Affordable goodness....

[Kamal]

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really ? I was really impressed with how they improved on the previous design with this one. I do agree it was kinda feminine on the earlier models but this one is really well made, the improved head lamps, bulging tire fenders increasing its "bolder" stance, the more pronounced front grill, dual chrome exhausts, the near perfect 50-50 weight distribution, the awesome power retractable hard top....... I could go on about the number of changes they've made to this car that improve it over the last gen. Not to mention the "fun" aspect of it

Kat are you talking about the the 05's or the 06 / 07 pictured above ?

Anyways check Top Gear's take on it

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[Kat]

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yes the new one is ... like I said
yeey doggie
seriously it seem too round and nothing else empty
I have no doubt on all its benefits you listed

[Kamal]

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well ya can't please 'em all eh

I for one like it so I guess next year I'm gonna see how my finances are holding up and look into getting one

[Kobe]

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Great driver's car!! Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what a driver's car is, and is too busy trying to compensate for something.

If anything a real man would drive an MX-5 because he don't give a feck what you think.

[Dhar_2]

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i'd buy an classic convertible. Something with a bit of style.

I cant stand all these cc concepts kicking about!!

[KinKyJ]

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Fugly and a hairdressers car!

Agree. Fagness all over it. What else can you expect from Mazda?

[shosh]

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just bought my wife a Z4. althought its too gay for me to drive, I've taken it out a couple of times and its got some balls and it corners like its on rails. fun to drive, but you wont catch me in it much...
a miata though.... eww

[nbpgt]

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when i was in the market, i considered keeping my previous car & buying a miata for the weekend. but just didnt make sense to have 2- 2 door cars sitting the the garage that i would rarely drive(since i work from home). miatas are fun to drive & only require a few tweaks to make it ride on rails. & that engine should last forever.

[Kamal]

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so here's a lowdown from my test drive of a rag-top with the roof down this past weekend.

The car's fun to drive, no doubt about it. In fact (and dread I say it) nearly as fun s my "3" taking corners + whizzing around. She's nimble to respond to the pedal and her lightweight made it child's play to zig-zag around. I was in Rockville, MD on the inner roads and so couldn't really go past 45 - 50 but I was really really impressed about how well the wind tended to stay outside the car and not in.

Here's what fucked it up for me.....so bad that I completely changed my mind about buying the car. The car rrrumbles when you floor it. Most will say... "well duh that's awesome Kamal, its a roadster, that's bound to happen" and yes that maybe the case or it maybe that I'm getting old and moving towards a more silenced / reserved ride but at the same time, I love to "hear" my engine rumble and not feel it.

It felt as though there was a small tin foil separating the engine compartment and the passenger compartment. Every time I floored it off a stop light, I felt every piston jump in my seat. And I hated it.

So I'm gonna drive my old TL and look for the next fun thing to consider as a potential purchase