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"Jonee" (Jonee) 08/19/2015 at 14:45 • Filed to: None

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Holy cow I love this car. Incredibly underrated. The torque steer is kind of nuts on these old turbo Mazdas, but they’re so much fun. And it’s brown. And a stick. And it has the oscillating vents. And look at that interior. Must resist.

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nerd_racing > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 14:56

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IF you are in the market I would buy that right now! Love it.

dogisbadob > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 15:03

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NP

Takuro Spirit > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 15:03

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Just..... y’know.

Jonee > nerd_racing 08/19/2015 at 15:09

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I was looking hard for a good one of these a few months ago, but then went in another direction. Now I’m thinking I might be back in the market.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 15:13

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I dunno, I feel like I could get this guy running for less than a hundred bucks, and I could probably negotiate him down a bit lower

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/517406…

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 15:21

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Gimme dat! That’s MY CAR

Jonee > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/19/2015 at 15:39

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And that color is unique.

someassemblyrequired > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 15:49

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Resistance only saves $1850 but costs a lifetime of regret.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 16:18

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And those things will run forever, I mean..I told the wife we should buy it her only complaint was “where would we put it”

Nauraushaun > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 19:37

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Oscillating vents? The cabin vents rotate?

Some of these have dual b-pillar and flippy lights. The want, oh lord the want.

Oh golly the awesomes

Nauraushaun > Nauraushaun 08/19/2015 at 19:37

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And...and they came with a turbo rotary if memory serves....

Actually, yours is a 626, this is a 929/Cosmo. How many big coupes can Mazda make? Awesome regardless.

Jonee > Nauraushaun 08/19/2015 at 21:26

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The slats would swing.

Those quad flip up headlights are truly epic as is that interior.

I really dig those Mazdas from that era. My favorite variation is the 626 5-door which also came in GT turbo form.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > Jonee 08/19/2015 at 23:03

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wantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwant...

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/20/2015 at 15:49

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Adjustable shocks FTW!!! And that brown interior is truly epic, nice seats. I’m pretty sure we never got that Turbo over here. Are you sorry about getting that 100NX now?

Amoore100 > Jonee 08/20/2015 at 22:42

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Good lord, this is like super close to my grandparents’ house in Lompoc, CA...not sure if that signifies anything...if I was in the market for one of these it would likely be home by now...

Jonee > Amoore100 08/20/2015 at 23:40

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I’m in L.A., so it’s a couple hours away. I may need one of them to check it out for me. I assume they can drive a stick.

Amoore100 > Jonee 08/20/2015 at 23:58

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My grandfather for sure, not my grandmother although she says she’s always wanted to...unfortunately I’m not in too close contact with them otherwise that might be more plausible... :(

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/21/2015 at 01:10

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I know, they thought of everything with this car. Adjustable suspension, those moving air vents, the freaking wheels. I love my NX, but if this had been for sale then, I would have bought this. I do really like these cars. And the brown inside and out makes my heart melt. The turbo has that fun 80’s lag and when it kicks in, these things really fly. And they try to rip the steering wheel out of your hands. It’s an absolute blast. My real favorite, though, is the 5-door hatchback version. It’s like a Japanese Saab.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/21/2015 at 05:17

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I understand totally. A friend of my brother had a Japanese Turbo’d sedan when I was 16.

Even older, I think it was an ‘82. Turbo lag and torque-steer all over the place. Only available in black or white IIRC.

It just didn’t look good, back then at least. Nowadays I do find it looks awesome.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/21/2015 at 15:30

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That is a sweet little car. I wasn’t a fan of them at the time, either, but I’ve really come to appreciate them now. Great use of speed tech in small, economical packages. They were inspired by Europeans, but managed to make cars that were cheap and reliable in that typical Japanese fashion. What I like about those Mazdas is how they added just a dash of class.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/21/2015 at 16:59

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Quite indeed: Mazda added class, Honda added technological refinement. When I just got my driver’s license I drove a lot in the 5th gen Civic with it’s 130hp D16Z9. That was one wicked car. Never understand why it was that short lived: only 4 years! I’m a Honda man. But the 1st gen MX5 is one of the best buys a man can do nowadays!

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/22/2015 at 02:49

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I had an Acura Integra after I graduated high school. That was really good car for the time. I think that’s the only modern Honda I’ve had. I was young and treated it poorly and it withstood everything. Yeah, that Civic was pretty great. My niece actually had one. I think it was the last cool Civic until the newest one. And the MX-5 is definitely deserving of its status. If you’ve ever driven one, you can’t hate it. Just about perfect for it’s trying to pull off. It’s getting hard to find a nice one, though, so there’s a premium for unmolested ones.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/22/2015 at 15:07

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An Acura Integra Type-R? God those were amazing. White I presume?

That ‘ESI’ (with it’s 130hp 1.6) truly was great. I could only imagine how that VTI (with it’s 160hp VTEC engine) would have been. I wasn’t really experienced back then of course but I could tell it gave one pleasure. And speed.

The MX5 is the same: you could beat it and it probably still would run after 300k miles. And it’s weight and RWD make it pretty joyful. I only drove the 1st gen and the 3rd gen but the 1st gen is the one I remember and that probably says it all...

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/23/2015 at 02:10

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It was not a type R, no. I was just a teenager and didn’t know any better. I’m not even sure the R was available here, yet, at that time. Still a great car, though.

Yeah, I’ve only driven the first gen MX and it sure was fun. I don’t know how you’d improve on it, really. I guess it could use more horsepower if you’re into that, but it seemed powerful enough to me for what it was and how it was meant to be driven.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/23/2015 at 12:23

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The Type-R was the only one we got at first! Only available in white, red or black. Or maybe that very first in white only!

There were those Monster Miata-conversions putting in a Ford 5.0 V8. Ton Roks, the guy I know with that car magazine told me that one was nuts. All balance of the car was gone. Hard to beat on a straight though.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/23/2015 at 13:52

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That’s interesting you only got the R. A pretty good introduction to that car. Mine was a ‘91 second gen and it looks like we first got the R in ‘92, so I just missed. They’re quite rare here. They didn’t import very many so they’re quite valuable now.

Yeah, a V8 would definitely put the Miata out of whack. You’d have to out some cement in the trunk to balance it out.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/23/2015 at 16:09

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Well, actually we received that first gen 5-door AV-series halfway the ‘80’s. And then for a while there was no Integra. Until, in 1993, Honda took it’s 3rd gen little coupé type-R in white and surprised us with that screaming (over 8k rpm!!!!) white pocket rocket.

Haha, there we go again: the story of my friend’s Renault R18 with it’s cement floor in the back!!!

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/24/2015 at 04:16

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That 5-door was pretty popular here, but it wasn’t a particularly interesting car mechanically. You still see the third gen ones all over the place. Very popular among the Japanese car crowd. They are so many of them, they’re fairly cheap, I guess.

They used to put bags of cement in the back of AMC Gremlins in the dealership back in the day to make them look right. Since they cut the trunk off a Hornet to make it, there was no weight back there to make it sit down. Also helped with traction, obviously. The ones with a V8 would spin and spin the tires.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/24/2015 at 13:35

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Spinning and spinning was what my F150 tended to do all the time as well, especially in the wet. That car truly had no electronic aids. A speed delimiter, that’s it.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/25/2015 at 04:24

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Well, you’re supposed to have a bunch in the gravel in the back and be towing a boat. Of course, almost no one in America does that with their truck, but they could if they wanted to. What year was it again?

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/25/2015 at 08:28

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2006 FX4 super crew cab. Silver with 20” Ford OEM wheels. Only thing I had in the back were those LPG-tanks ;-)

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/25/2015 at 15:42

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That is a huge truck. That was around the last one that actually looks good. The huge grilles they stick on them now are absurd.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/25/2015 at 16:05

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And getting it in Silver was a wise decision as well. In black it’s way too ‘bad-ass’, agressive. There are few cars I would get in silver.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/26/2015 at 03:40

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I don’t go for silver, either, especially on new cars. But, I’m always surprised at how many older cars I actually do like in silver. Like, this looks sharp.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/26/2015 at 04:06

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Certainly does, but for a French car I’d prefer blue. Always. Or is this the Mexican ?

Old Porsches/Mercedi are great in Silver. But once in a while an Italian comes along and proves me wrong for keeping Silver for the Teutonic ones.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/26/2015 at 04:25

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That is a Mexican Dinalpin so it doesn’t have to be blue.

Ah, yeah, that Bertone looks great in silver. It’s interesting that both BMW and Honda kind of took aspects of that car.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/26/2015 at 09:02

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Well, once in a while I just have to watch the Bertone 250 GT SWB as it’s one of the best looking cars ever. Even in silver. Which actually is the best color for it I suppose. It needs yellow lenses though.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/26/2015 at 14:09

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How many were built? I’ve only seen the silver and blue. That’s one car that might not work in orange.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/26/2015 at 16:23

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I think 2 were built. One was for Nuccio him self. You’r totally right about that orange, I don’t even think red would suit it.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/27/2015 at 01:12

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Red might be a bit much, but it could work with that swoop. The silver one is nicer than the blue one. It needs a dignified color.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/27/2015 at 04:26

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Red could only work if it’s that old Ferrari-rosso (‘Mugello’ recently). Like with this mother of all Barchettas:

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/28/2015 at 01:40

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Yeah, exactly. Not an in your face red. A deeper, classy red. The lines on the front of that little car are so nice.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/28/2015 at 04:56

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That’s my all-time favorite Maranello-car. Next to that 308 GTS of course. In in-your-face-red.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/28/2015 at 17:36

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The 308 is an in-your-face car. It’s a better Maranello than this?

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/28/2015 at 18:04

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It can never be better than that. It’s got such a happy face!

What’s that Outslipp all about?

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/29/2015 at 15:01

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He does look very happy.

Looks like it’s “ utslipp ” which is Norwegian for “emissions.” So, I think it’s electric and it’s saying “0 Emissions.”

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/30/2015 at 03:30

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It even has suïcide doors!!!!

Nice explanation. Norwegian seems pretty alike to Dutch, we call it “Uitstoot”.

Jonee > Jobjoris 08/31/2015 at 00:16

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Oh yeah. I didn’t even notice the suicide doors. That’s old school microcar.

I’m not positive it’s the same Maranello, but it is Italian although their website is no more, so it’s probably not in production any more.

Interesting. I wonder if the English word “soot” is related somehow.

Jobjoris > Jonee 08/31/2015 at 04:06

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How many Maranellos do you think there are? I’ve been there and it was nice. Sant’Agata Bolognese was more epic though.

“Soot” is “roet” over here. And we combine “roet” and “uitstoot” all the time!