Thread: Missus' new car

BTW this is an upgrade for us .. from our current Soul Red 2013 (2014MY) Mazda3 2.0l Touring.
The side profile is little changed, the tail lights and grille/headlights are different. Obviously interior different too, and a sunroof.
We aren't going to tell family etc and we'll just see how long it takes anyone to notice

Originally Posted by Homestar

I think Mazda have the best line up of colours too, bar none - great cars and great looking cars. 👍

I disagree on this.

Sure there are some nice colours - the Soul Red being the standout.
But like many manufacturers these days there are numerous shades of grey, white, black and a blue, of sorts.

I'd like to see a slightly bigger range of colours akin to the Soul Red - a nice green, a nice blue, etc

And the Astina comes standard with largely black interior but white seats. SO white they'll get dirty just by looking at 'em sideways....
The models below the Astina are all black interiors - quite oppressive.

So we were fortunate in that we managed to negotiate for the dealer to get the ordinarily white parts (seats, part of the door trims, part of the dash) retrimmed after-market in tan.
I reckon it'll look much classier / more premium and will certainly be ONE of a kind

Bloody hope so anyway !

About a year before we left Japan we bought a (second generation) Mazda Premacy. Really nice car. When it was time to move we asked the dealer if it would be covered by the warranty in our new country and they said no, but don't worry about it because nothing will go wrong, so just take it. So we took a punt and it went on a long trip by ship to our new home and then later on another long boat ride to Australia. About 12 years and 140,000 kms later it was written off by a Hilux but in the interim it had only ever required service items, and the only glitch was with one door and the keyless central locking, which my wife and kids never bothered to get fixed. So, they are definitely reliable.

When asking around, as you do prior to purchasing, that is about the general opinion of all we asked.

Lift the bonnet & notice how well details are prepared & safeguards taken, pipes, hoses & electrical cables run etc etc (unlike the D1 ) certainly instilled confidence in my Virgo brain.

Internally, the finish is as good as under the bonnet. It wasn't all the geegaws that sold it.