The funny thing is the fact that tuning is almost available for our cars and there are a bunch of guys on 6crew.com that are going FI very soon. One guy already has al of the custom work for a TT.
Yea they look like family cars...sort of? IDK why though. They are one of the few four dorrs that actually look sporty, and pull it off good. Once tuning is available, hopefully mor people willsee the potential for V6 motors we have and will take advantage of it.
They're more sporty than some. The new ones do a better job of that than those in the past. It's like Mazda did a facelift on all of their cars in the front end. Maybe to give them the RX-8 look? It was the styling of the RX-8 that caught my wife's eye, and why she has one to drive. It's the first four door car my wife and I have ever owned in our over forty years of being together. We've had two-door sporty/sports cars for all those years, even when we had two children at home. I still have trouble getting used to the extra doors. With the rear doors semi-hidden, I can get over the shock a little better.
I guess you can tell we're biased from sedans, minivans, SUVs. I'm not belittling any of them. All are great for those who like them. It's just that we grew up before the minivan and SUV craze. My daughter is a soccer mom who loves SUVs and has a Suburban to drive, now. I figure when I get old enough to not be able to get in and out of sporty cars easily, I'll have a big Lincoln Town Car, or something similar.
Seriously, though, we do like the M3s . The hatchback is a real cutie. My wife spotted one the other day and said she likes them. I'd thought about buying one for her as a daily driver, one day. She has to get some more years on that RX-8, though. Maybe I'll buy one for her when she retires. It would be a blast to drive, I think. It's not much bigger than my Miata and would get much better gas mileage. I do miss the gas mileage from the '06 Miata we had. My latest one only gets about 20-22 on the road. It does have 440whp, though.
I believe any Mazda has some zoom-zoom in it. It may need a little coaxing to get it out, though. It's because they have zoom-zoom that I'm still buying them, today.
