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10-07-2011, 12:06 PM
I picked up this baby on July 22nd 2011 with 5 km on the odo (though dealership said there was 30 km on it...weird)
I am coming from a 2006 Acura CSX premium that had HFP suspension and 18'' HFP wheels, so while the mazda 3 is firm, its like floating on a cloud compared to my acura.
i absolutely love it so far, the 2.5 liter engine is smooth and has plenty of power, the interior quality is amazing and the handling is superb, the hid lights are amazing and so bright (compared to my oem acura csx hids...)
Right now as of October 7th 2011 i have 2,136 km on it (i don't commute very far anymore)
Future plans include; tints, weather tech floor liners, and possibly upgrading the stereo system (though im satisfied with the sound quality of the current OEM set up)
Here are some pics of my ride:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4793/dsc01625g.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6641/dsc01624i.jpg
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/3029/dsc01623.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6898/dsc01622jl.jpg
And here is the OLD ride that i traded in....had 48,000 km on her
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6973/dsc01231mt.jpg
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5028/photo2qv.jpg
The Acura while being an awesome car, lacked a lot of quality. What i mean is, alot of hard plastics, rattling, things coming apart (seat cover kept unclipping). The warranty was out soon and i needed a car with more cargo room. the mazda is superior to the acura in many ways!!
I ended up getting 13,665$ (tax in) for the trade in, 500 grad discount, 72 months fincancing at 0.9% and about 1,000$ off the car (the dealership covered the reinstallation of the original suspension for the acura as well. Also gave me free all weather mats.
With the 6 year, 160,000 km mazda added protection as well as the full replacement insurance (where i get the full value of what i paid for the car if its totaled) all in all came to 314$ a month.
OTD COST: 22,608$ (includes everything)
MSRP( for all this stuff): 36,500$
How do you all think i did??
I am coming from a 2006 Acura CSX premium that had HFP suspension and 18'' HFP wheels, so while the mazda 3 is firm, its like floating on a cloud compared to my acura.
i absolutely love it so far, the 2.5 liter engine is smooth and has plenty of power, the interior quality is amazing and the handling is superb, the hid lights are amazing and so bright (compared to my oem acura csx hids...)
Right now as of October 7th 2011 i have 2,136 km on it (i don't commute very far anymore)
Future plans include; tints, weather tech floor liners, and possibly upgrading the stereo system (though im satisfied with the sound quality of the current OEM set up)
Here are some pics of my ride:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4793/dsc01625g.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6641/dsc01624i.jpg
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/3029/dsc01623.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6898/dsc01622jl.jpg
And here is the OLD ride that i traded in....had 48,000 km on her
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6973/dsc01231mt.jpg
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5028/photo2qv.jpg
The Acura while being an awesome car, lacked a lot of quality. What i mean is, alot of hard plastics, rattling, things coming apart (seat cover kept unclipping). The warranty was out soon and i needed a car with more cargo room. the mazda is superior to the acura in many ways!!
I ended up getting 13,665$ (tax in) for the trade in, 500 grad discount, 72 months fincancing at 0.9% and about 1,000$ off the car (the dealership covered the reinstallation of the original suspension for the acura as well. Also gave me free all weather mats.
With the 6 year, 160,000 km mazda added protection as well as the full replacement insurance (where i get the full value of what i paid for the car if its totaled) all in all came to 314$ a month.
OTD COST: 22,608$ (includes everything)
MSRP( for all this stuff): 36,500$
How do you all think i did??