by "mazda616" (mazda616)
Published 01/09/2017 at 14:02
by "mazda616" (mazda616)
Published 01/09/2017 at 14:02
Tags: Mazda
STARS: 3
A late-’90s/early-00s Mazda 626 and my (extremely dirty) 2016 6.
Big changes. Just thought it was interesting to see my car and its older predecessor side-by-side.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/09/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 0
Mazda is killing it with their design right now.
"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
01/09/2017 at 14:13, STARS: 1
Just think about the fact that the amount of time between those cars is enough to have had a child and for that child to have had a child that’s now playing with cars.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
01/09/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 3
Everyone always gives the Camry shit for being boring, but those 626s were rolling anesthesia. Especially the 4-cylinder.
"mazda616" (mazda616)
01/09/2017 at 14:25, STARS: 0
An 18-year-old having a 2 or so year old means awfully young parents...ha.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
01/09/2017 at 14:32, STARS: 0
"AMC/Renauledge" (n2skylark)
01/09/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 0
I sold them back in the day and you’re not joking. The most exciting thing about it was the “swing” button on the dash that made the vents automatically slide side-to-side like a stand-up fan.
"marshknute" (marshknute)
01/09/2017 at 14:48, STARS: 2
Uh, you mean Mazda started actually designing the exterior in the first place.
"J_P_Cars10s" (jpcars10s)
01/09/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 1
I became a jalop driving a 98 626 4cyl 5 speed. 30 mpg at 80 and super tossable on gravel roads. Lift off oversteer for days! And I changed my swing button to say “swag.”
I’d take one over a period Camry or Accord any day.
"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
01/09/2017 at 16:04, STARS: 0
Normal in my area, most people are grandparents by the time they’re in their early 40s.
"mazda616" (mazda616)
01/09/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 2
Yikes. I’m about to have my first (hopefully only) kid and I’m 27. Mom was 29 when she had me. No thanks to that early parenthood stuff.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
01/09/2017 at 19:23, STARS: 0
I worked for a rental car company in the late 90's-early 2000's (rhymes with schmertz) and our fleet was flooded with 626's. I drove many of them and they were comfortable enough but just not fun in any way. They were all automatics, so the 5-speed probably helped you out there. But they were SOOOOOOOO SLOW with the auto. Having driven the Camry from the same period along with the Contour/Mystique, Malibu, Alero/Grand Am, Stratus/Cirrus/Sebring, Galant, Sonata, Leganza, Altima, and Legacy, the only cars of that group that I’d take the 626 instead of would probably be the Galant (hateful, hateful car) and the Leganza.