Resale value of MS3 in Cali

[Kaidao]

Hey guys,

I just arrived in California from Taiwan...(12 hours on a plane is a b*tch, but I got hella lucky. Our economy deluxe was full, so I got upgraded to Business class... (eekdance) ) Well anyways...I was talking to my uncle about my vehicle choice and he advised me not to get a Mazda. He said go for a Honda or a Toyota. Well...I dislike both those brands. But his argument was that Mazda's resale value was horrible...that in a few years, I wouldn't be able to sell it for much money. What do you guys think..?

Kai

[NCZ13]

no the resale value on mazdas hold...

MSPs are still worth about 10-14 on dealer lots...

[UHATEIT]

depends on condition obviously. I found a sick yellow MSP for 7800 on a lot here in Northridge! I was about to scoop that nup but it had 86K on it which means the car was driven pretty good and probably worn out a lot

[ALIEN3T]

Depends n how you think.
I dont buy thing thinking resale value (unless you plan to make money). I only buy things with my best intrest as in, for me to enjoy and have the weay i want. So forget resale value. Just get what you want and enjoy it.!!!!!!

[arkenzo]

There are wayy too many toyotas and hondas in California...There are even more of them in classifieds and used dealer lots....What does that calculate? Lower resale value ....I've only seen 1 maybe 2 or so Mazda's in the weekly classifieds....Mazda hold their value much better than toyota or honda.

[pointysticks]

welcome to cali. resale value? supply versus demand. not many MS3's around, so that will help keep the value up. besides, you in the car biz? no...buy a car you like. dont drive a crappy car, just because you are worried about how much it depreciates. they all go down.

[InFlames]

You do know that the 3 is one of the best selling compact cars on the market right?

[Sivarspeed]

You wont be sorry for getting the Mazdaspeed 3...
Best regards...

[Kaidao]

Yeah, I've been running errands around like crazy the few days I've been here. Barely see any Mazdas...I think only 1 Mazdaspeed. As for Toyotas and Hondas...I couldn't miss them if I wanted to. Same goes for Ford Trucks...

[UHATEIT]

Yeah, I've been running errands around like crazy the few days I've been here. Barely see any Mazdas...I think only 1 Mazdaspeed. As for Toyotas and Hondas...I couldn't miss them if I wanted to. Same goes for Ford Trucks...

or even worse.... a SCION! especially a TC. Those things run around like cockroaches in my apartment... haha

Toyotas are good cars tho, I had a widebody MR2 and loved it, very reliable. But yes there are few Mazdas in my area. I may have seen 6-7 speed3 total in or around my area on the streets. And I live in the Northridge area which is heavily populated

[oskinosmee]

Scion Tc cost more used, my brother traded this in 3 weeks ago.
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp;?tracktype=usedcc&searchType=21&pageNumber=0&numResultsPerPage=50&largeNumResultsPerPage=0&sortorder=descending&sortfield=PRICE+descending&certifiedOnly=false&criteria=K-%7cE-%7cM-_423_%7cD-_7656_%7cN-N%7cR-30%7cI-1%2c7%7cP-PRICE+descending%7cQ-descending%7cZ-21207&aff=national&paId=282610184&recnum=1&leadExists=true

They gave him 13K for it and he bought last year brand new for 17k flat wtf.