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Professor > wrote:
> I just recently subscribed to this NG so forgive me if > this has been discussed many times before but..... > > Why hasn't Mazda offered the more powerful engine from > the MazdaSpeed 3 for the Miata. > It seems to me a natural for those looking for a > "bigger bang". There's no need. As with the previous Mazda Speed my guess is that the turbo engine will be along when sales slow and not until. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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On 4/25/2010 4:02 PM, Me wrote:
> On 26/04/2010 5:51 a.m., Professor wrote: >> I just recently subscribed to this NG so forgive me if this has been >> discussed many times before but..... >> >> Why hasn't Mazda offered the more powerful engine from the MazdaSpeed 3 >> for the Miata. >> It seems to me a natural for those looking for a "bigger bang". >> > People wanting a "bigger bang" should perhaps instead go buy a Boxster S > or some convertible boulevard cruiser with a big engine. > Honda made the S2000, - essentially just a Miata with more power - and > it was so commercially sucessful that they stopped making it. > Hopefully the next model Miata will keep to the roots of what made the > car an unprecedented success. Lightweight, reliable, and inexpensive. I guess you have a different view of inexpensive than me. I purchased a Mazda3 GT here in Vancouver in 2006. At the time, I thought it was a better choice than a Miata because I had to haul around dogs and stuff. That hasn't happened and I've drooled over Miata's ever since. The full blown version with the retractable hardtop sells for 40K here. Add the various hated taxes and it's really 47K you're putting out. Ouch!!!! Professor |
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"Professor" > wrote in message > I guess you have a different view of inexpensive than me. > I purchased a Mazda3 GT here in Vancouver in 2006. > At the time, I thought it was a better choice than a Miata because I had > to haul around dogs and stuff. > That hasn't happened and I've drooled over Miata's ever since. > > The full blown version with the retractable hardtop sells for 40K here. > Add the various hated taxes and it's really 47K you're putting out. > Ouch!!!! > > Professor Agreed, that's allot of cash but what can we do but look at the alternatives out there. Pretty slim pickings, I would say. I've resigned my self to used examples and it doesn't bother me a bit. Let somebody else suffer that initial depreciation. I've done great on buying used ones with very little lost value even while putting on allot of miles. If you are patient when shopping values are out there. Of course it doesn't hurt that the basic car is near bullet proof! Chris 99BBB |
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:07:08 -0700, Professor wrote:
> I guess you have a different view of inexpensive than me. I purchased > a Mazda3 GT here in Vancouver in 2006. At the time, I thought it was a > better choice than a Miata because I had to haul around dogs and > stuff. That hasn't happened and I've drooled over Miata's ever since. > > The full blown version with the retractable hardtop sells for 40K > here. Add the various hated taxes and it's really 47K you're putting > out. Ouch!!!! Isn't the Canadian dollar just about at parity? Why are cars so much more? |
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