Mps...xr5...golf...

[kevlar]

MPS all the way.

I owned one for 3 years and it never missed a beat, cheap to service and Mazda were great to deal with.

I highly recommend owning one.

[Bunta]

back seats fold down in accord

but I understand the mazda is more a young persons car, its very trendy these days..we cop some flac for having an old peoples car but its a dream to drive and was owned by a grandpa churchgoer before us..the stereo was disconnected due to his religous beliefs...

Had a look at the accord, the v shape of the hole between the boot and the backseat made the hole not big enough to fit Annas makeup chair through it. The only thing on our list that did fit her stuff easily was a mazda 3 so it looks like some form of Mazda 3 will end up in the garage.

[ARTZ]

haha..yeah I wasnt actually serious man...

[MattR]

have you looked at the mondeo hatch?? diesel is great 5.7 l/100km boot is 816 litres or thereabouts. and yes resale is not the best when new but bargain for a three year old car.

[MattR]

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Edited September 14, 2011 by MattR

[Bunta]

haha..yeah I wasnt actually serious man...

It was looking good unti lthe v shape! The boot was plenty big, and it was parked next to the 3 so it didnt hurt to look lol

have you looked at the mondeo hatch?? diesel is great 5.7 l/100km boot is 816 litres or thereabouts. and yes resale is not the best when new but bargain for a three year old car.

I will have a look now

[ARTZ]

v shape? What sort of accord was it?

[ARTZ]

I am kind of keen on that honda type R now, watching one dart around in traffic the other day it was awesome..

Straight across 3 lanes without a hint bodyroll

[10 4]

Drive one lol.

[Bunta]

v shape? What sort of accord was it?

iono haonda accord euro sedan of some sort, the port between the boot and the back seats was wider at the top than at the bottom. made it a bit useless for putting big stuff through, apart from that is was a nice car.

[rev210]

Whats the reliability like? What ever car we get will be doing a lot of short trips around town for Annas business. Her being able to jump in it and get where she is going everytime is really important too.

If driven hard things wear but, thats normal for anything.

Very reliable. There are a few things that go wrong that are common to the car. The issues are well known and aren't hideous to fix cost or time wise.

I use mine for work and clock plenty of kms on it without trouble.

The service message is an easy reset. Just hold the button on the washer stalk as you turn on the ignition. Then press the odo reset and your done.

[ARTZ]

Drive one lol.

good..no good??

[JimmyRickard]

I'm in the market for a new car in the sub $40k bracket, and the XR5, 3MPS, GTI and the new WRX sedan were the cars I was going to check out. Any others worth having a look at? The Megane interests me but its french and a bit out of my price range. Not sure what else is out there though. Any other suggestions?

[Bunta]

Finally found our car, Mazda 3 SP23. Anna is happy, all her make up stuff fits, It has aircon and it has a radio so she says for her purposes it is already far ahead of the GTR! lol. I dont mind it as a daily either, comfy, handles well and isnt a slug.

[ARTZ]

owmushwazit???

[Bunta]

owmushwazit???

14k drive away, 2005 model, 94k km, manual, hatch.

[ARTZ]

thats reasonable..last time i looked they wanted 20 plus for that...

[Bunta]

thats reasonable..last time i looked they wanted 20 plus for that...

It was difficult, most in QLD still want 16 to 18k somtimes still up to 20k

[JimmyRickard]

anyone have much experience with the Focus RS? did they end up being unreliable?

[battery]

Probably not relevant anymore but I was shocked at how bad the MPS handled, extremely bad under steer tendency.