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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My wife drives a mazda3 5 door. Had
it for almost 4 years. Early production is supposed to have all of the
problems. We’ve had a few warranty issues but otherwise totally
enjoy this car. Its geared a little low for my liking as highway trips
rev too high for me. The upside is it really ‘zips’ around
town as my wife says. My 3 year old just said zoom zoom all of the time
after seeing the commercials. Excellent handling, good acceleration, nice
torque curve and superb brakes. Everyone who knows cars and sees it boggles
at the size of the rear discs. Haven’t taken it to the track but it
would perform well I think. If you factored in inflation, it probably is about
the same price as the SE-R was. It doesn’t get the greatest gas
mileage though, but that might be due to my wife’s foot. I have
replaced brake pads ‘prematurely’ and wore out a set of tires far
too early but they gripped well. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is not a rattletrap, this one
anyway. It does lack damping coatings, but didn’t we chip those out
of the SE-R anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The turbo, direct injected version would
be fun.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And don’t forget the Pontiac
Solstice GXP. If you lived in the south or not a daily drive that’d
be fun but not really the same as an SE-R.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Have fun,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rick Frey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
se-r-bounces@se-r-list.org [mailto:se-r-bounces@se-r-list.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Larry Martin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 14, 2008
12:49 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Eric Waterman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> se-r@lists.deskmedia.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: SR20 20th ?!?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tell me again why the Mazda3 is not the answer (not necessarily the
Speed3). Maybe with a mod or two. Many seem to moan that we don't
get the newest Euro Focus - well there it sits. Or the GTI. I know
it's reportedly a rattletrap but it appears to a fun rattletrap. If you drove
anything in the early 70's you learned to take rubber grommets and wedges of foam
and track the squeaks and rattles down. No it wasn't fun but it could be
done. Like most of you I'm keeping mine and doing it just as Jaret has
done. I did a few of the early mods but took them off and have kept it
stock ever since. Rust at the bottom of the front fenders and the
original muffler looks like termites eat metal but it still works just fine.
How can we ever convince Nissan to put the SR20 back in something?<br>
<br>
Larry Martin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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