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- 2010 Mazda5 GT
Short story: I had an MS3 from 2008-2010. I sold it because we were planning to have a baby at some point and I really wasn't driving it llike it was meant to. I simply need something to get me to work and back. So I sold it and purchased a P5 and put a little over $10K in the bank. Fast forward to present day: Had our first baby in late January and now want something a little more reliable and new.
I'm looking to getting back into the Mazda3 family (not MS3). Since I've been out of the game for a while, I wanted to see if you all would enlighten me and offer up any advice. Would like to to keep it under $10K. I'm looking for white or silver hatchback in GT trim ('07 to '10 model years are preferred). I came across one but didn't know if I should aggressively pursue it or not.
2007 White GT HB
Mileage is 108,000
Asking price is $7970
Not sure if it has seen snow or not, but I'm trying to obtain the Carfax still. I have a friend who is in town and is willing to take a look at it (the car is about a 5-hour drive for me). It looks like it's in decent shape to me. Only thing that stood out to me was the "Enter" GPS knob control unit is missing. I haven't able to source just the knob on ebay or anywhere yet. I'm not crazy about the GPS unit since it's outdated and a poor design IMO...but I can live with it I suppose. Other than a test drive and engine bay shot, is there anything else I should I have my friend pay attention to in particular (noises, certain things working, etc.)
Here are some pics:
I'm looking to getting back into the Mazda3 family (not MS3). Since I've been out of the game for a while, I wanted to see if you all would enlighten me and offer up any advice. Would like to to keep it under $10K. I'm looking for white or silver hatchback in GT trim ('07 to '10 model years are preferred). I came across one but didn't know if I should aggressively pursue it or not.
2007 White GT HB
Mileage is 108,000
Asking price is $7970
Not sure if it has seen snow or not, but I'm trying to obtain the Carfax still. I have a friend who is in town and is willing to take a look at it (the car is about a 5-hour drive for me). It looks like it's in decent shape to me. Only thing that stood out to me was the "Enter" GPS knob control unit is missing. I haven't able to source just the knob on ebay or anywhere yet. I'm not crazy about the GPS unit since it's outdated and a poor design IMO...but I can live with it I suppose. Other than a test drive and engine bay shot, is there anything else I should I have my friend pay attention to in particular (noises, certain things working, etc.)
Here are some pics: