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#1052 of 1071 So I guess you ARE ... by ashutoshsm May 10, 2004 (1:13 pm)
... holding off on the plan to get the RX-8?   I'd say spring for the MS MX-5 (evil grin)
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#1054 of 1071 Jettas? You BLASPHEME, sir!!! by mdaffron May 11, 2004 (5:46 am)
No VW anything for me, thank you very much. Even at a fire sale. (Ooops!)   No, Tammy and I still own our 2002 Protege5 and 2000 Protege ES, respectively.   I spent four hours with Zoomster on Saturday, when we had a very nice, sunny, 75-degree afternoon, and washed, detailed and ... WAXED him!   His first coat of Meguiar's Gold Class since late last summer. My, my, is he shiny now. Finish is smooth as silk, and I swear he's Emerald-Mica'er than he was before. Real deep green. All this and zoomin' fun at 74,500 miles. We've got a long road still ahead of us.   But a Winning Blue Mazda3s 5-door 5-speed with leather IS in my future ...   Meade
#1055 of 1071 winning blue is nice by the_big_h May 11, 2004 (9:25 am)
but meade, have you checked out a 3 in the more sophisticated (IMO) shade of Strato Blue Mica?   it's like the midnight blue mica on my Protege, except darker and purple-er   a very nice color, i like it better than the winning blue
#1056 of 1071 I like the Winning Blue Metallic better. by mdaffron May 11, 2004 (10:32 am)
Besides, it's only available on the 3s. The Strato Blue Mica is available on the 3i as well, so the Winning Blue Metallic gives me status!     Metallic paints, as I learned during our exhaustive argum--- I mean, debate a year or so ago, are more durable than mica paints too.   Let the debate begin anew.   Meade
#1057 of 1071 One other reason. by mdaffron May 11, 2004 (10:39 am)
I've had a dark-colored car (Emerald Mica) for four years now. I want something brighter next time. If this were a couple of years ago I'd go for yellow, but it's so overdone now. Red's too normal; "Lava Orange Mica" (er, "Metallic Pumpkin") makes me wanna uurrrp my lunch, green is too -- well, I have green now, and the other colors are just too drab.   BTW, and Raymond's gonna get all over me for this since it's the color he wants, the Mazda3s I had two weekends ago was Titanium Gray Metallic. I found the color B-O-R-I-N-G.   The brochure and web site just don't do the Winning Blue justice. If you really want a good idea of what Winning Blue looks like, either see one in person or check out the post below, where I think the digital photo I took was much more representative of how deep the blue is.   (If we could only get that fat guy out of the way ... )   Meade
#1058 of 1071 About a year from now ... by mdaffron May 11, 2004 (10:51 am)
#1059 of 1071 Boring yes...... by meinrad May 11, 2004 (12:26 pm)
but still my favorite. I have a dark blue now, I like it and even though winning blue would technically be different, I try to not get the same color twice.   Also, I think the Titanium makes the car look more expensive whereas the brighter colors make it look like a Matchbox Car. Not that it's a bad thing,just a different emotion it gives me. I like the expensive look over the boy racer look, at least this time around.
#1060 of 1071 Ah Raymond ... maybe that's it! by mdaffron May 12, 2004 (4:03 am)
I'm 39 and my current car is a nice, but fairly "executive," Emerald Mica. It's a grown-up color; in fact I've learned that many septogenarians (my dad being one) admire it because of its "British Racing Green" color -- a comment that hails from the '50s and '60s, before yours truly graced the world with his presence (I came along in 1965).   I am quite humored by my car, hence the Zoomster name, and my Protege keeps me feeling young. After four years with "British Racing Green" and probably one more year before he zooms off to Wholesale Heaven, I think I'd like a color that more reflects the fun of this car -- without being too boyish.   Hell, I'm just in love with that blue.   (BTW, I've had dark blue cars before -- that's all my dad had for the first 10 years I was driving, so maybe I'm just bored to tears with dark blue.)   To each his own -- let's just be thankful this isn't 90 years ago, when Mr. Henry Ford had us driving cars in "any color -- as long as it's black"!   Heck, what fun will future meets be anyway if we all show up in the exact same car? Do you think I've enjoyed being one of three green Proteges every time I've hung out with Larry?   Meade
#1061 of 1071 I'm in a rut. by mazdafun May 12, 2004 (5:13 am)
I just like bright red on the cars I happen to like. I think it'd be too much on something big and blocky like a minivan, truck or SUV (though I think it looks great on fire engines and trucks).   However, that metallic navy blue ("winning blue" I think) looks pretty good on the Mazda3 and RX-8. In fact, I think the RX-8 looks better in that blue than in red.

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