine" — FB, Corolla longevity thread
"50k isn't even out of the break in period on a Corolla. It's still a baby" — FB, catalytic-converter complaint thread
"I have a 2014 Toyota Corolla s with 227 thousand, my first Toyota was a 1991 Corolla" — FB, dealership testimonial comments

"2026 Civic with 1083 miles on the dash, I decided to do an early oil change on it and to my surprise is already leaking oil. Looks like is coming from the rear main seal 😡" — FB, 11th Gen Honda Civic Owners Group
"Honda and Acura are struggling to make anything of quality anymore." — FB, 11th Gen Honda Civic Owners Group
"The 1.5t is a bad engine" — FB, Civic durability debate
"The 2.0 civic is where the reliability at" — FB, Civic durability debate
"CVT failures are not uncommon in them" — FB, 2026 Civic Sport review thread
"bought my 2019 civic at 74k and ive already almost doubled it and shes going strong!" — FB, used-Civic reliability thread
"All should be good as long as you stay on top of oil changes and transmission fluid change." — FB, used-Civic reliability thread
"Yo them Honda Civics be durable bro. No cap." — Instagram comment
"2017 beware high oil delusion problems that only got fix for good on the last 2 years" — FB, Civic Si buying-advice thread
"Once u go civic u won't leave again" — Instagram comment

"Those engines are common and reliable they go for $1200 here in AUS. There little demand for them as they are so reliable, people crash their cars before engine failures 😂" — FB, 3rd Gen Mazda 3 (2014–2018) Mods & Owners
"i have a 2014, got it in 2019 used. 195,500 miles on it and not a single problem." — FB/IG owner thread
"Mazda 3 is better than both the civic and corolla. Doesn't have a crappy CVT" — FB owner thread
"REAL automatic transmission with gears and not a cvt" — Instagram comment
"Mazda absolutely perfected these 3rd gen Mazda3s" — Instagram comment
"My first manual was a sentra 99, then I had 2 CVT sentras, then I had to buy a Mazda 3 GT manual to live again 🤣 Driving an automatic is boring as hell, no wonder why these ppl need to text n drive. They hate driving." — FB, 3rd Gen Mazda 3 group
"i'm at 307,000 2011 Mazda 3" — FB, high-mileage thread
"Have you checked the oil cooler?" — FB, 2.5L coolant-loss diagnosis thread
"I'm just about shy of 250,000 kilometres on my 2015 sedan" — Instagram comment
"And the interior fire" — Instagram comment

"7.5 Manual. Perfect amount of tech and and real knobs. The interior has also aged very well." — FB, MK7/7.5 VW Golf GTI/R Manual Owners Group
"Any Mk7 or MK7.5 with regular oil changes and transmission fluid change every 40k miles." — FB, MK7/7.5 VW Golf GTI/R Manual Owners Group
"I have a 8 gti and I have 114,000 in it. No mechanical issues" — FB, MK8.5 reliability thread
"Had mine 7 weeks an the waterpump failed at 24k" — FB, MK8.5 complaint thread
"all my electrical issues are normally when the weathers over 30 degrees" — FB, MK8.5 complaint thread
"The emergency braking system which is nearly killed me a few times and the entertainment screen which seems to have an issue with devices connected" — FB, Mk8 reliability-seeking thread
"If it doesn't have 6spd manny I don't want it" — Instagram comment
"The mk8 Golf just feels cheap compared to the previous model." — FB, new-Golf comparison post
"False propaganda as my car sits in my driveway with a leaking water pump" — Instagram comment
"My MkV GTI gave me zero trouble in 11 years and over 160,000 miles of spirited driving. Most reliable car I ever owned!" — FB, Mk5 GTI durability thread

"My 2015, F150 4wd 5.0 has 244,000 miles and runs like a champ." — IG comment
"Love everything about Fords trucks except their transmissions" — FB comment
"some slipping on up shifts and the occasional bang on down shifts" — FB, 2021 Lariat 10R80 owner thread
"They quoted me $10,000!! I traded it in" — FB, transmission-failure complaint thread
"The 10sp's need a recall. Most all of them fail too soon." — IG comment (10-speed teardown reel)
"Most bulletproof truck on the market right now is a 23+ 5.0L F-150" — FB comment
"2013 5.0l bought in 2017 at 78k currently at 186k best vehicle" — FB comment
"Buy the extended warranty. There is no truck on the market I wouldn't want an extended warranty on." — FB, used PowerBoost buying thread
"All 10R80 transmissions built prior to appro Aug 22 had a design flaw." — FB comment
"last of the steel body, last of the factory CD players, love the 5.0" — FB comment