2008.5 MAZDASPEED3 - Now in CRYSTAL WHITE and METROPOLITAN GRAY
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Young Roids
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- The pennies have been saved the MS3 is mine!
I can deffinently see why you would want to order your car. I would to but then it is like they have you by the balls when time come to deal on price.
Adammazda06
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yeah, if you special order a car, it is the set price. usually msrp. keep in mind though. invoice to msrp markup is only around 1500-1600.
deserthootman
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I plan on ordering one myself. I figured I would probably have to pay msrp and was okay with that. If not, any tips?
crystalmeth3
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i will ask for 2% off sticker (about $500) when it comes time to deal with price and value of my trade in. if they say no, i will say lets compromise. Its highly unlikey i will trade in my car so they will not be making any money off that and basically i should get atleast $250 off if not $500. my sales guy is easy going and we get along well. i think i can work something small out, hopefully.
Adammazda06
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one thing i would suggest is to be nice and respectful. you can negotiate and still be pleasant to deal with. if you negotiate and are an ass to me, i am not going to help you out in the future if you have any problems. so be respectful. but if you catch one of these salesmen who is stupid and obviously lying, ask to speak with them general sales manager. they typically bend over backwards to make someone happy.
if you plan on ordering start by saying you know it has 1500 in markup and you would be willing to go ahead and order one i they would split it to 750 over. all they can say is no. "if you never ask, the answer is always no"
Certain types of cars demand this more than others. When you look at the options list on this car, it's rather barren. Compare it to... I don't know, a Jeep Grand Cherokee and you'll see like 50x the amount of possibilities.
For cars like that, if you have discerning tastes and can't find the EXACT car you're looking for on the lot, I agree... specially ordering it is the (only) way to go.
No test drive miles sounds good... but you can usually find cars on a lot with little-to-no miles. Hell, you can just have them call you when one arrives since they come on a faily regular basis. It'll still have the plastic on it and everything.
Competing with other buyers? yeah, that'll happen... early on in the model cycle. But once things die down... and they will... you'll have the upper hand again.
which is the difference between sport and gt
So... special order a sport and pay sticker.
or.... wait a bit, find a brand new GT and pay the same.
or get a sport and pay $3k less than you originally budgeted for
GhostMercury
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anyone found pics of the interior yet?
Adammazda06
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i checked just the other day and mazda has not released pictures yet. i would speculate the seat insert will look like the rx-8 shinka alcantara but in black.
GhostMercury
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i hope i like the seats as much as i like the seats in the ms3 now
Adammazda06
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as soon as they release pics i will let everyone know. i check on it a couple times a week.
GhostMercury
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good deal thanks
Ha! Does anyone know where this pic originates from? I just noticed that it's taken at Milan Dragway, my "home" track here in southeast Michigan! That seems a little strange if it's a corporate marketing/advert photo...
I'm also really interested to see these interior changes, thanks for keeping us posted Adam
Adammazda06
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i think it was from automobile mag since it kinda says that in the lower right. but the issue came out last year. late summer or early fall. because they were testing a gray one and a white one if i remember correctly. some people think it is the metropolitan gray expected to come out but i don't remember ever reading that. maybe someone still has that issue lying around the house.
crystalmeth3
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i do have that issue still. ill read it and let you know but if you ask me thats has always been the black mica reflecting a gray sky.
GhostMercury
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someone said they had confirmation somewhere in this thread
Natedog_37
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Not odd at all. That mag, along with 4 others are based out of Ann Arbor.
Milan is were most of the Auto mags. test there cars. I was at Milan when Auto Trend was testing the then new March 1.
Also was in there Mag when I was hit going down the track by a POS Trans Am
crystalmeth3
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read the magazine article for Nov. 2006, no mention of color at all. I say its too dark to be gray.
