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I love my 'Black Mica' MAZDASPEED. My next choice would have been the Titanium.
My Orange MSP Is Here! (But I'm Not Buying It...)
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newf is right.
the seat pattern is different.....
where you sit on, it's more like mesh....you can actually lift it off the seat a bit....
and the '03.5 seems to be just small silver squares which isn't mesh like....
the seat pattern is different.....
where you sit on, it's more like mesh....you can actually lift it off the seat a bit....
and the '03.5 seems to be just small silver squares which isn't mesh like....
Sorry i hit something on the last post. I went by Nu car to go talk to my salesman and saw it sitting in front of the door inside. Very nice!!. The seats are extremely comfortable. That turbo is so tiny though. I am trying to make the decision of getting either it or the mazda 6s with the 3.0. I cant make up my mind. Did you notice the paint blemish on the front of the hood? Anyways i just need to make up my mind and figure out what i want. $20,500 or 25,500.??? Just cant make up my mind. If you ever see my car around town its a silver 88 Turbo 2 rxt with the gunmetal rims and the bomex front bumper. Keep an eye out and flag me down so we can chat cars or whatever
I was surprised with the seats as well. I expected them to feel the same as a Protege ES but they were somewhat sportier with better bolstering.impo88 said:
I guess you didn't drive it. It's really a blast, a total grin machine. Think of it this way: the MSP and Mazda 6 V6 are about equal in straight-line speed, the MSP will totally out-handle the Mazda 6 and is cheaper.
What blemish on the hood? The only things I noticed were: the paint on the wing, skirts, etc. seemed to be a slightly different hue (I understand this is because of the flex agents that have to be added to the paint for those parts) and there may have been some of the protective film still stuck between the rear skirt and rear bumper. Everything else looked fine to me.
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No offense but 170 hp doesnt make me grin. I drive a 240 hp rx7 right now...I love the way my car handles and no i didnt get to test drive it. I may later this week. I am not looking for an all out performance car. I need a more family oriented car and a 2 seater rx7 doesnt cut it. I like the mazda 6 really just because of the plush interior and new, bold looks. The blemish i saw was on the tip odf the front of the hood. Imperfection in the clear it looked like
Yes and my rx7 can outhandle one many times over. I love the handling of my rx7. I have driven and owned many cars. Nothing beats an rx7 on the twisties. I have taken it to a couple of autocrosses and also borrowed a friend of mines miata with a full racing beat suspension and there is no comparison. I really do want to take it out for a test drive. I need something close or comparable to my car in terms of handling and from what i 've heard it may be close. Hopefully i will find out friday.
There is probbaly a number of cars that could but not a whole lot. I dove the MSP today too. I had to say i was impressed . Not a lot of power but the ride was alot better than i expected. The car does have very good pep to it though. Much more than i expected also. I am seriously considering it now. I just need to make a decision by this weekend
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impo88 said:
I drove an S1 with a Mazda 13b motor. Awesome!! I was actually thinking about getting one in a couple of years (or a Beck 550 Spyder), then the MAZDASPEED caught my attention and I traded my Nissan SE Limited. I got impatient, but I really needed a daily driver more than a car that I could only drive on nice sunny days.
,,,,,,,I love my MAZDASPEED!!
Im very happy with my 2003 Spicy Orange MSP. I have had it now 3 yrs, and continue to receive compliments. I love the its idividualality. Not many orange cars out there. If i had to do it again but another color, i would probably go with the silver also. It looks mean with the mirror tint. I would rate the colors orange, silver, blue, black, yellow. Yellow cause it looks so flat, no spark to it.
wow this brings back memories.
I haven't regreted my decision not once. The orange one I did turn down went up for sale only 6-8 months after purchased by the original owner and it was a hard sell. It stayed on the lot forever. Most people didn't like the orange around here, and the ones who did were too young to afford it. I still like it myself. Still has the best metallic/pearl effect I've seen on a everyday car yet.
Still lov'in my Speed.
I haven't regreted my decision not once. The orange one I did turn down went up for sale only 6-8 months after purchased by the original owner and it was a hard sell. It stayed on the lot forever. Most people didn't like the orange around here, and the ones who did were too young to afford it. I still like it myself. Still has the best metallic/pearl effect I've seen on a everyday car yet.
Still lov'in my Speed.
