I’m kinda torn, driving a clutch in super heavy barely moving traffic for hours at a time does suck, but how many times do people actually find themselves in that situation?  Then again I suppose some people do and I guess we should just take them at their word. 

Its a really small car with big SUV styling cues, what’s hard to figure out?  Isn’t every manufacture trying to make something like that ala the Hyundai Kona?  Also if with a range extender this this gets over 200 mile range I could see it doing well (for a mazda). 

Are you a warlock?  A 240 wagon with a 5 speed recently popped up near me for under a grand.  I want to buy it just to mess around with and I figured I can plasti-dip it matte black for like $300. Don’t worry though I’m like 99% sure the seller won't respond to my email. 

I’m from your part of the world and my parents picked up a crosstrek not too long ago. I notice it has a shitty vinyl pinstripe, those stupid door things and cross bars on the roof rack from the dealer. I never had the heart to ask what that garbage cost them. When I bought my Mazda (in PA) I complemented my…

It needs and Air Conditioner, but that thing is pretty damn awesome and I never knew they existed.  I sold my 26ft GMC Eleganza that I restored about a year ago since I did not have room for it at my new place.  I loved that.  I recently borrowed my in-laws 35 foot hotel on wheels but found to too luxurious and too…

I drive one of these sporty, not quite sports, sedans a Mazda6 2.5T. I want to like the Camry TRD but can’t find a reason I’d choose it over the Mazda or Accord 2.0T.  It does have 50 more HP, but the consensus is that it does not really put it down in an engaging way.  I know a manual is out of the question but how…

I had the same Mazda3, it was such an odd car with milage. I never really got anything above 35 unless I had a long highway stretch and kept it a very modest speed. I also never got anything below 31 or 32 no matter how hard I pressed the pedal down.

Oh man I once suggested on a forum that Outbacks should be about 1" lower to improve driving characteristics (which are not great, at least in the departing generation).  Something between the dearly departed Legacy wagon and the current outback.  People hated that idea.  I don’t see them a lot in NJ but apparently…

You probably know they only came in automatic, but the manual conversion seems relatively simple as manual swaps go. If one ever pops up cheap enough around me that has already had the head gaskets done,I might pull the trigger then slowly collect the parts for the swap.  

Okay I love my 2018 Mazda6 GT. I will say that calling it a sports sedan is kinda pushing it. It’s a great grand tourer with all that torque. The chassis feels great (better then the Accord’s in my opinion) and pushing it through a series of sweepers is wonderful. Actually treat it like a sports car and it will…

Sure and that’s fine, but it annoys me when people are like “The sedan/wagon has literally no advantages over a CUV unless your buying a sports car.”

It’s gotten to the point that people literally seem to be forgetting that, all things being equal, lower cars handle better. My family owns a mass market CUV and a mass market sedan and you don’t need to be Mario Andretti to feel the difference. 

It’s marketing, and it is working. I teach middle school STEM, at some point in the course I like to talk about the future implications of fully autonomous vehicles. The ALWAYS leads to students raising their hands and saying, Teslas already do that. Then it is a 5 minutes conversation just to convince them that…

A luxury car is a car that you are willing to pay more for to get “intangibles.”

I’m weird. I like sedans especially mid sized one. I still cant see shelling out over $40,000 for this. Maybe just maybe if the the AWD could be snagged for $37ish? But man there are a lot of competent 250hp(ish) mid sized sedans that can be had for $35k and under.

I think this is at least a little true, maybe putting the nail in the coffin.  I while back I was interested in a new Accord with a manual.  There were NO 2.0 manual accords in NJ and ONE 1.5 in the entire state.  I vented my frustration on another forum and someone was like its no problem I just drove down to…

This was pointed out in the article, but what’s nice with the Mazda ‘rebates’ is that you can use them with the ‘special financing.’ I got a similar loyalty rebate when I bought my 2018 Mazda6, plus the $500 discount the 6 had plue 0% for 60 months.  I’m a happy customer.

Man I hate to be that person, but why how can the market support infinite crossovers with slight variations of roofline, and not one mid size sedan/wagon with a manual??

Are you saying that if I have good personal auto insurance and Amex “premium rental car insurance” I should still take the insurance from the rental counter because of loss of use? The counter insurance is often 50% the cost of a cheap rental.  This does not seem like a good purchase, but I could be convinced…

Yep, I owned an 86 FC with over 100,000 miles back in high school and college. It burned a little oil (on purpose) and had that weird annoying warm start thing. Otherwise it was a pretty great fun little car. I know its a sample size of one, but it was very reliable and easy to maintain.