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Detroit, 8:57 PM
Sun Nov 22
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08/25/09
Also, whenever I see that ear-to-ear grin, I start snickering in my mind...in Chester Cheetah's voice. I think this is just me. It's just a dangerously cheesy grille.
08/25/09
Hi! I own an WRX and I think the Mazdaspeed 3 is ugly so I wouldn't ever think of buying it...
08/24/09
What? Do you want it to look like a cheap econobox, like an Impreza, Corolla or Sentra? Or maybe you'd prefer that it have that mini Pontiac Trans Sport feeling you get with the Civic? Or maybe, just maybe, you're still convinced that the Cobalt isn't a complete piece of shit in every fathomable category?
Honestly, this Mazda is as good as it gets, in terms of looks or anything else, in the compact class.
08/27/09
Not entirely true. The Volvo C30 beats the Mazda on looks, by a wide margin.
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@GV_Goat: Close, you got the right brand anyway.
The Miata for that price ain't quite as powerful, but there's a lot to be had from a rwd ragtop.
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[www.flyinmiata.com]
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Besides, I did say I like the Miata; it's light, chassis is great, handles brilliantly. Nut joke aside, it's just not my cup 'o tea.
08/24/09
volvo v30
suburu wrx hatch
mazdaspeed 3
hyundai genesis 2.0 track
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08/24/09
Nothing VW has now or in 2010 is very exciting unless you're talking about a W8 with 4motion and that's just way out of my price range. It's like VW thinks that the 2.0 turbo with an open diff is all anyone needs.
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I know the looks are polarizing, but save those complaints for the base 3 and other, lesser Nagare design language cars. Just this once, let's applaud someone for giving us a car that is better than the ones sold in the JDM or Euro markets. Right now we sound like a bunch of spoiled brats the sort of consumer we mock. Y'all are fixated on the looks and not talking about how great it is that we get a car that is *better than the rest of the world*. This doesn't happen.
Keep it up and Mazda might just say, "Screw you, America." Ford might follow and say they aren't bringing the Focus RS because all we'll do is complain about its looks, and Fiat might say nyet to giving us the Abarth 500 because performance doesn't matter to us.
/rant
08/24/09
On the other hand, I'd rather have a WRX.
08/24/09
"Oh, and try not to make it this goddamn ugly."
08/24/09
We need to tell the rest of the carmakers, "See those cats at Mazda? They know what's up. Take your Euro cars and bring them over here. If you are starting off with a better product and a better-looking product, then you should have no problem beating them in sales."
Instead, people are fixated on the looks and not what's under the hood, or that finally WE get a better product than the rest of the world. Even if it is an also-ran in the Euro market, it's still better than the current US Focus, or the US Astra, etc.
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i'll save me a few bucks and pick up an 09 while supplies last thanks...
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I dunno, man. You could get really sick from that.
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Someone at autocross swapped the cx7 awd into one of the last gens, too bad Mazda didn't do the same, even if it pushed the price closer to 25.
08/24/09
I don't care if it does 200 MPH and can take off vertically and fly you to work and back... if it looks so ridiculous that my brain conjures up Patrick the Starfish... it's not a car I can consider buying.
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Oh, and Volkswagens.
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My co-workers are asking me what's so damn funny.
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Though I suppose if you find the fat kid ...
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(i keed. i keed.)
04/04/09
Are there plastic bits covered in a chrome-plastic in the Speed3...?
Also..
Too dizzzy from reading the specs..
1. Can ya get the Focus-for-Europe-now-coming-here RIMS for this car?
2. What other interior choices for colors are there? Looks like swaths of grey / black plastic...
3. And does TINT come standard or optional on all glass except the driver and front pass doors?
04/04/09
0. I'm not sure which plastic bits you're talking about.
1. Why would they sell you Focus rims? I think not.
2. Black and "Dune" are the only interior choices.
3. All cars have a wee bit of tint, but nothing you'd notice. No special amount of tint here.
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