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Corolla Civic or Mazda 3
What better place to ask then a Porsche board
 Wife is looking for an inexpensive car (lease, insurance, gas). It will be used mainly for around town driving and the occasional highway trip with the 2 kids. From what I see prices are similar enough to call them even. I have my opinions but am interested in others. buying criteria are; Reliability safety relatively sporty |
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08-14-2006, 02:32 PM
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Photo finish...either way. Get the best deal and enjoy.
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08-14-2006, 02:51 PM
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Check out the Honda Fit. They're reputed to be VERY good handling cars. One group ran the slalom 1mph slower than the Z06 'vette.
I have one on order... there is a bit of a wait. Reliability: It's a Honda Safety: ***** frontal crash rating, airbags all around, ABS, etc Sporty: Not amazingly fast, but handles very well
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I'd recommend the Mazda3. The base motor is really lovely -- likes to rev, and it has around 145 hp.
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08-14-2006, 04:38 PM
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Those little Mazdas look great. Have to say tho, we hired on a couple of occasions current Corollas (all we could with manual box) to do some tarmac rally recces, and we were amazed by how good the RocknRoller was. For a little FWD shopping cart, we speculated that with some sticky tires, we wouldnt have gone a lot faster in the rally car than the Corollo was going. Great brakes, stopped all day.
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08-14-2006, 06:22 PM
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We were looking at used BMW 3 Series when we bought our Mazda 3S. Two years later and we still love it. Here's a good 3 vs Civic article:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=108601
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08-14-2006, 07:37 PM
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Though I recommended the 3, my mother's 06 Corolla gets 40 plus MPG.
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08-15-2006, 04:05 AM
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Whichever has the cheapest aftermarket exhaust with a 4" diameter tip.
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08-15-2006, 04:49 AM
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Civic, maybe not a bling as the 3, but solid reputation and great resale.
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