zoom44

When i took a tripto Georgia few years ago we rented 5. liked it so much we own one now. Seems more and more people are finding this great little people mover

http://www.torquenews.com/108/mazda5...-sales-figures

May sales are down 20% overall from last year but they are still up 5% for the year

nycgps

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Everybody is slow, not just Mazda.

Economy is going down and everybody knows it.

woohoo ! might be a good time to see if I should swap my father's cx-7

MattMPS

Sales of Mazda are down here in EU too....old products (good products BTW, but the market is addicted to new models) , tsunami and strong yen plays against Mazda Motor Europe.


Skyactiv maybe will change the things.....

ASH8

well..Mazda supply has been an issue, sales are down here also...stopped MA's record run..

Will they bounce back here, mmm, don't know, Aussie economy slipped into negative growth for the first time in 20 years, one more quarter and we will be in recession with the rest of you guys.

Yes Matt, Mazda needs to pull their finger out, the SKY roll-out should be accelerated, they can not afford to lose more ground..Koreans are killing them.

ASH8

Yeah, something is about to give...again...and big time IMO.

You guys need to get going the world is really holding their breath about the USA.?

kvndoom

Heh, we are open to suggestions!

ASH8

Believe it or not but you are on the correct path now your dollar is not so strong anymore, it is just you (Joe public) gets literally F***ed as imports cost WAY more.

The "idea" is to bring back manufacturing to the US, after much was sold off or transferred to cheap labour countries.

Whether it will work is another guess, but, it usually takes many many years...do you have the patience???

Roidz

First negative GDP growth in 20 years? Really? Wow, that's great.

nycgps

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honestly, we should be in negative too but nooooo they just pump as much greenbacks as they can everyday to make this a long and even MORE painful death ...

nycgps

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<------------this guy is trying to get the compression tester directly from Japan ...

ASH8

lol....I got mine Jackson..brand new factory CT..You?

Was looking at getting another genuine plug adaptor so one can CT both rotors at the same time..BUT, this small adaptor part is only $500!!

monchie

If the economy improves in the near future, vehicle sales will rise and the housing market should improve as well. For now, it is a very steep climb from the truth. Were not even at the middle of the climb and people are still losing jobs, their home, etc. I hope, this is all just a dream, but in reality, it is not.

ASH8

Yes mate...as we have talked about before...it devalues your currency and helps Australia!!!..

At the mo the Aussie Dollar is worth 7% more than the US...Importers here and us little people have never had it so good importing!...

Plus, China wants our rocks and dirt (Coal,Iron, Gold, Silver, Yellow Cake,Bauxite)...

My state has the worlds largest deposits of Uranium.

So when you have something that others want (China)... well we boom...

Once they slow down or stop we will be in the ****...so to speak!

ASH8

This just in....

The Nissan Leaf was recently named the World Car of the Year, but that doesn't seem to be helping sales in the United States.

According to Automotive News, the company has slashed their original sales projection of 20,000 units to just 10,000 to 12,000 units for 2011. Nissan declined to cite a reason for the move, but the Japanese earthquake has disrupted vehicle production. However, there's also the possibility that consumers aren't ready to accept a 100 mile (161 km) range.

Regardless, it has to be a little discouraging when fuel prices are near all-time highs but only 46 percent of consumers who reserved a car are actually taking delivery.


http://www.worldcarfans.com/11106033...bust-in-the-us

zoom44

patience

ASH8

Ar AR AR ARR ARR..

nycgps

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I found the company which makes these CTs, I spoke to the manager there, he barely speaks English, but its cool.

I asked him to get one ready cuz it's a per-order basics + I'm waiting for my funds to come (long story), he should have it by now and I should have my $$$ ready some time next week or next next week (I spent so much money last 2 months jesus, engine, 2 Mazdaspeed seats from Japan, etc ...)

it will not say "MAZDA COMPRESSION TESTER" on it, but it works exactly the same, the newest version from these guys also can test piston engines, but the plugs sold separately (another 300 bux)

I mean if Knight Sports, Fujita Engineering, and all other Japanese top tuning companies use this, I'm sure it will work just fine. best part about this is ----- it cost 1/3 almost 1/2 less than Mazda's "version" so I'm happy.

Don't worry man, when the time comes (slowing down), grab your money and move somewhere else

I reserved the car last April, but then I canceled it couple months later.

why ?

At that time, there was only 1 charging station in the whole New York City (all 5 boros), its actually in Long Island, not even in NYC. another problem was they won't even sell the car to NYC until sometime LATE this year. So I was like f- this, got my 99 bux back, went out and bought myself a Mazda 3 (great car btw)

Now it has about 8 or 10 Charging station in the City, but it cost money, 98 bux a month unlimited charging. if it's a taxi it's really worth it. I know I pay more for gas than that amount even now but ... I really won't use it that much.

Another problem is I can't go too far with EV (like Leaf), Just last week I went to Lime Rock, to Jersey, back to Woodbury, then head home. 400 something miles. Late last year, I drove my Mazda3 to Boston, 4 hours drive. those are totally not possible with Leaf.

once they have more charging station this will pick up fast. but for now ... nope

ASH8

You are lucky KOWA SEIKI CO., LTD. understood you..

Yep, that is the issue with the Leaf...100 miles is NO GOOD...

BTW, I am amost broke after getting my new MX-5..

nycgps

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haha ----------- it's not really Kowa Seiki, when I get it u will know what I mean



I'm totally broke not even funny, about to sleep in my car ... I hate you Mazda ! I am broke cuz of youuuuUUUUU !