Nuno416
09-06-2005, 08:16 PM
Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know that I\'ll be a happy member of the Mazda 3 owners club by tomorrow at 3pm.
Went to Dufferin Mazda for a test-drive on Thursday of last week, negotations on Friday / Saturday and tomorrow I\'ll be the proud owner of a silver (not my first colour choice, but I would have had to wait at least a couple of weeks for a Indigo Blue) 2005 Mazda 3 Sport GT, with A/C (still not quite sure why in order to get the moonroof you need the A/C option as well) and moonroof. Paying $28,200 (freight, taxes, etc. in) for it.
I went in to to sign the final paperwork tonight and got a final test drive in MY car. Although it looked like it had been sitting outside in a dusty parking lot for at least a couple of weeks, I stepped in and it only had 10km on it. I was very surprised but the sales guy also let me take it out by myself. Luckily I\'ve been reading the \"break-in period\" threads, so I put another 7.5km of hard-drivin\', shifting through all the gears @ 6,500rpm (except for 5th, couldn\'t get it past 120 on side streets!) on it.
We\'ll see how it does in the long run. I figure, it\'s better to drive it hard right from the beginning, which is how I\'ll usually be driving it, at least if something breaks it\'s Mazda paying for it. After all, I didn\'t get the extended warranty for an extra couple of years for nothing.
Post some photos tomorrow.
Just wanted to let you know that I\'ll be a happy member of the Mazda 3 owners club by tomorrow at 3pm.
Went to Dufferin Mazda for a test-drive on Thursday of last week, negotations on Friday / Saturday and tomorrow I\'ll be the proud owner of a silver (not my first colour choice, but I would have had to wait at least a couple of weeks for a Indigo Blue) 2005 Mazda 3 Sport GT, with A/C (still not quite sure why in order to get the moonroof you need the A/C option as well) and moonroof. Paying $28,200 (freight, taxes, etc. in) for it.
I went in to to sign the final paperwork tonight and got a final test drive in MY car. Although it looked like it had been sitting outside in a dusty parking lot for at least a couple of weeks, I stepped in and it only had 10km on it. I was very surprised but the sales guy also let me take it out by myself. Luckily I\'ve been reading the \"break-in period\" threads, so I put another 7.5km of hard-drivin\', shifting through all the gears @ 6,500rpm (except for 5th, couldn\'t get it past 120 on side streets!) on it.
We\'ll see how it does in the long run. I figure, it\'s better to drive it hard right from the beginning, which is how I\'ll usually be driving it, at least if something breaks it\'s Mazda paying for it. After all, I didn\'t get the extended warranty for an extra couple of years for nothing.
Post some photos tomorrow.