that whole statement should be on the mazdausa website.zverg said:I'll just say what I always say, that "zoom-zoom" is truly a lifestyle. I can't see myself leaving the brand any time in the near future, it embodies everything that I want in a car.
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Agreed - and that's how I feel aswell. I drive the new Mazdas at work, then drive other cars, and the Mazdas just feel "right"...solid, responsive, etc. Sometimes I get in "the competiton" cars and just sit there and think "man, this is crap".
On Thursday(my B-day) I volenteered to go in to work, my dealership network was having thier annual Salesman Walkaround Competion - 1 salesman from each store(or most of them, anyway) give a walk-around presentation of a car they sell and are judged, there's a winner and stuff. I had to move the cars in and out of the showroom...drove a variety of cars(well, 12 anyway, Mazda 3, Tribeca, and Forester I drive regularly anyway), including a Charger R/T, the new Eclipse, Scion TC, C6 Corvette, Ford Freestyle, Kia Amanti, to name a few. I wasn't really impressed with any of them. Sure, the Corvette was quick(an auto convertable, BTW), it felt plasticy and lacked a solid feel. The Amanti was surprizingly solid, but the suspension was weak as all hell like the shocks were already old. Charger wasn't really special, Freestyle was cheap inside, Scion felt plasticy, and the Eclipse felt too big. I get in the Mazdas and I feel right at home...everything where it should be, how it should be...the cars all drive great(well, the B-series is kind of a stretch), and I feel like the car does exactly what I want it to do. I can't describe it other than the '89-'92 slogan, "It Just Feels Right".
Ofcourse I don't own a "new" Mazda, but even in the 11 year old Protege, it's got the same solidity and correctness of the Mazda 3. In some cases I like the older Mazda better than the newer ones because I'm a purist and don't like gadgitry all the time. Mazda seems to be headed towards gadgitry though, with the Mazda 6 having standard power everything, Mazda 3s with manual windows, mirrors, and locks are few...that makes the price go up. Anyway I degress.
On Thursday(my B-day) I volenteered to go in to work, my dealership network was having thier annual Salesman Walkaround Competion - 1 salesman from each store(or most of them, anyway) give a walk-around presentation of a car they sell and are judged, there's a winner and stuff. I had to move the cars in and out of the showroom...drove a variety of cars(well, 12 anyway, Mazda 3, Tribeca, and Forester I drive regularly anyway), including a Charger R/T, the new Eclipse, Scion TC, C6 Corvette, Ford Freestyle, Kia Amanti, to name a few. I wasn't really impressed with any of them. Sure, the Corvette was quick(an auto convertable, BTW), it felt plasticy and lacked a solid feel. The Amanti was surprizingly solid, but the suspension was weak as all hell like the shocks were already old. Charger wasn't really special, Freestyle was cheap inside, Scion felt plasticy, and the Eclipse felt too big. I get in the Mazdas and I feel right at home...everything where it should be, how it should be...the cars all drive great(well, the B-series is kind of a stretch), and I feel like the car does exactly what I want it to do. I can't describe it other than the '89-'92 slogan, "It Just Feels Right".
Ofcourse I don't own a "new" Mazda, but even in the 11 year old Protege, it's got the same solidity and correctness of the Mazda 3. In some cases I like the older Mazda better than the newer ones because I'm a purist and don't like gadgitry all the time. Mazda seems to be headed towards gadgitry though, with the Mazda 6 having standard power everything, Mazda 3s with manual windows, mirrors, and locks are few...that makes the price go up. Anyway I degress.
MazKid said:
I forget the romanji spelling for the word, but there is a Japanese word that roughly translates to "it just feels right"... which was Mazda's slogan before "zoom-zoom". See attachment. I think the word is "hansei" or "kansei" or something along those lines.
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how the hell are you a prefferred mazda guy? i want 10% off. and when you take a pic that close use the flower button so that it focusses correctly
if only my cell phone had that featureMP3Architect said:
... here you go, from the Canon EOS 20D...oh damn, that's above the forum filesize limit, time to resize.
EDIT: oh and I have that card because in 1994 my uncle bought a 1994 Mazda B4000 LE and it was his third Mazda purchase from the dealership so they gave him that card. When I got my license he gave the truck to me (in 2002 with only 40k miles on it
), and so now I have the card. I have yet to use it, and it's only 10% off parts, labor, etc not cars Attachments
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zverg said:
(bowdown) (headbang)
zverg said:
Yeah, Kansei Engineering. They used that during the same time though. It wasn't really a slogan, just an additional saying they used. Before "It Just Feels Right" they used "The Mazda Way", before that it was "The more you look, the more you like"(and "Just one look, that's all it took"), and before that it was "Experience!".
I've got a CD-R full + more collection of Mazda TV ads from around the world...if someone has a place to upload some, I can show off my Protege/323/Familia ads and other really cool ads from the '70s and '80s.
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its a pain to use but it will upload a lot of files for ya for free
its a pain to use but it will upload a lot of files for ya for free
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sweet, same place i bought my protege.zverg said:
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Edwin decided to make this a "my mazda dick is bigger" contest i guess :: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123619948 
my mazdaness is slightly growing with posters now...theres these plus a small one on my door and another in my office...
