Ok first of all I am a Mazda loyalist and since I also evidently like Nissan products maybe a loyalist there as well. There are cars of both ilk even in the same family lines that just don't jive, but ultimately it comes down to the way you feel in a car. I liked the Millenia's ride over the ES 300, the size over the 3 series and the insurance cost over both of them, and have had the car since it came off the truck in June of 94. Mazda to me is following and being safe to a degree although that may be changing in the last year or so. They dragged their feet in making the MP3 competitive. The 6 seems to be out the box competitive, but so was the Millenia when first released. he difference I think that Mazda has learned is the advertising. Who doesn't know the Zoom Zoom song. I haven't driven the 6 yet but **** I know when I hear that Music one of the 3 cars I am going to see. By the way you will like or dislike the new 3 or the Ford Focus because they are both going to be built on the same platform as is I believe the 6 and the new Taurus replacement. By the way the 6's engine I think I read is quite close to the 3 liter duratec that Ford builds. Yes, in an age where all the companies share either above board or below, many cars are going to have similarities.
Marcus
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95 Millenia w/ J-spec cams, 64 mm TB, UOR pulley, Outlaw Engineering phenolic IM spacers, NGK wires, J/K Autosports CAI, Custom Magnaflow 2.5 inch catback exhaust, Magnaflow 2.5/18 in Free Flow Cat, Eibach springs, J-spec rear sway bar, Hayden 678 tranny cooler, Goodridge SS Braided Brake Lines, KVR crossdrilled rotors, Porterfield Carbon Fiber Pads, Painted Ford Blue calipers, Centerline Impulse Rims, 225/45/17 Toyo T1S tires, and 35% tint. Alpine Head Unit. Pioneer 6x9 in rear deck. !2 in Infinity Sub/ w Bazooka Amp
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03 Protege 5 w/E-bay CAI, Magnaflow 2.25 in catback exhaust, Konig Holes Rims, 205/40/17 Toyo Proxes 4, and 35% tint, Eibach springs on the rear and the fronts waiting for a warm day to install. http://members.cardomain.com/maceyblue
Give me suggestions to what you think next performance mod ought to be.
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