Just signed the Purchase Order On:

MrMoon · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:23

A new Mazda 3 2.0 Sport in Black, looking for delivery in early march should be sweet, its the most ive ever spent on a car just looking at the order makes me queezy @ £15k

thepharcyde · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:27

Same platform as the Focus MkII so should handle nicely. I think they look really nice too, the interior is better than the Focus. Only thing though mate, the price, a lot of nicer cars to be had though a broker. Thats 1k shy of a ST 2

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:29

Nice car but i think you can get the Mazda 6 TS or TS2 for that price after some negotiations.

MrMoon · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:42

Firestar_3x said:
Nice car but i think you can get the Mazda 6 TS or TS2 for that price after some negotiations.

but that price includes leather seats and DVD satNav which is 2ks worth of extras and the RRP for that model with paint is £16k so i didnt do badly

Scottland · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:48

Nice, I like them

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:54

MrMoon said:
but that price includes leather seats and DVD satNav which is 2ks worth of extras and the RRP for that model with paint is £16k so i didnt do badly

You didn't say that before you see

MrMoon · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:05

it was the mazda or a c4 and after my C3 going back to citroen 7 times I thought japanese

[TW]Fox · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:08

Thats a hell of a lot of money for a mid size hatchback.

Firestar_3x · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:11

[TW]Fox said:
Thats a hell of a lot of money for a mid size hatchback.

Whilst it is a pile of cash, i feel a BMW 330D or 530D Tangent comming on. its new, has a 3 year warranty and 0 miles on the clock, something your 15k will not get you with a secondhand BMW.

merlin · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:12

[TW]Fox said:
Thats a hell of a lot of money for a mid size hatchback.

If Mazda made it 6 inches longer would it then be good value for money?

[TW]Fox · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:26

merlin said:
If Mazda made it 6 inches longer would it then be good value for money?

What, you mean if it was a Mazda6?

merlin · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:52

[TW]Fox said:
What, you mean if it was a Mazda6?

Is the 6 exactly the same spec as the 3?

Scrutinize · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:00

Nice Mate, I got a good friend who works for Mazda and that is a good price with the extras on so feel proud. Are you buying it on finance? if so how are the repayments working out?. They are good cars, although an ex demo mazda 6 would have been a good buy for 15k.

You will love the car and the 2.0 engine is sweet with good performance, what colour did you get?

thepharcyde · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:02

mrk1@1 said:
Nice Mate, I got a good friend who works for Mazda and that is a good price with the extras on so feel proud. Are you buying it on finance? if so how are the repayments working out?. They are good cars, although an ex demo mazda 6 would have been a good buy for 15k.

You will love the car and the 2.0 engine is sweet with good performance, what colour did you get?

Who makes/supplies the engine is it a duratec?

thepharcyde · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:04

thepharcyde said:
Who makes/supplies the engine is it a duratec?

Sorry to answer my own question but same 2.0l as in the mondeo

[TW]Fox · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:09

Just seems like a ridiculous amount of money considering quite a few places are prepared to sell you a Focus ST for that - fundamentally the same car but with better projected residuals and better performance.

Nozzer · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:16

I'm always impressed by the 3 when I get them as hire cars.

Scrutinize · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:23

[TW]Fox said:
Just seems like a ridiculous amount of money considering quite a few places are prepared to sell you a Focus ST for that - fundamentally the same car but with better projected residuals and better performance.

Not everyone wants the running costs of a volvo and a depreciation of a Ford, and in summary that is the Focus ST.

Despite what is predicted atm, it isn't an RS and so depreciation will be reasonably typical with Ford STs

merlin · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:25

Agree, I wouldn't spend £15k on it, I'd have the Focus too, even if it was bare bones - but horses for courses n all that. It's still a nice car and I'm sure Mazda are selling plenty of these day in day out even at £15k.

It's all about peoples tastes and what's important to them. A lot of people get in a car, like the way it feels - and buy it there and then without looking at the competition. Impulsive people freak me out but there's plenty of em!

The Focus though may be thirsty, attract theft attention and may well have some unearthed reliability issues. Hard to say, it's all a bit early for them and you do have to be a touch more dubious of Fords than Mazda's.

Scrutinize · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:28

Also going off a very limited experience of the engines the combined mpg of the focus seems very optimistic for the 2.5 Turbo when I was getting low-mid 20's combined out of the 2.0 Turbo.