Thanks Jalops!

"nostradimas" (nostradimas1) 07/27/2015 at 12:39 • Filed to: None

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Took delivery of a 2015 Mazda 3i Touring (2.0, 6AT) a couple of days ago. Knock on wood but I love almost everything about it so far, thank you for your help in choosing between this car and the competition!

Let me know if you have any questions about the car, or want me to compare it to my last car (2012 Accord LX-P).

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 12:41

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How many times better is it than the accord

EL_ULY > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 12:45

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whoooo congrats!!!!!

bob and john > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 12:46

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y replacing the honda after only 3 years?

Margin Of Error > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 12:50

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Such a nice car with a soul and a proper racing DNA, a rare thing nowadays, enjoy !

nostradimas > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/27/2015 at 13:00

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Exponentially

Just kidding. The Accord, although everyone said that the 8th generation was where they dropped the ball, was a great car. Great hydraulic steering, great double wishbone suspension, but was just too damn big for it’s own good (and for my city usage). It also desperately needed a better transmission because although the power was there it really had a hard time finding the right powerband after a day of driving slowly, so for instance if you drove like a grandma all day and then traffic clears up and you realize you just spend 40 minutes traveling at 5 MPH on an expressway because everyone stopped to stare at a minor fender bender and your blood pressure rises at an unhealthy rate and you floor the accelerator expecting warpspeed.gif but instead it stays in the same damn gear and brings you all the way up the rev range until 10 minutes later it realizes “Wait this guy is in a hurry maybe I should shift faster” and does something about it. Which was obviously where a manual would be better but a manual in a 195 inch long car in New York City without a backup camera is like an amplified feeling of what every one of your nerve endings would experience during an act of seppuku.

The Mazda 6AT is incredible and makes me not jealous of manual owners, it handles like I’m driving a goddamned lint roller over a sweater, with the only downside being that the difference between double wishbones and struts being evident when driving in a spirited *ahem* manner over potholes in corners. People complain about road noise in this car and I just don’t see what they’re complaining about, it’s quieter than a 2013 G37x and it’s quieter than my Accord was. The infotainment system is incredible. The car is not cramped at all. I mean I drive this thing and think “how much better does it really get, and is something that costs 4x more really 4x better?” Oh and 155 Hp is enough in everything but a drag race, especially when I drove from East Long Island to Brooklyn at 4 PM with half the trip spent crawling along the Belt Parkway and still got 37.5 mpg with all the creature comforts I could ask for (42.5 mpg is my usual number without traffic along a highway, and trust and believe me I’m not hypermiling).

I guess the most important thing is that for the first time in my life, I look back at my car, shining in Red, and smile.

nostradimas > Margin Of Error 07/27/2015 at 13:03

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Thank you!

nostradimas > bob and john 07/27/2015 at 13:03

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Lease

nostradimas > EL_ULY 07/27/2015 at 13:03

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Thanks! I’m overjoyed

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 13:04

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“I guess the most important thing is that for the first time in my life, I look back at my car, shining in Red, and smile.”

Second, third, fourth and fifth this.

nostradimas > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 13:07

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I also can’t help but think that Mazda buyers in 2015 are feeling the same feels that Honda buyers in 1991 felt. Not that I know, I wasn’t even an action potential in my parents’ brains yet.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 13:46

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I only have one question. Why not the hatchback?

nostradimas > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 07/27/2015 at 13:54

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A. Usually I would overwhelmingly want a hatchback but in this case I found the sedan very handsome, especially with the lip spoiler that came on it. I would even say I like the sedan look more than the hatchback.

B. The lease rates on the Hatchbacks were nowhere near comparable to Sedan rates; they were much (think $40 a month) higher. This is probably due to depreciation of the hatchback being a little higher than the sedan because American buyers prefer sedans, although that’s just my hypothesis.

C. I drove both and found the rearward visibility of the sedan slightly better (this is entirely subjective).

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > nostradimas 07/27/2015 at 14:00

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I can’t argue that the sedan is a nice looking car. I’ve always just been partial to hatches, especially since I used to have a 3 hatch.

The $40 a month is a pretty big difference, with that I'd probably go with the sedan too. Probably the only thing I'd miss (and do on my sedan) is the lack of rear windshield wiper. They should be standard on every vehicle.

nostradimas > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 07/27/2015 at 14:05

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Agreed on the rear windshield, but I’ve noticed that at speed a sedan designed with aerodynamics in mind (which they basically are now because of CAFE regulations) has a certain slant in the rear windshield that is conducive to rain just beading down and flowing down, making a rear windshield wiper less of a necessity than it is on a hatch (which would presumably have a more upright rear windshield).

But yeah overwhelmingly it was the money factor that lured me into a sedan.