Recent content by MMMatHeart

Well, back to the original topic of this thread. I'm sorry to say that I've gone over to the dark side and picked up a Type S. Picked it up yesterday, and have got that new car giddiness (shopping for snows, 3M paint protector, wheels, CAI, stereo, etc.). Fortunately, this is year 2, with...

Something smells fishy. Paint should be factory pricing. Also, most of the colours are metallic, which means paying is a bit of a grab. There is n/c at Honda. Yet, all the Mazda dealers I talked to have quoted on this to me. Oh, and dealers have claimed registration counts in the...

What Turbo Sound on this car? Hey, I still think the MSP is great. It is just that the spread is a little closer between the competition (except that damn SRT-4!!!!:'( ). What slays me about the Neon is that is may even be cheaper than the MSP in Canada. RT in Canada is about $21kCAD +...

Agreed, and when you figure that the depreciation is less on the Acura, your actual cost is less after a year or two. After that, the Type S costs keep decreasing (e.g. say that it's 15% of $20K USD vs. 10% - that's $3K per year for the MSP vs. $2k per year for the Type S). Consider too that...

I've resurrected this old thread, because now I'm thinking of cheating. :'( It's been a month since I chose emotion (MSP) over logic (Type S). I've been allowed through my 5 month of waiting to think too much. About the SRT-4's performance; the resale value; the "street" prices; and...

Wait (hahaha) for the MazdaSpeed6 - 280HP turboed 2.3l.!!! - See Autoweek

Thanks for passing this on WREX. The good news is they caught this. The bad new is that it makes you wonder what kind of cold weather testing HAS been done. :confused: Frankly, I'd rather have the quality. If not, the SRT-4 would be a no brainer.

Ditto

This gives some idea as to the thinking at MNAO that we've been wondering about. Note the 280hp 2.3 l. engine! Quote from Autoweek: Mazda hinting at producing high-performance version of Mazda6 By AUTOMOTIVE NEWS LAS VEGAS - Mazda is hinting that it may add a high-performance version of...

This is a joke, right? You're now talking about S2000/350Z/RX8 price range (at least in Canada we are). You're playing in the wrong league here! :wtf:

Finally, Mazda speaks! Thanks for the post.

Spec V has the same WHP as the MSP?? I believe the original dynos had the V around 142 whp. Does that mean that Nissan found the lost horsepower? What did the mag say? Sh**, the SRT-4 is fast!! Damn!!! Wow!! The best times are NOW!!!:eek: :eek: :D :D

Has anyone in Canada received stuff?

Well put. Nuff said. Perhaps the rest of this child rearing talk would be better placed on Dr. Phil's forum.(drinks) (Note:the drinks are root beer)

See my comments at the end of each category. And because I'm old and frugal, Resale 1. Honda/Acura/ Cooper S 2. WRX 3. MSP/Spec V (Sentras depreciate less, but MSP is "limited") 4. SVT 5. Neon/Tiburon Only IMHO. That's $0.02 USD/$0.03CAD