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My next new car?
shmokes:
I looked at the Mazda 3 when I was buying my car. That new model had just come out and they were popping up everywhere. But in the end, I didn't I passed on it, even though it was significantly less expensive. The biggest reason I decided to replace my 1997 Neon was that my wife was prego with our first kid, and we wanted a car that wasn't a moving deathtrap. The Mazda 3 was definitely cool, but the crash test ratings weren't very good. Nowhere near as good as the new Civic.
Actually, I like the look of the new Civic quite a bit more too, but that's neither here nor there. I'll bet the 2-door Civic Si more fun to drive than the Mazda 3, BTW. I haven't driven the Mazda 3 with the bigger engine, but the Si is a pretty fun ride.
pointdablame:
I'll bet that the Mazdaspeed 3 will be a million times more fun than a Civic SI. If you're going to compare cars, at least compare both "performance" versions of the models we're talking about.
The Civic does beat out the 3 in crash tests though, but I don't know about "nowhere near as good" It's 4 star frontal compared to 5 for the Civic and 3 star side vs 4 star for the civic. Rollover is identical. Again, the Civic DEFINITELY has it beat, but I wouldn't say the 3's ratings weren't very good. I'm a rebel though, I was ok with the less safe car :P
patrickl:
I didn't know the Civic Si model, but I guess in Europe it's called the Civic Type R. Actually, the US version of the Civic looks pretty different to the European version. Only the hybrid looks the same.
Looking at that site, the Dutch version is a "tad" more expensive too. I guess that's because of the dollar being so cheap and the insane car taxes overhere. I paid 28,000 euro for my 5 door 1.8 Civic ($42,000)
koolmoecraig:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 17, 2008, 09:02:54 am ---I'm with shardian... the MiniCooper is not an economy car. It's a fuel efficient car but the extra cost isn't worth it. Plus it's a tin can. If you're really looking for a good car like that get a Civic or a Corolla. The Matrix looks like a fun little car too if you need more "cool".
The Civic is probably still the best value out there in that range. Just runs... for more than a decade.
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Yeah but you gotta have some fun if you are going to be tooling around in a little box. Check into the Mini Clubman S. Resale on the Minis is pretty much second to none when as well.
Honda Fits are cool. As are Scion XB's. Scions are out the door for like $17k too. The new models ride quality is 1000x better than the first ones which rode like trucks.
Havok:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on March 17, 2008, 03:15:57 pm ---My wife's 99 Honda Civic went for 256K miles before we were totalled by a '64 Camaro.
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And the Camaro had a slight scratch...
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