Funny how that sort of thing happens on the rare cars which we only have one or two of. I can totally see the point of driving before you buy makes sense to me, $30000 is a lot of money to drop at the blink of an eye.
Now see it from my point of view: nice car + reasonably priced = test pilots...
I can't believe there is no interest in these cars, everyone raves about the handling. The price is right even the financing is good. The price is $26,995 Orange '03, and $27,595 '03.5 (Canadian dollars) :)
For the Canadian dealers or people reading, the car is scheduled to be here in late October. Journalists from Ontario and Quebec will be testing the Mazdaspeed plus the Mazda 6 in Montreal on October 6. I have a journalist customer who will send me pics of both cars later that day.