[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Sarc

Nice find. They are pretty fun cars. Great color too.

We've been very happy with our Mazda 3, though the advanced development of rust in all the door jambs at 80K miles has us thinking this will be the last (newer) Mazda we'll own.
Though I doubt you'll have that problem.



BTW- How do you find the backseat room compared to the 996?

Mine came from NE and was a 4 seasons car (hence the included snow tires), it has a little bit of surface rust on the underbody seams and inside the wheel wells. I'm going to hit it with some white POR15 and it should be fine. I'm a big fan of the new Mazdas, my in-laws have a 2005 Mazda3, a 2009 Mazda6, and a 2011 Mazda3. All are driven by teenage girls ignorant to all things mechanical, and all have been flawless cars.

There's no comparison of backseats, with my seat adjusted normally (I'm 6'1") you can seat an adult guy behind me and he can actually access the seats via the suicide doors. Similar situation in the 996 is a little kid only. Like I said, practicality is one of the things that really sold me. Since you brought up the 996 though, I'll also say that the RX8 is a much more nimble car. I can see it being a lot more fun in an autocross than the 996 just because it seems so happy to change direction. I still love the 996, it's just a different sort of fun.