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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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Moving to Maryland

Next month I'm moving on out to Laurel, Maryland from Lafayette, Indiana. I guess the most important information I'll need is names of the local Mazda dealers and/or rotary mechanics. Rotary specialists would be great since this area's a wasteland of Wankel knowledge.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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if i remember correctly, laurel, md is near laurel, delaware, so probably your closest mazda dealer will be in salisbury.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by lurch519
if i remember correctly, laurel, md is near laurel, delaware, so probably your closest mazda dealer will be in salisbury.
Doesn't seem to be close to Delaware:
MapQuest for Laurel, Maryland
Southwest corner of Anne Arundel county.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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you are correct, my bad. go to www.mazdausa.com and search for dealers local to that area would probably help
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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Well, which Laurel? There are two here in MD I think. One is the next city over from me. I'm in Beltsville/College Park.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by lurch519
if i remember correctly, laurel, md is near laurel, delaware, so probably your closest mazda dealer will be in salisbury.
Laurel is close to Baltimore but I am not familiar with dealers in the area. It is NO WHERE near Delaware.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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There are dealers and there are "dealers" (i.e. the ones who will rip you off) ... Check the postings of good and bad dealerships.

If you want a good haul, I would recommend Heritage-Mile One of Bel Air. Mile One has a ton of dealerships throughout the Baltimore area. I go to the one in Bel Air and their service staff is AWESOME!!!

They even call back after a service visit to see if you were satisfied. They know how to create and keep loyal customers.

Bel Air unfortunately is about 1hr from Laurel and there are quite a few dealerships closer.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 07:47 PM
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Why would anyone intentionally move to Laurel?
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
Why would anyone intentionally move to Laurel?
I didnt want to say that, but I agree with you. :D
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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^lol

cheap housing??? :D
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
Why would anyone intentionally move to Laurel?
My thoughts too? I mean I lived in College Park for 4 years (during college) and that was enough of PG county for me, and especially enough of laurel.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 08:51 PM
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well at least at college park you get quite a bit eye candy action when school's in session
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
Why would anyone intentionally move to Laurel?
Four miles to the fort from where my townhouse is.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ZoomZoomH
^lol

cheap housing??? :D
Sheesh. For cheap housing I shouldn't be moving at all. A decent mortgage plus property taxes are cheaper in Indiana than any rent I found in Maryland.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ZoomZoomH
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cheap housing??? :D
There is no such thing in the DC area. That is part of the reason I am moving to Phoenix.

Originally Posted by Cynic10508
Four miles to the fort from where my townhouse is.
If you need to be close to Fort Meade, I would suggest looking in the other direction towards Pasadena or Severna Park and Annapolis.
Laurel is, essentially, the arm pit of PG county which is the arm pit of Maryland.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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They are starting to change Laurel a little though. They just completely tore down a Apartment Complex where a lot of the low life trash came from. I have no idea what their going to do with the empty space now. And for the Mall, its worthless! I think their going to sell that and have it tore down as well.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by cas2themoe
They are starting to change Laurel a little though. They just completely tore down a Apartment Complex where a lot of the low life trash came from. I have no idea what their going to do with the empty space now. And for the Mall, its worthless! I think their going to sell that and have it tore down as well.
Funny, no one has answered your question. I will ask Heritage Mile One Mazda of Bel Air whom they would recommend and get back to you.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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Funny, no one has answered your question. I will ask Heritage Mile One Mazda of Bel Air whom they would recommend and get back to you.
Much appreciated.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
If you need to be close to Fort Meade, I would suggest looking in the other direction towards Pasadena or Severna Park and Annapolis.
Laurel is, essentially, the arm pit of PG county which is the arm pit of Maryland.
I'm still in Anne Arundel county instead of Prince George's. I found a pretty even distribution of dumps and nice places in the 13 apartments I saw. Elkridge, Glen Burnie, Odenton, Crofton, Piney Orchard, Laurel...
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:44 PM
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I use Congressional Mazda in Rockville MD, about 10 miles from Laurel. They have been very good to my RX8 everytime I brought it in. Stay away from Darcars Mazda in Silver Spring (6 miles from Laurel). Their service department sucks. I live about 1/4 mile from them but I would rather drive the miles to Congressional.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kwolfman
I use Congressional Mazda in Rockville MD, about 10 miles from Laurel. They have been very good to my RX8 everytime I brought it in. Stay away from Darcars Mazda in Silver Spring (6 miles from Laurel). Their service department sucks. I live about 1/4 mile from them but I would rather drive the miles to Congressional.
I'll agree with that. Darcars sucks bad! I had to get the Vice President in there one day.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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DarCars does suck.
Congressional is good.
Gaithersburg Mazda is good.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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you'll be living close to me. i live right near the base. Rich Morton Mazda in Pasadena and Fitzgerald Mazda down in Annapolis are the ones i go to. hit me up when you get here...we will be neighbors after all :D
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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I'd suggest Rich Morton Mazda see Frank Titus ... a straight shooter.

Never heard anything good about DarCars service. I had poor experiences with Russell on RT40 with my 7 ... one of the reasons I purchased from Rich Morton.

If you're at Fort Meade, you should consider Columbia.

Welcome to the area.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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Yeah, I also go to Fitzgerald Mazda. They've been the best service department that I've had so far. I live in Annapolis, so it's pretty convenient.
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