Mazdaspeed 3 first impressions
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Does stable mean accurate and linear?
Or pushing like a rudderless barge?
You're still asking the front tires to do a large share of the work.
And yes, having grown up around RWD & AWD cars, I freely admit to my bias.
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I know it's unreasonable to expect RWD or AWD at this price point.. but I'm not really knocked out by the concept.
:shrug:
Or pushing like a rudderless barge?
You're still asking the front tires to do a large share of the work.
And yes, having grown up around RWD & AWD cars, I freely admit to my bias.
h:I know it's unreasonable to expect RWD or AWD at this price point.. but I'm not really knocked out by the concept.
:shrug:
You should take one out for a spin dude. By the way you drive an Integra
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Nice, thanks for the review and the pic. Take more pics in better lighting if you get the chance. I really want to drive one.
About the FWD vs RWD vs AWD argument, I agree that there's too much hate. :happysad: I used to think, "man, FWD sucks, I'm staying away from it from now 'til infinity!" But now that I have 2 RWD cars, have driven my brother's previous WRX and his gf's Forester, and heck, even ridden a RWD bike, I can honestly say that FWD still has it's place. I miss driving my civic sometimes, broken piece of crap that it is. h:
A fun car is a fun car. It doesn't have to have 50/50 weight distribution and produce excellent numbers at VIR to put a smile on your face.
About the FWD vs RWD vs AWD argument, I agree that there's too much hate. :happysad: I used to think, "man, FWD sucks, I'm staying away from it from now 'til infinity!" But now that I have 2 RWD cars, have driven my brother's previous WRX and his gf's Forester, and heck, even ridden a RWD bike
, I can honestly say that FWD still has it's place. I miss driving my civic sometimes, broken piece of crap that it is. h:A fun car is a fun car. It doesn't have to have 50/50 weight distribution and produce excellent numbers at VIR to put a smile on your face.
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Oh, and Mammoth > Hood. :rick:
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Nice, thanks for the review and the pic. Take more pics in better lighting if you get the chance. I really want to drive one.
About the FWD vs RWD vs AWD argument, I agree that there's too much hate. :happysad: I used to think, "man, FWD sucks, I'm staying away from it from now 'til infinity!" But now that I have 2 RWD cars, have driven my brother's previous WRX and his gf's Forester, and heck, even ridden a RWD bike, I can honestly say that FWD still has it's place. I miss driving my civic sometimes, broken piece of crap that it is. h:
A fun car is a fun car. It doesn't have to have 50/50 weight distribution and produce excellent numbers at VIR to put a smile on your face.
About the FWD vs RWD vs AWD argument, I agree that there's too much hate. :happysad: I used to think, "man, FWD sucks, I'm staying away from it from now 'til infinity!" But now that I have 2 RWD cars, have driven my brother's previous WRX and his gf's Forester, and heck, even ridden a RWD bike
, I can honestly say that FWD still has it's place. I miss driving my civic sometimes, broken piece of crap that it is. h:A fun car is a fun car. It doesn't have to have 50/50 weight distribution and produce excellent numbers at VIR to put a smile on your face.
A car's greatness isn't measured by it's drive wheels.
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It handled like it was on rails. The LSD and the wider tires probably had a lot to do with it. However I didn't really kick the car's ass because it's fresh off the lot so I don't know how it would react under more extreme conditions.
You should take one out for a spin dude.
You should take one out for a spin dude.
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... By the way you drive an Integra
At least my motor is weak enough to not overtax the chassis.
h:[Wait, that didn't come out right...:0 ]
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