Need advice-Shinka Special
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Need advice-Shinka Special
Looking for some wisdom from all you out there in RX land about the purchase of a 2006 Shinka special edition coupe. Copper Red beauty with 16,000 miles on it offered at a non mazda dealer (via a trade in) for $17,000. Does this sound like a fair price? Sounds like a lot of improvements have been made leading up to the 2006 models. How does it handle winter driving? Will principly be used for dailey highway commute of 60 miles round trip and evening appointments traveling 30-60 miles round trip. Would appreciate everyones advice.
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To answer the winter driving question. They do great if you have the right tires on. I keep a set of blizzaks on 17X7" rims for winter driving. I’ve gone through many snow storms without a slip. Including one that we counted over 100 cars/trucks in the ditch over a 75 mile stretch.
It’s not likely you have the original tires on the car at 13K but make sure what you have is rated for snow (if you get any).
It’s not likely you have the original tires on the car at 13K but make sure what you have is rated for snow (if you get any).
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Original Dunlop summer tires still have plenty of wear left . 18 inch rims. Looking to get another set of rims and snow tires. Can they be 17 inch or must they be 18?
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They actually should be 17" for dedicated snow tire in Winter use. The 17's are less expensive (just get steel; no point in really nice rims in sand/salt/snow) and they facilitate a taller tire sidewall, which is what you want for snow driving.
Actually Black Cherry Mica.
The '09 Mazda6 comes in Black Cherry Metallic.
Actually Black Cherry Mica.
The '09 Mazda6 comes in Black Cherry Metallic.
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I looked at one yesterday that is for sale kinda local. They wanted 16,---.00 3-,--- miles looked nice and rode nice but I thought the price was kinda high. esp since they didnt have any records.
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For winter shoes I went with the 17x7 rims. The taller sidwall helps and the narrower the tire the better it can cut through snow. You can't get smalller than 17"'s on though (look at my photo album for an example).
I'm not sure where you're located but the tire section of the board has some great discussions about what to get.
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