No Boss
Neener, neener, I banned your title!
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Messages
- 6,889
- Location
- Wherever the Coast Guard sends me.
- Car(s)
- '07 Volvo XC70 Polestar, '01 Miata SE
I wrote about this in the "Random Thoughts" thread, but I thought more about it and maybe it deserves it's own thread. I know a lot of you know by now that I'm looking for a new car. I have my heart set on a Volvo S60R, but being as they are hard to come by in my area, I've started to consider other options.
I went to a dealership yesterday that had a lot of great cars trying to see if they had anything for me. After sitting in an RS4 and an S8 (holy crap for crap! ), I began to cry and moved on. There was an awesome white/gold STI on the front end of the lot right as you pulled in, so I asked one of the reps immediately about it and they said it was already sold. They got it in a few days ago and someone who works there nicked it quick (I loved how they left it out though to attract attention). Anyway, I found a dark blue Infiniti G35 with black leather and fully loaded....SOLD. ....ugh, son of a bitch...
Moved on to a silver MS3 just because a lot of people raved about it when it came out. Thought I'd give you my impressions and see if you guys had any other thoughts.
http://img216.imageshack.**/img216/9402/mazdaspeed3front341xo9.jpg
I've always like the exterior looks of the MS3, but my only gripe is that it's very limited in its colour options (White, Black, Red, Girly-Blue, Charcoal). I liked how it was edgy and looked like it was coming out of it's own shell with all those bulges. On the flip side because of all these beefed up lines, it seems a bit "backwards baseball cap", a quality yob-mobile. I could see myself driving one, I really could, but the idea of "A few years down the line will I still look right in it?" started to ping in the back of my head. But hey, if I were to keep a car that long, I'd have to like it right?
http://img88.imageshack.**/img88/8601/jf07msp3interiorsx6.jpg
The interior was quite a surprise to me. Good driving position with a decent quality of materials. The seats were a woven cloth/leather mix and because of that held me like no other. The gearbox was solid like any new car, but I did notice a high pitched whine when coming to a stop and shifting into first gear. I was wondering if that a normal thing for a new car, or just how the MS3 was. Either way, it was kind of annoying as I usually shift into 1st when coming to a stop. The steering wheel and shifter had a great feel in my hands though the steering wheel could have been a bit thicker.
I really hate test driving a car with the salesmen in the car with me. I once took a MiniS out on a test drive and gave it the beans shifting into third getting onto a motorway. The salesmen looked and said "You don't own it yet", which frankly made him lose the sale, immediately. Is there a way I can request to take a car out on my own, or in the US is there a minimum age you need to be in order to do that? Regardless, I was able to give it some guff at one point of the ride and my god there is A TON of power. I wish there was a better road I could take it on to get a feel for the ride and torque steer, but it was all shitty city traffic driving.
All in all, I think I would really like to own this car, but I'd need to drive it a few more times to find out if it's right for me. I love the looks and power, but hate that it lacks in other important-to-me areas (no sunroof, no heated seats). One thing I am sure of however, it looks ruddy fantastic in white and with dark wheels.
http://img182.imageshack.**/img182/9092/mycarmu7.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.**/img182/6568/p1010488ave6lv8pd4.jpg
Last cool thing, the salesman was a quiet but pretty cool guy. My phone rang as we were driving and he said "IS THAT A TOP GEAR RING ON YOUR PHONE!?!". That made him a lot cooler in my book. Cheers, where ever you are mate.:lol:
I went to a dealership yesterday that had a lot of great cars trying to see if they had anything for me. After sitting in an RS4 and an S8 (holy crap for crap! ), I began to cry and moved on. There was an awesome white/gold STI on the front end of the lot right as you pulled in, so I asked one of the reps immediately about it and they said it was already sold. They got it in a few days ago and someone who works there nicked it quick (I loved how they left it out though to attract attention). Anyway, I found a dark blue Infiniti G35 with black leather and fully loaded....SOLD. ....ugh, son of a bitch...
Moved on to a silver MS3 just because a lot of people raved about it when it came out. Thought I'd give you my impressions and see if you guys had any other thoughts.
http://img216.imageshack.**/img216/9402/mazdaspeed3front341xo9.jpg
I've always like the exterior looks of the MS3, but my only gripe is that it's very limited in its colour options (White, Black, Red, Girly-Blue, Charcoal). I liked how it was edgy and looked like it was coming out of it's own shell with all those bulges. On the flip side because of all these beefed up lines, it seems a bit "backwards baseball cap", a quality yob-mobile. I could see myself driving one, I really could, but the idea of "A few years down the line will I still look right in it?" started to ping in the back of my head. But hey, if I were to keep a car that long, I'd have to like it right?
http://img88.imageshack.**/img88/8601/jf07msp3interiorsx6.jpg
The interior was quite a surprise to me. Good driving position with a decent quality of materials. The seats were a woven cloth/leather mix and because of that held me like no other. The gearbox was solid like any new car, but I did notice a high pitched whine when coming to a stop and shifting into first gear. I was wondering if that a normal thing for a new car, or just how the MS3 was. Either way, it was kind of annoying as I usually shift into 1st when coming to a stop. The steering wheel and shifter had a great feel in my hands though the steering wheel could have been a bit thicker.
I really hate test driving a car with the salesmen in the car with me. I once took a MiniS out on a test drive and gave it the beans shifting into third getting onto a motorway. The salesmen looked and said "You don't own it yet", which frankly made him lose the sale, immediately. Is there a way I can request to take a car out on my own, or in the US is there a minimum age you need to be in order to do that? Regardless, I was able to give it some guff at one point of the ride and my god there is A TON of power. I wish there was a better road I could take it on to get a feel for the ride and torque steer, but it was all shitty city traffic driving.
All in all, I think I would really like to own this car, but I'd need to drive it a few more times to find out if it's right for me. I love the looks and power, but hate that it lacks in other important-to-me areas (no sunroof, no heated seats). One thing I am sure of however, it looks ruddy fantastic in white and with dark wheels.
http://img182.imageshack.**/img182/9092/mycarmu7.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.**/img182/6568/p1010488ave6lv8pd4.jpg
Last cool thing, the salesman was a quiet but pretty cool guy. My phone rang as we were driving and he said "IS THAT A TOP GEAR RING ON YOUR PHONE!?!". That made him a lot cooler in my book. Cheers, where ever you are mate.:lol: