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803 messages, Last post on Nov 16, 2009 at 3:25 PM
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Replying to: tmurphy (Jun 16, 2008 2:56 am)  (just my opinion)
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Jun 16, 2008 2:34 am) My kids are 13, 15, 6, 6, 3, if you doubt ( although I don't care ), and the kids and I absolutely love the car. We don't grocery shop with 5 kids, so we don't need a ton of extra space. Which no car in this class offers anyways. Also, our particular decision not to spend 30k on a nice Minivan is ours, not yours, so don't tell me what post to be in or what car to drive. Just admit it, the Mazda 5 has a poorly designed and conceived second row, and is a second rate car for those of us who don't fit your mold and want a minivan.
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Jun 16, 2008 3:17 am)
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Replying to: bunchakids (Jun 16, 2008 4:43 am) 
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Replying to: tmurphy (Jun 16, 2008 5:25 am) 
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In my opinion, if I had 5 kids and a limited budget, I'd buy a 3 year old Odyssey or Sienna over a Rondo. It's just hard to imagine going on vacation with 7 people and no luggage space, but then you can always put it on the roof for those occasions. Plus in the long run as the kids get older and bigger, a family may outgrow the Rondo and then you'll lose a lot due to Kia's depreciation if you need to sell it. Better to plan for a few years down the road then buy what looks the best today. But if you have a need to drive 7 passengers then of course the Mazda5 is out of the picture. But I'd say that most folks in the market for a Rondo/Mazda5 sized vehicle are smaller families with 1-3 kids with no towing needs. For them, interior quality, driving dynamics, and mpg may outweith the Rondo's towing advantage and ability to carry 7. I'd like Honda to bring their 7 passenger Stream to the US to give even more competition to this category of vehicle. |
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Replying to: garnermike (Jun 13, 2008 5:08 pm) Moving on... |
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Replying to: coolmazda5 (Jun 13, 2008 4:40 pm) |
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Replying to: bgw (Jun 11, 2008 1:32 pm) I have an 07 EX V6 Luxury, and disagree with all his negative comments energetically. Nissmazlover,I think you should ACTUALLY drive a Rondo, or maybe you are afraid you will like it? Yes, the M5 is a nice vehicle, really nice for that matter. See, I can be objective too." REPLY Please see attached pics (hope they come out since I've never done this before). It took me a while to get these from my friend, but I just HAD to post them. The guy in the green is me (hey, all!) (do you see the Rondo behind me?), and the two hands/arms inside of the Rondo belong to me and my wife. Will you now argue that this "armchair philosopher" went to the extent of photoshopping the Rondo into the pictures? |
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