Too close to home this one.

 

 

sonic haz da best memez. you need to photoshop keck in the catless one tho

 

If you've ever driven a all original RX-3 or even a mildly modified one, and Series 1 Mazda 3 with the 2.3L and a manual trans.... The Mazda 3 absolutely ***** all over the RX-3 to drive.

 

I mean, an Ecoboost Mustang of today drives better and is faster than a 67 Mustang GT, but that doesn't make the classic Mustang less valuable or desirable.

That said, 1st Gen Mazda3 was pretty nice at the time. It drives decently well for a family car of that age, and it was the fastest Japanese compact/A-Class car that's not a hot hatch at the time. The 2.3 MZR is at least not as anemic as the 1.7 and 1.8 engines Toyota and Honda used at the time. The downside is that it's not as great on gas.

 

A Loaded 04' Manual 2.3 Mazda 3 in winning blue was actually the car i learned to drive in, and when my mom had bought it was when I sat in my first RX-8 at the Mazda dealer at Don Miller Mazda in Madison Wi.. It was a Red 04 Exactly identical to the one I currently own.

I often am looking for the right deal on a clean Mazda 3 or Mazda 6 Wagon to match my RX-8 for Nostalgic purposes.

 

 

Stole this from another site.

 

 

 

 

 

Too funny - this makes me laugh (and hold on to your ICE ICE cars):

• Euro 7 is currently under development for a 2025 roll-out across the European Union. Described as a de facto ban on fossil-fuel automobiles, Euro 7 is complemented stateside by ever-stringent CAFE regulations. The US Environmental Protection Agency is targeting 40 miles to the gallon (5.9 liters per 100 kilometers) by 2026, which is an extremely tall order in the U.S.A., given that utility vehicles and pickup trucks are in high demand.

 

WB dash cracked, LY not, last I checked, knock on wood.

 

 

 

 

 

That cat never gets old...

 

 

Far better than a scissor jack.

I got my old Monza off a railroad track very quickly by jacking it up high in the air and shoving it off sideways.

 

You're old.

Me too.

Jacking up a 4000 lb full-size 1979 Olds station wagon (with faux wood paneling) with those was equal parts sketchy and scary.
Later frame jacks were much better:


But I still managed to dump my '82 Olds 88 off that too...

 

Pfft! Why wait until World War III to play that game? I've been doing it for decades for no good reason!

This is from 2014. Note it's still running.


Only time I've ever lost was in a Chevy S-10. Early ones had defective gas gauges that showed 1/8 tank at empty...