I wanted to know what everyone thought about the success of the Mazda 3. I have a 50 mi. drive home in the afternoons and typically see 2-3 Mazda 3's on the road. A lot of times I see teenage bubblegum girls driving them. It is starting to remind me of what civics were a couple years ago. It seems that the 3 is becoming more of a trend that an enthusiast car. I know that popularity will help build a stronger aftermarket, but if it is at the expense of being "just another Mazda 3" I am not sure if it is worth it. What does everyone think?
Mazda 3 Getting Trendy?
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goldwing2000
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I see more of the 6 than the 3 but I am definitely seeing more and more of the 3.
Only noticed one hottie behind the wheel, though.
I don't mind that it's popular. I doubt it will ever be as common as a Civic (thank God), so I'm not too worried about that. Some more aftermarket support would be nice, though.
Besides... the more popular it is, the easier I'll be able to sell mine when the Speed comes out. (2thumbs)
Only noticed one hottie behind the wheel, though.
I don't mind that it's popular. I doubt it will ever be as common as a Civic (thank God), so I'm not too worried about that. Some more aftermarket support would be nice, though.
Besides... the more popular it is, the easier I'll be able to sell mine when the Speed comes out. (2thumbs)
goldwing2000
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The Enterprise by me has had one for months, now. It didn't really bother me. I just looked at it as a source of spare parts. (shady)
I agree that the 3 probably won't be as popular as the civic. I think one reason why the 3's are so popular (besides the fact that it is a nice car) is that there haven't been too many new models in the compact segment recently. Honda is the only one coming towards the end of the year, and next year will be Nissan, Toyota and Hyundai.goldwing2000 said:I see more of the 6 than the 3 but I am definitely seeing more and more of the 3.
Only noticed one hottie behind the wheel, though.
I don't mind that it's popular. I doubt it will ever be as common as a Civic (thank God), so I'm not too worried about that. Some more aftermarket support would be nice, though.
Besides... the more popular it is, the easier I'll be able to sell mine when the Speed comes out. (2thumbs)
there haven't been to many around where i live... mostly just the 6...(they are every where... which is good for mazda) i see only 1 or 2 5 doors locally and probaly a dozen or so sedans and that is total in the metro (if you can call it that) city area i live in... (maine's biggest metro area is like only 100,000 peeps)
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They are a good econobox, of course people are going to want to buy them.
The only people I see driving P5s seems to be little old ladies.
The only people I see driving P5s seems to be little old ladies.
Mazda3ofKent
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they are all over kent now, it seames like i see more every day, I still the only orange one though
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I see mazda 3's everywhere...but you know what...they are still no civic man. I have yet to see a Mazda 3 dinged up, banged up, dirty as **** or running on the donot spare tire. In my books, thats enough to classify it as not in the same category as the civic. I see eveyone from young chicks and punks to old farts and hags driving the 3. But none of them seem to look like assholes or bitches. They all seem a little elegant and sporty in the car...but thats just my take.
splitvizion
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I am not sure if your perception of what the Mazda 3 has become is correct. In Pittsburgh I have seen close to a dozen of differant Mazda 3's and not once did I see a bubblegum girl in them. In actuallity all the Mazda 3's that I have seen have been young business professional between the age of 23-30. I don't think that the Mazda 3 carries any POP culture qualityies like the civics that everyone sees. I have yet to see a tacky looking 3 with ridiculas amounts of useless non-funtional aftermarket parts from the major display chains(pep-boys,advance auto, etc...) If these cars that you are seeing have young girls driving them then in my opinion they might just have good taste for vehicles and are truely driving enthusiast. Regardless of what their age may be. You gotta admit that for a young girl to go buy(or have mommy/daddy buy) a Mazda 3 is pretty uncommen, with all the temptation of POP culture steering them towards the Mustang,Civic,Camaro,Integra etc......
Just my $.02
Just my $.02
Sylent_Snyper
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I can proudly say I have the only 4-door SP of all the 3's I've seen on the road. With any luck, they will soon out number the eye-sore handas found at every red light and stop sign. (2thumbs)
I guess part of it is where I live. When the median home price is $652,000, you see tons of 16-17 year olds driving nice cars. And its definately uncommon on weekends to see 5 or 6 Ferraris, Lamborghinis or Bentlys. I was in Laguna Beach the other day an saw a kid about 16 driving an Escalade with 22's and a loud ass system, billet grill and so on. It is a good thing you don't see a bunch of aftermarket crap on them, that would really piss me off.splitvizion said:
I guess all I am trying to say is that you see a bunch of people driving 3's that have no appreciation for driving. They only bought it because it is good looking and its popular. To me its almost as bad as some old fart driving 55 mph on the freeway in a Porche Turbo.
I've seen quite a few 3's in Providence, but not that many now that I'm back in the Midwest. I think I have the only Black 5 dr. Sport in the area, although I have seen a few of the Sedans. And as for aftermarket parts, I've noticed that there really isn't a whole ton of them, so the 3 can maintain it's majestic facade. I have seen that Mazdaspeed is producing grills, fronts, skirts and backs for the 3, as well as turbochargers, but it hardly detracts from the beauty of that which is a 3. Provided it doesn't show up in the next "Fast & the Furious" movies, I think we'll all be safe....
