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Replying to: bottgers (Sep 22, 2007 5:07 am) Agreed. I think Mazda has some homework to do. According to Consumer Reports the manual 2.0L of the Mazda3 has the best overall mileage of the Mazda3s.
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Replying to: autonomous (Sep 24, 2007 8:43 am) You aren't kidding. At the strip it seems that the fastest pure stock Mazdaspeed3s can just barely break into the high thirteens. I hope Mazda gets its act together... 
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Replying to: roadburner (Sep 24, 2007 10:43 am)
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Replying to: bottgers (Sep 25, 2007 4:14 am) To each his own; I'll forego 40 MPG for a 13 second quarter as long as I'm able to drive. That said, if/when BMW NA decides to bring the 335d to the US I'll finally have the best of both worlds- a car that will click off a low 14/high 13 second quarter yet still average 35 MPG. Until then, I'll gladly "endure" the Mazdaspeed's 22 MPG fuel economy, as it's a very reasonable trade-off for the borderline quick acceleration numbers.
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Replying to: roadburner (Sep 25, 2007 9:11 am) |
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Replying to: bottgers (Sep 26, 2007 4:17 am) So what? I'll pay a quite a few extra $$$ to escape automotive boredom any time...
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I'm looking to purchase a small hatchback, and coming off a BMW 325, I think the Mazda3 might end up being my choice as it's sounding from my research that it'll be the most fun to drive, and I like the looks. My local dealer has lots of 2007s and 2008s available, but the majority of them are equipped with an air dam, which is a $400 (MSRP) option. I understand what the air dam is for, but being a middle-aged woman, I'm not influenced by the appearance and I'm not sure that the function of the thing is worth that much to me. Any thoughts? Also, I don't want the Sirius option and many of their cars have that, also. Is that something that can be removed from the car? I'll be iPodding instead. I want to find out about these issues from objective people, not salespersons at the dealer. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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Replying to: jazzmin (Sep 26, 2007 8:34 am) Forget the air dam, ask the dealer to get you one that doesn't have one. It's mostly useless except for scraping low driveways.  I usually don't get air dams, spoilers or anything since it really won't work until about 70mph anyway. unless the car is genuinely aerodynamic, and maybe the MazdaSpeed3 is. But the Mazda 3 it's just a piece of plastic that weighs more and most don't look good after they get a bit scraped up. Tell the dealer what you want no air dam and no Sirius radio, sheesh that's why there are CD's and Ipods. If they can't remove it they can find you one without it,or remove it. When I bought my WRX I told them, no spoiler. They said ok and it wasn't there on the one I bought. Dealers want to sell cars, be up front tell them what you do and do not want, and insist that you don't care if the car has it as long as you don't have to pay for it. These add-ons are merely to increase the price.
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Replying to: tiff_c (Sep 26, 2007 8:56 am) 
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Replying to: jazzmin (Sep 26, 2007 8:34 am)
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