My mom just bought this Mazda 3. I think its pretty cool. Isn't exactly something I'd picture my mom cruising around in. But it has like every option in the book like 17" rims, HID headlighst, GPS Navigation, 7" lcd screen and DVD, CD Player, side airbags, moonroof, the whole works! She's pretty excited and im excited for her too! here's a couple pics.

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Nice little ride. I like the Mazda 6 too.

she was looking at those too, but her price range was under 25k, and most of the 6's they had in stock were the v6 models which were in the 30k range. There were a couple 4cyl ones for like 23-25 or so, but they were ugly colors.

the 3 isn't that bad, very economical!!!

-E

So when does the moding Start?

-Brian

I beat the snot out of those things last weekend! Decent handling little car with Eibachs on it. It has a suprisingly big engine, 2.3l but it's only 160 hp. :confused:

Sounds like your mom is alot like mine. My mother bought the Talon that I'm driving when it was new in 93. I bought it from her in 2001. She still misses it. She drive a Suzuki XL7 with a V6 and she says, "It has some get up and go but not like the talon." I think that is so cool!!

I like that car. If I was to get a daily, it'd be that or a Mazda6.

Very cool!!!! Your mom looks very happy! :D And now I see where you get your poses from ;) Let me know how she likes it (the car!).

Thats pretty cool. i was actually on my way to the mazda web site, cuz i wanna see what the price range is, i gotta get something till i can save up enough for my rx8.

I think I'd puke if i seen my mom pose like i did that one time! But ya, she's really happy with it. Ya it only puts out 160hp, but it's still fairly quick. I didn't say fast, I mean just quick, it has get up and go, enough for her atleast. I'd enjoy having that as like my daily driver, I really like it. But I don't got 22k laying around for one

I'm gonna go test drive some stuff tomorrow including some Mazda's and a certain Honda I like. I know Zac Carlson sold his '98 GST for a 3 (5-door, fully loaded, exactly like your mom's) and absolutely loves it so we'll see. I'm not sure why AZ prices are so high, but up here in MN a fully-loaded Mazda6 with 6-cyl and AT will run right around $25k ($26k with side-curtain airbags).

I test drove an RX8 at the mazda rev it up and was fairly disappointed. The clutch was like an on/off switch (about 2" from disengaged to engaged). The power was decent at first, I knew I would have to rev the rotary, but after 5k it was just a flat power band. It really needs a turbo! There wasn't any rush or anything. It handled pretty good, but pushes at the limit. I did bark the tires pretty good going into 2nd though (no lift to shift :D ).

Phoenix actually has a slightly lower cost of living than MN, but I have noticed car prices are much better in MN though. Maybe it's cuz they rust up there I dunno.

It's a fairly decent platform to start modding, same thing at the focus. The 2.3L suposedly takes well to nitrous. That's was Saleen uses in their version of the focus.

I test drove an RX8 at the mazda rev it up and was fairly disappointed. The clutch was like an on/off switch (about 2" from disengaged to engaged). The power was decent at first, I knew I would have to rev the rotary, but after 5k it was just a flat power band. It really needs a turbo! There wasn't any rush or anything. It handled pretty good, but pushes at the limit. I did bark the tires pretty good going into 2nd though (no lift to shift :D ). [/b][/quote]
huh? i've got about 3/4" from engaged to disengaged. i consider it a good thing. remove the clutch fluid resevoir/accumulator thingy replace with braided stainless line, remove slave cyl restrictor.