Mazda 3

Volt · 07-14-2009, 12:53 PM

Sounding good. We are going to dricve the 4 door auto this weekend. Wife kills the grand am and gets a new car.... Not sure how this works out for me

Mr. Ed · 07-14-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Volt

Sounding good. We are going to dricve the 4 door auto this weekend. Wife kills the grand am and gets a new car.... Not sure how this works out for me

Pontiac Grand am? I had one of those with about 240,000 miles on it before I bought a 2005 4-door Mazda 3 that I just recently traded-in for some schooling money.

Nice little car, no complaints.

e-man67 · 07-14-2009, 02:19 PM

That Grand Am is one great car...a guy I used to ride bikes with had over 300K on his and a dude here at work same deal... mega miles. I use to have a Mazda Protege 5 manual trans and it was fun to drive.

Volt · 07-14-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ed

Pontiac Grand am? I had one of those with about 240,000 miles on it before I bought a 2005 4-door Mazda 3 that I just recently traded-in for some schooling money.

Nice little car, no complaints.

Our Grand Am was one of the best cars we ever owned. The motor is as strong today as the day we bought it. 13 years and 112,00 or so miles. The water pump and heater core went at the same time. $1,200 in repairs on a $2,000 not such a good deal in one way. On the other hand, I am almost tempted to repair it.

We have replaced the battery once, an altenator, and the basics (wipers, tires, etc). If I could get a new 1996 Grand AM I would. Sounds like we think a like in cars though

awsmith4 · 07-14-2009, 02:31 PM

I have the 3 hatchback and it is a great little car, its fast when it needs to be, the mileage is good and I drive long trips in it frequently and it is comfortable. with the hatch i can fit most anything I need in there especially if you put the seats down. About the only thing i have found that won't fit was Shellie's humidor

We also know for a fact that it will fair well against a deer at 50mph. There is one drawback and that is there is a lot of road noise but otherwise I recommend it

Commander Quan · 07-14-2009, 03:10 PM

The only thing I have found that would be a negative is that I have to fold down one of the seats to put my golf clubs in the hatch, they won't fit in across the back of the car.

07-14-2009, 12:53 PM	#1
Volt I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,799 Trading: (19)	Re: Mazda 3 Sounding good. We are going to dricve the 4 door auto this weekend. Wife kills the grand am and gets a new car.... Not sure how this works out for me __________________ Curing the infection... One bullet at a time.

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e-man67 Big Drunkin Monkey!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Eric Posts: 1,480 Trading: (29)	Re: Mazda 3 That Grand Am is one great car...a guy I used to ride bikes with had over 300K on his and a dude here at work same deal... mega miles. I use to have a Mazda Protege 5 manual trans and it was fun to drive.

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awsmith4 Simple Pleasures - 2oL Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Albert Location: Marietta, Georgia Posts: 4,602 Trading: (111)	Re: Mazda 3 I have the 3 hatchback and it is a great little car, its fast when it needs to be, the mileage is good and I drive long trips in it frequently and it is comfortable. with the hatch i can fit most anything I need in there especially if you put the seats down. About the only thing i have found that won't fit was Shellie's humidor We also know for a fact that it will fair well against a deer at 50mph. There is one drawback and that is there is a lot of road noise but otherwise I recommend it __________________ Its THIS easy to support our troops

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Commander Quan Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Derrick Location: Canton, OH Posts: 966 Trading: (4)	Re: Mazda 3 The only thing I have found that would be a negative is that I have to fold down one of the seats to put my golf clubs in the hatch, they won't fit in across the back of the car.