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Hatchbacks Mazda3 Mazda3 2.3 vs. '07 VW Rabbit
389 messages, Last post on Apr 17, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 06, 2007 4:56 am) Every car on the market has their weaknesses. Nothing in life is perfect, not even a $100,000 car. I traded in the car because I was putting over $2,500 a year to maintain it and the warranty was out already.
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Replying to: stallionre (Apr 06, 2007 8:56 am) 2 completley different cars...if you hate the golf, post it in the golf forum. ....and if you are talking about the rabbit...what made you want one after your previous experience? the mazda 3 did exist when the rabbit/mkV came to our shores... 
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Apr 06, 2007 5:53 am) Thats about the cars is it not? If i hate something, i state why, i don't just post and wait for someone to call me out on it to explain myself. 
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 06, 2007 4:56 am) Example of a Mazda built in Japan would start "JM***" Example of a Honda built in Japan would start "JH***" Really getting into depth, the 10th digit is the year of the vehicle "JM1BK****7*******" That is how the all Mazda3's start. |
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 06, 2007 1:06 pm)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Apr 07, 2007 11:19 am) 
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Replying to: stallionre (Apr 09, 2007 7:28 am) Just like the jetta, the rabbit was introduced as a brand new model in the middle of 2006. You can find a 2006 'golf', but its a completely different engine, chassis, suspension and interior than the rabbit. So my orginal assumption was right; you never had a rabbit, you had a 4th generation golf. The names are not interchangable, since the rabbit is only the rabbit in the american market; its still the golf in europe. But again you had the 4th generation and they are two completley different cars. Even if you knew nothing about the trim levels or eninges available, your eyes would tell you that they are totally different. because they are 2 different generations, the problems don't neccesarily come hand in hand; your gen 4 golf (mkIV) was known to be problematic. My generation Rabbit, while not totally trouble free as some people have found, is much less so. SO...what i orignally told you about hating on cars without getting the facts straight is true...its kinda like me saying i hate the mazda 3, when i owned a protege, the car that was available right before it. 2 completely different cars; one un-educated comment.
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What book ever matches the car exactly mine does. and so do many others!
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 09, 2007 10:19 am) Maybe your car is awesome and is better than most. If this is the case then I am happy for you. I have my facts straight. I know that the Golf and Rabbit are in the same mold. Maybe you need to do some more research about these cars. Brand new doesn't mean all brand new. Think about that. MARKETING TOOL!!! 
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Replying to: stallionre (Apr 09, 2007 10:31 am) Despite what you may think, you are misinformed. The name alone didn't change, the ENTIRE car did too. To say its the same parts and from the same factory is a bit off as well, seeing as how the rabbit is completely built in germany, with an engine sourced from mexico and the golf was built totally there. I know the differance between a model refreshing and a complete re-design. You do not. And if you do, everything you have said, says otherwise. Plenty of people on this forum could explain this to you; its a fact that you have to accept wether you like vw's or not; its a brand new car. For example: just because i don't like the NEW nissan sentra doensn't mean its not a full redesign and its just the same car. You see how this logic doesn't make much sense? That what your posts sounds like. Marketing ploy? Yes to a certain extent and NOT in the way you mean it; yes vw re-named the golf the 'rabbit' for the american market, but they did so when they re-designed the car...the only 'marketing tool' they would not have been able to use if they didn't rename it is all the rabbit innuendos.  But thats pretty much it;...but rabbit or golf, the mkV is a differnt car than your mkV golf.
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