Evan_in_CA
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Hi all, nice little corner of the web you seem to have here. My new (to me) Mazda5 was dropped off at my house today, we had quite the interesting experience yesterday, we went out just to look and so my wife could see if she liked the 5s, but the stars aligned and we ended up with pretty much exactly what we were looking for (once we looked past some ugly mods). We actually waited around the dealership for the people who were trading it in to leave so we could buy it. The car in question is a 2006 Whitewater Pearl Touring model with the Auto trans, 6 disc in-dash changer and auto climate control. I think that's about it for the options on it... I would have prefered a manual, but was not ready to spring for a 2008 and it's going to be my wife's car anyways... So anyways, the car only has 13k on it, it was sold new last summer, all maintenance done at the dealer we got it from, looks brand spankin new other than some really tacky appearance modifications that the PO did to it.
We got a good deal on it for what it is, paid a bit on the high side by the book, but for the condition and the better warranty on the '06 (I have more warranty on this one than if I'd bought new) I think we did well. I looked at a couple of '06s that were ridden hard and put away wet, and most were about the same price or more than this car.
I really just wanted to say "hey" to the gang here since I'll be around a bit as I get to know the new car. I'm a bit of a car guy and research the hell out of everything; I've been wanting one of these for awhile now so I'm somewhat familiar with the Mazda5 already. I don't know what it is about me and niche cars, something seems to draw me to them. My daily driver is a 2003 VW Jetta TDI, another car with a small but loyal following.
The only plans I have in the near future, and I've been doing some searches on this stuff already, is to remove the horrible window tint, change the wheels (trying to find a reasonable deal on factory alloys), add some sort of iPod integration and a Sirius tuner. I already have an appointment to get the tint removed and replaced with regular 20% tomorrow, I can't handle the graphics in the current tint.
Here's a picture of the car as it sits now (please excuse the fuzzy pic, it was dusk out and I didn't want to use the flash), with the uberghey tint and fugly chrome wheels...
We got a good deal on it for what it is, paid a bit on the high side by the book, but for the condition and the better warranty on the '06 (I have more warranty on this one than if I'd bought new) I think we did well. I looked at a couple of '06s that were ridden hard and put away wet, and most were about the same price or more than this car.
I really just wanted to say "hey" to the gang here since I'll be around a bit as I get to know the new car. I'm a bit of a car guy and research the hell out of everything; I've been wanting one of these for awhile now so I'm somewhat familiar with the Mazda5 already. I don't know what it is about me and niche cars, something seems to draw me to them. My daily driver is a 2003 VW Jetta TDI, another car with a small but loyal following.
The only plans I have in the near future, and I've been doing some searches on this stuff already, is to remove the horrible window tint, change the wheels (trying to find a reasonable deal on factory alloys), add some sort of iPod integration and a Sirius tuner. I already have an appointment to get the tint removed and replaced with regular 20% tomorrow, I can't handle the graphics in the current tint.
Here's a picture of the car as it sits now (please excuse the fuzzy pic, it was dusk out and I didn't want to use the flash), with the uberghey tint and fugly chrome wheels...
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