Not only is that a solid NP its a good looking and interesting car that will continue to be a hoot to drive for years to come.

Best of luck!  I fly out of Denver tomorrow to go home.

All very solid advice and good pick on the Downeast cider (if you do cider, its pretty good).

I tried a Fit... not for me.  Louder, slower, far less fun to drive.  All that for more money?  No thanks.  Get the manual transmission and there are no DCT issues to worry about and the 1.0EB is the most fun you can have outside of a properly hot hatch.

It shows.

Hot damn I always wondered what my hero drove. 

God there have been some bad fake inspection stickers lately.

I keep a tab open with their own forums and have seen no sign of anyone asking for microtransaction based repair kits.

Shame it's not 4wd but easy NP win at that price. 

You may be doing God’s work (you are) but I still had to look at it hard before the Lancia sunk in.

Came here to say this, and you sir are appreciated.

Regarding the USB plugs... if the image you use is anything to go by the plugs are actually mounted in such a way that the image and the plug are oriented in the same way. Usually you’d see that image upright with the plug having the gap at the top, that gap is at the bottom and the image points down.

I know my NP vote was wrong but the heart wants what the heart wants. 

It was a purple to blue hue, I believe the ‘Stang was blue to green?  Chevy had a similar color on the Camaro at the same time.

Well now we can agree to disagree on something. 

What I want to know is who are the 22% of people who thought this was a nice price?

I like the direction Mazda is going with the 3. HUD, set-back screens that limit information overload, no touch interface...

I had chameleon over grey 95 PGT. Loved it. 

I liked the Probe more than the Mazda.

Switching to a denser harder wood would help this last longer. 2x4s are made from garbage spruce pine or fir that is very soft and pulpy.