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jenkins-crew 02-28-2005 06:09 PM

Ever owned a late model Mazda MX-6?
 
I owned one a few years back and still love that little car, I had the '93 V6. Will never get rid of my rotary, just wondered how many 8ers owned one previuosly.

Rez 02-28-2005 06:14 PM

My last car before the 8 was a '95 MX6 V6 in green with tan leather interior. It was fun car at the time, but the 8 is so much more interesting.

jenkins-crew 02-28-2005 06:19 PM

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I agree, I had the green too, then repainted to blue.

Whitehot 02-28-2005 06:35 PM

I actually had an '89 GT (2.2 turbocharged 4). It was pretty fun, super ugly but faster than it looked. ;) Had nice features too like the adjustable suspension damping. Got two of them from a friend for $100 as a little project; between the two I was able to put together one good one. Transmission issues brought the fun to an end, though.

dmp 02-28-2005 06:37 PM

I did - sorta...

93 Probe GT

http://www.d-mphotos.com/images/bewst.jpg

jenkins-crew 02-28-2005 06:39 PM


Originally Posted by dmp
I did - sorta...

93 Probe GT

http://www.d-mphotos.com/images/bewst.jpg


Basically the same thing :D

s13lover 02-28-2005 09:45 PM

Almost bought a green over tan leather '96 Probe GT instead of my 240SX. I couldn't stand the way it handled. I had a '84 RX-7 with a strut brace, wide tires, and tokico shocks at the time so that kinda spoiled me. But if I would have found a red over black leather MX-6 V6 I would have bought it just because I love the way the cars look.

RX8-79 02-28-2005 10:55 PM

I bought one new a few years back and love it just as much now as I did when it was new. It's definitely one of the best handling FWD cars ever made and has one of the sweetest sounding V6's ever built.

It's got 150k miles and it's still running strong, so I'm going to keep it til it dies completely.

MazdaManiac 02-28-2005 11:36 PM

I had the somewhat famous supercharged (later turbo) KL powered MX-3.
It was often described as a "mini Probe" since it was so fundamentally similar.

My neighbor still has his ''93 MX-3 in Montego Blue. It is flawless.

Reactionary 03-01-2005 05:06 AM

I remember them and liked them a lot. They competed against the Honda Prelude and Prelude Si.

jenkins-crew 03-01-2005 06:08 AM

those mx3 are light and quick with that v6 in them, I can't imagine it supercharged or tuboed :D

Reactionary 03-01-2005 06:53 AM

Both of those cars were out around '92. That MX3 had the world's smallest V6 at 1.8 liters and, if I remember, 128 HP. Recently, some morons thought I was full of shit when I told them it had a 1.8 liter V6.

jenkins-crew 03-01-2005 07:02 AM

That Would Have Been Pretty Funny To Have Been There.

My Then Wife Made Me Get Rid Of Mine Because I Had To Fix It Every One In Awhile. Don't Have To Worry About That Now Because She's Gone. I Remember Everyone That Rode In That Car Was Always Impressed. Oh The Memories.

MazdaManiac 03-01-2005 09:23 AM

I had swapped the bigger V6 from the MX-6 into mine before I supercharged it.
I switched to turbo for more power back in 2002.
My last dyno before I sold it was just a few HP short of 300.

DreRX8 03-01-2005 09:30 AM

I learned to drive stick on my friends 94 MX6. I like them--nice cars--wish development would have continued on them.

jenkins-crew 03-01-2005 11:09 AM


Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
I had swapped the bigger V6 from the MX-6 into mine before I supercharged it.
I switched to turbo for more power back in 2002.
My last dyno before I sold it was just a few HP short of 300.

So was it a sleeper, or could you tell it was fast ?

BLUE PHI RX-8 03-01-2005 05:34 PM

I had a '90 GT Black, kicked many a$$e$ while I was in Florida. Did a Supra in soo bad that 'ole boiy followed me to my house just to see what I had under the hood. He was shocked to find out I had a 2.2 Four Banger with a whistle (turbo).


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