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Sedans Honda Civic Honda Civic vs Mazda3
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Mar 07, 2007 7:24 am) The Mazda3 2.0 does only come with a 4-speed tranny, where the Honda Civic does have the 5-speed. My 1991 Honda Accord with the 2.2L never got more then 24-25mpg average. Granted, this was before VTEC and the advanced engine technology we have today. My old 1.6L Celica only got 26-27mpg average as well.
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Mar 07, 2007 11:58 am) This was a time when the best seller Ford Taurus had a 2.5L 4-cylinder with 105 horsepower and a 3-speed Automatic and got 21/27 MPG. The Accord had 130 hp and got something like 24/30 MPG I believe (22/28 with Automatic). I'm getting really off topic here though, I apologize.  Back to the compacts of THIS millenium. 
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Mar 07, 2007 11:58 am) Honda NEVER overestimates its mpg; the epa does.  The 2.0 mazda 3 is said to get 23/31 according to the new epa. The civic gets 25/36. Maybe on par in the city, but five miles to the gallon more on the highway is a heck of a lot. My numbers with my civic were on par with the old AND new numbers. I regularly averaged 26-28 in the city and 38 on the highway. |
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Replying to: godaddy1 (Mar 07, 2007 9:58 am) those relatively small increases in power usuall mean it 'feels' faster, but acually isn't. (i.e. the mazda 2.0 'feels' better merging onto the freeway than the civic, even if you are only going fractions of a second quiker.) i never had any problems merging. Its fun to wring the engine. Not that you have to do it to get the same perfomance out of it to be on par with the 2.0. Besides its in high rpms that the civic gets nice. |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Feb 26, 2007 2:34 pm)  (shh shh...if I want boring I'll be sure to pick up an Accord)
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Replying to: savvyboy (Mar 08, 2007 6:48 pm)  (Shh shh... if I want obnoxious I'll be sure to make posts like that) Seriously, why make a post like that? Just like to find a post and knock it, regardless if it fits in the conversation or not? 
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 08, 2007 8:06 pm) The substance of your message was that Honda reliability trumps Mazda. I brought up stats that are contrary to your "anecdata". The purpose of the post seems plain enough. |
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Replying to: savvyboy (Mar 08, 2007 8:30 pm) The substance of your message was that Honda reliability trumps Mazda The substance of my message was that Honda reliability was good in my case. I said nothing of Mazdas merits, either good or bad. I asked, jokingly at the time, in the context of people being tired of reliability ratings, that "what should I get if I want the most reliable car?" Someone said "get a Honda" to which I responded "I did." I said nothing of Mazda, so don't imply that I did please. I'm not sure why I'm bothering posting my reasons, since you didn't bother to look at what I actually said in the first place. The post you replied to had where I spoke of my Honda success stories, and I stress once again, nothing of Mazdas.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 08, 2007 9:08 pm) And no...the "shh" thing wasn't between you and the other person, because it was a part of a public forum. So it was actually between you, and him, and the hundreds of others that read this forum. Hardly private.
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Replying to: savvyboy (Mar 08, 2007 10:15 pm) |
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