Erica
04-27-2011, 02:05 AM
I started looking at used cars a few months ago. I knew that I wanted to make a purchase in the spring and thought I'd put the wait time to use, educating myself on the market and the process of buying a used car. I hadn't given much consideration to a Mazda until about a month ago when I had to rent a car for a few days. The rental company gave me a Mazda5. I was totally taken with the car and the fun of driving it. However, the Mazda5 was larger than what I really needed, so I started reading up on the Mazda3. I found this forum and read through several informative posts about the vehicle. I took a test drive in one last week and loved it. I think it is well-suited for what I need right now. I have decided that I would like a low mileage 2007 GS, although an air conditioned GX would also be fine. I never seem to use 'extras' much. I think I used the cruise control on my minivan twice in the twelve years that I drove it. An unanticipated bonus of the Mazda3 (as well as other Mazda models) is the ease with which I can get out of the car. I have osteoarthritis and find exiting some cars to be difficult and embarrassingly graceless at best. This is not with case with the Mazda3. I had not realized that there would be so much difference in similar sized cars. I have my eye on a couple of specific Mazda3's now and hope to purchase one by the end of the week.