While idly wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, KWS said:

; I would go for the extended warranty on domestic cars. On both a 1986
; Plymouth Voyager and 1996 Chrysler Town and Country, they paid off big time.
; The Hondas and Mazda that we have owned from new never needed them.

Any of them first-years?  I thought that since this is a Mazda and not
a GM or domestic Ford, that I wouldn't have to worry about a first-year
model...

'02 Mazda6, from early in the first year production run.  Advertised
accessories were not yet available, and one of them didn't fit (lower
fascia mounted fog lights do NOT fit the Sport Package bumpers).  The
radio gets crappy reception ('03s have a different antenna).  A year
after purchase, my 'check engine' light comes on for a nothing problem,
required a reprogram to fix.  Was reprogrammed.  The 'check engine'
light has come on twice more within the past month for the same thing.
My handbrake lever needs to be replaced due to the release sticking.
Good thing it's not a manual transmission!.  There have been almost a
half dozen recalls for various and sundry potential problems.  And it
has what I now consider a chronic Mazda problem:  Uncooperative weather
stripping.  I'm about to have it replaced for the second time in a
year, and the weather stripping on my '00 Protege was also replaced
twice in two years.

If I had to do it over again, knowing what I know now, would I still
buy this car?  Yes and no.  I'd still probably buy a Mazda6 equipped
the same, but not an '03.  I will try to remember to NEVER EVER buy a
first-year car again, even if it means waiting another year or getting
something else.

(Note:  "doing it again" in my case would mean not getting the 6
because of why I traded in my Protege:  It was medically imperative
that I get rid of the foot operated clutch asap.  "doing it again"
would land me in either another Protege or P5, with the 4speed SportAT
or a Jetta.  Those were my runner-up choices.)