S O L D ! ! ! !
Congratulations to the new owner, board member and new Mazda enthusiast
Porsche!!!
Thank you, everybody else, for your interest and response. I thoroughly enjoyed my MP3 ownership and can't wait for the next opportunity to drive a high-performance Mazda vehicle (AWD, turbocharged Mazdaspeed 6.... Mazda? Bueller?)
For those of you interested in what I replaced it with... well, I test drove the GTO, G35 6MT, twin-turbo S4 (almost... bought... it...), twin-turbo Supra, the Legacy 2.5 GT, BMW 530i 5MT, Audi 1.8T Quattro 6MT, Scion tC, Honda Accord, Honda Element AWD, Honda CRV AWD, Acura 3.2TL, Acura 3.5RL, Toyota Avalon, Lexus GS300 (almost...), Lexus IS300, Mazda Millenia, Cadillac CTS, and Ford Focus ZX3 (LOL...) AND finally ended up with a used Nissan Altima SE 5MT. It was inexpensive, only needs snow tires, and methinks was a better "investment" since I won't be as sad the first time it gets a salt bath. It's not the new body style, but I got over the "hunchback" looks enough that I'm happy with my new "beater." After I move up North, I'll have to see what the sport car bug brings me to buy next summer
Thanks again,
Porsche and to you in the Mazda community for making my MP3 ownership a great one. I'm sure I'll be back again soon.
edit: So that I don't get banned, I must tell you all that I did drive and consider a Mazda RX-8 (twice), '95 RX-7, and a Mazda 6 (V6, 5MT)