Both Baby!
I purchased a new 2002 PR5 for my wife in Feb of last year and we have put 28000 miles on it in 12 months. It is a little Midnight Blue rock.
Drives like a 3 series and costs like a Mazda. No problems at all.
Looks, smells (very important with 3 kids), and drives like new.
We even hauled the materials for 1320 ft of fence in this thing.
You ever seen huge Rednecks at Home Depot watch two relatively small people put four 4' x 100' rolls of wire into a little blue wagon with the seat down? And then tie down ten 10' 2x4's on the roof top carrier and drive away. It was great. We used a tarp in the back to protect the interior and I lifted through the back doors while my wife lifted from the hatch up towards the front.
We repeated this process over several trips until we had all we needed.
Very cool...
Ah chapter 2: True Love
I walked into my KICK ASS Mazda Dealer Randy Hiley in Arlington Texas to buy a loaded 6S, 5 speed with a sport package.
However, when I arrived I was suddenly smitten by this odd little car that looked a lot an IS 300 with an attitude. I was curious so I had to inquire further. Well all it took was a single sit down in that beautiful little chunk of Black Sunshine and I was sold. The salesman just laughed and said to my Wife (who was standing outside of the car a few feet away), "How do like your new car?" The stereo flipped out and he handed my 9 yr old daughter (who was in the backseat) the remote control she went all coo coo with delight. I thought it was gonna be a Ritalin moment.
She regained her sanity and we went for the inaugural drive. The salesman held on for dear life as we whooshed down some fresh unstained concrete. The road ran between brand new unoccupied industrial warehouses. No traffic, 2 miles long up a slight rise with some tasty s-bends.
That was it I HAD to buy this car. So the 6 became a MSP and as they say, The rest is history. Well two very great days of it anyhow. I live South of Fort Worth and it would ice (6 inches of it no less) the first work day ( 2 days) after I buy the car.
Sleep well my little Black Mica darling Daddy is waiting on that b**** Mother Nature so we can be together again
Oh yeah 438.00 a month, nothing down rolled the TTL and got a 5.9 % 60 month loan to buy. That's with an 800.00$ 75000 mile warranty and gap insurance. I feel I got a good deal. I have really good credit and I hardly ever buy something like this buy hey it's cool, it's limited, and it was 4 grand cheaper than a 6S.
Now if I could only afford to eat lunch to

I bought this car even though I couldn't use my Ford Partner discount. It's that damn good.
L8ter... Zoom Zoom is right