Customization and ease-of-access for the most part. They can be quite useful if you give them a chance, and I'd much rather have buttons than the touch-based or infotainment garbage they have now.

Absolutely. I would too. In this case the biker caused his own predicament. Regardless of WHAT led up to this, the biker pulled in front of a car he can easily out brake, and proceeded to do so. Did he expect some other outcome? If I was the car I'd be pissed, and not one ounce of pity for the biker. The biker...

Front mounted horse heads. You're not fooling anyone, asshole.

Automatic seat belts.

Is Stance over? Please tell me Stance is over. No? It's not over yet? Crap....

Be willing to walk away. Prepare ahead of time and don't let your emotions get you in over your head.

I've always had that mentality, I live in Canada, there's a boatload of salt for a solid 5 months. Besides, what's a little preventative maintenance when you live in a northern climate?

Um, i know that in the world where the base V6 Mustang gets 300+ HP this might sound strange, but our concepts of "slow" must differ in the extreme, if you can call a relatively light car with 155 HP slow.

Okay,yeah I heard they didn't do to well up north.Too bad.Mine is also "Retina-searing yellow". It's possible rust is afraid of it

Weird.I have a Protege 5 that's 10 years old and it's never needed anything but a battery 2 years ago,brake pads and oil changes.Still looks good too,no rust.

"Affordable" You keep using that work, I don't think it means what you think it means.

Mazda is in a very weird place right now. They're one of the few companies left where handling doesn't just mean "grounded to the ground." They need to sell more and their offerings are very good, but they don't have the reputation of the bigger companies and often times people will skimp out and go for something just…

The best of the Mazda3 hatchbacks, yes. The Protege5 still tops it in my book. I prefer the narrower D pillar and more traditional window shape.

Not gonna mince words, this looks like shit. Don't know why they sloped the ass more, but what people see as more "sleek" and "euro" I see as crap. Hyundai and Lancer hatchbacks screams into mind.