Congrats sir! Enjoy that Engine. I have quite a bit.

first impressions?

 

Not to knock the MS3 but I'm glad I went with the MS6.

The shape is more to my liking, the steering is more nicely weighted, it's wider/lower, and sends power to its rear wheels.

I made sure to use the cruise control on my drive back. No need to get myself in trouble with the cops the first night I had the thing.

 

I didn't think you were even thinking of the MS3 because you were so caught up with your precious (over-rated) AWD.

They told me with the MS3 that I needed to vary the RPM's and not use cruise control otherwise engine break-in is done wrong.

Congrats on your purchase either way though

 

congrats man! looks awesome!

 

car. Congrats

 

Finally!! Nice choice.. I'm sure you won't regret it the least especially when the s4's owner has to replace both blown turbos.

 

I had checked it out at some point along the way in all that test driving.

I felt the fwd cars I drove all handled "nice for fwd" but I just prefer the feel of power going to the rear wheels. But I also found each awd car feels different in how it turns in and then transitions more power to the rears. Some are nice and linear with good turn-in feel and their changing the front/rear split doesn't mess with your line mid-turn; others have mushy turn-in and then noticeably change trajectory mid-turn as the awd system decides what to do with itself. The MS6 is more like the former.

Also for winter driving (which is a very real concern what with the 104 inches of snow we got last year) I know full well that snow tires pretty much do the trick. I didn't get stuck once in the Miata with Blizzak WS-60s on it. But awd + snow tires provides that much more traction which means peace of mind for me. Added bonus, this car came with both the carpet and rubber floor mats so I have even one fewer step to getting the car ready for winter!

 

Nice choice. How many miles does it have? And how can you distinguish the MS6 from the regular Mazda 6s? I can never tell. :hs:

 

Lower front grill is a tell, i believe.

 

MS6 exhaust is also molded into the rear bumper.

nice choice man! you're gonna have to be careful on 94 from now on... damn blue boys.