But a glass of Chardonnay wouldn’t even have raised an eyebrow.  The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

A buddy of mine in high school had one of these. He was a big strong dude and what he would deadlift the entire rear axle off the ground via the rear bumper. These cars were so little and light - although I could not duplicate his strongman efforts.

Wow did I just learn something in the Jalop comments? I am not very well-read and I had only known that quote from Ministry -  Jesus Built my Hotrod.

That is a cool visual comparison.  That gen-1 is basically identical to mine in color and wheels.

Damn that is a fail. I guess I was dreaming of the new turbocharged motor being offered in a wagon with a manual. The gen-1 wagon isn’t exactly “fast” with 217 hp (she’s a big girl) but corners well enough to keep me happy.  I plan to drive mine for awhile longer too mainly because it’s depreciated to the point that…

I am with you there. I have a 2006 6-wagon in grey with 3-pedals. It’s basically the same as yours but I scored a pair of the 18" 10-spoke Mazda wheels that only came on the higher trim model (which I don’t have). Despite the age, it’s only at around 78K miles and even though I can afford a new car I straight up don’t…

False. That partnership has been done with for ages.

Funny my regret was not buying a used one. Maybe I dodged a bullet?

I had an opportunity to buy a one-owner, low-miles, no-accidents, non-molested, 2006 Mazda Speed6 for a very reasonable price from a colleague that I knew and trusted. I tried to sell my 2006 Mazda 6 wagon to partially fund that purchase but nobody was buying. I wish I would have just bought it as surely the wagon…

they are both missing a pedal

I hit a deer on the highway on a greybike Yamaha FZR400R. I was in a left turn, leaned in going about 110 km/h, steep hillside off the right, male buck deer jumps out from the right. I got the bike upright and grabbed as much brake as I could but I was on a total collision course with it. I hit it at about 80 km/h…

My family had 3 of these: A baby-blue carburated 1985 Horizon which with manual transmission (I totaled it), a maroon 1989 Omni with automatic, and a silver 1990 model (the last year they made them which replaced our totaled 1985) with fuel injection and a 5-speed manual. A geeky fact: only on the 1990 model did they…