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    Looking for an MSP

    Hi Eric, I'm selling right now to get down to two cars between my wife and myself (of course, to be able to store the MSP over winter, I had to have another driver, which is a really nice '89 BMW 325iX (all-wheel drive) that can easily serve year-round). This will let us pay down some home...
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    Looking for an MSP

    I own a near showroom condition MSP in Titanium with just under 20K miles (never driven over winters) currently that I'm going to be advertising within the next week. You won't find one nicer regardless of price unless you are looking for a bunch of mods. It's up in southeastern Washington state...
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    WSU Pullman Proteges

    I was an '89 computer science grad from WSU and am now in the Tri-Cities. Bought an 03.5 titanium grey MSP in Kirkland in October as a daily driver (BMW 2002tii as nice weather ride). Forever WSU football season tix holder so my MSP will be up there Saturdays only next Fall. Have not ever...
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    Gray Saturday

    MSP Pro, This is quite an unlikely coincidence. My step-daughter races at TC Raceway in their normal "Nascar weekly series" in the mini-stock class (it's a 4-cylinder early 80's Mustang, those and similar vintage Toyota Celicas were the only ones in the division last season). She also runs as...
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    Gray Saturday

    I had the E30 M3 for 11 years and it had less than 80K unmolested miles when I sold it, which explains how I was able to finance almost nearly all of a brand new MSP. It was a tough decision, but with the 2002tii I had two good weather cars and not a daily driver. Since we rarely get snow...
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    Gray Saturday

    Took many months to find the 2002tii. Drove it 1300 miles home from Boulder, CO in May of this year. Newly rebuilt with 9.5:1 pistons, pollution control deleted, overdrive 5-spd from a 320i, Recaros from a 320i sport, Bilsteins, H&R springs, down to metal restoration by a shop in L.A...
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    Gray Saturday

    For those of you who contributed to my "Blue vs. Gray" thread last Friday, I bought the titanium gray last Saturday (production #1426 already entered in that thread). I was concerned based on magazine road tests that the ride would be too stiff for my wife, but it's not anything as extreme as...
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    Newf, You do a great job of "capturing the essense" of the titanium. You're selling me on it--I was probably already 60% of the way there to start. But, we'll make that final choice tomorrow on the lot. All the input from everyone has helped. I also agree that the darker rims are just right...
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    Black Majik, Is that your titanium MSP? If so, thanks for posting them. Those are the pics (from another thread) I emailed to my wife a few days ago that made that color her first choice. But we're still waiting to see if one "wows" us more than the other when they're side by side. The blue...
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    I certainly wouldn't mind a slightly different shade of gray from the RX-8 as long as it was distinct enough from silver. The RX-8 was rather dark, but I just prefer it to not have too much "metallic" characteristic. One of my favorite hues was the completely flat "aviator grey" that Audi did...
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    Well, it does a great job of hiding the kind of light colored "desert dirt" we get around here. Actual mud (we get little rain of course) is certainly a different story. Silver also hides dirt well and of course "blah" colors like tan and gold. Even bright red isn't too bad although I...
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    I didn't want to divulge "leading" information, but I bought a very nice fully restored 1974 BMW 2002tii in bright (Inka) orange a few months ago. I just sold a gorgeous white '88 BMW M3 a couple weeks ago. These both being nice-weather drivers, I need something I can drive daily and over the...
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    Yep, titanium. The only way I've even been able to see what it looks like other than in pictures is to see the RX-8 in that color at the local Mazda dealership. So actually seeing both side by side in person on the "right car", could certainly be a deciding factor. Thanks, Gary
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    Blue vs. Gray in one more day

    Tomorrow I'm traveling across state and will be driving home a new Mazdaspeed if all goes as planned. I'm still going back and forth between blue and gray. I won't give you any overt hints on my preferences which could taint replies. I'm just curious about others preferences. A few bits of...
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    For a limited edition car theres a bunch at the dealers.

    Market saturation, etc. It's a great and underappreciated car for sure. But Mazda overproduced for the demand with the 2003.5 version and now has hundreds (a thousand?) around the country that they have had to discount way below what they were originally intending I'm sure. There are other...
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    What are they going for right now?

    That's another great price. I was a college student in 1989 so I don't think that will fly...I'm a junior member on this board, but 37 in real life so that's the only place I'm junior. This car is going to be a daily driver to replace an '88 BMW M3 that I sold a couple weeks ago--had the thing...
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    What are they going for right now?

    Thanks again Brian. I "hijacked" your other thread about colors to ask that of you too. I'm really amazed. I've done online inventory searches and come up with 8 dealers in the area with either blue, titanium, or yellow. It's way too dusty (eastern Washington is largely desert) here for a...
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    Need help choosing, buying a new MSP

    Brian, Thanks for the price info. Wow, that's at least $1K less than I was hoping. No wonder all these MP3s are languishing on the market (with their owners probably hoping to get out of them and jump to a new MSP) for $13K+. Even if it was a 2003 MP3 (I know there is no such thing) rather...
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    Need help choosing, buying a new MSP

    What are the prices you are being offered on both 2003 and 2003.5 MSPs, if you don't mind me asking? Also, where are you located? I'm just now trying to figure out what the market is for new MSPs before I approach dealers in the Seattle or Portland areas. Thanks, Gary
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    WTB: MP3 in Pacific Northwest

    I am in the market for either a new MSP or a used MP3. I have leads on 3 MP3s in the general area, but it seems that many more owners are actually potential sellers than just the ones who actively advertise--I'm sure the bargain prices on new MSPs at the moment are one factor behind this. If...
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