User blog comment:The Milkman/Life Lessons from Mass Effect/@comment-25305799-20120211023824/@comment-4721065-20120723102853

Well, Mako WAS superior armour-wise: in James Vega's immortal words, Hammerhead had "armour made out of paper". As such, there is nothing surprising about it having lower heat tolerance as well. The self-repair is admittedly beyond me, while the improved flight near capital ships.... some kind of mass effect field too, perhaps?