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Old 11-11-2006, 11:53 PM
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MS3 Availability, help me out guys

My friend was seriously looking into the mazdaspeed3 until today. He went to Galpin in Lancaster and they said that each dealer is only getting 1 ms3 and that galpin alone had a waiting list of 125 people. Conveniently they had a few mazdaspeed6's available and had him try those out. imo In the end my friend will be happier with the ms3 but right now he's stuck on the 6 (lost interest in the 3 b/c of avail)

Any idea where there may be a MazdaSpeed3 for sale? I don't want him to compromise w/the 6 if he doesnt have to. Any help or advise on where to locate a ms3 would be greatly appreciated!
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Originally Posted by tiltmode43
My friend was seriously looking into the mazdaspeed3 until today. He went to Galpin in Lancaster and they said that each dealer is only getting 1 ms3 and that galpin alone had a waiting list of 125 people. Conveniently they had a few mazdaspeed6's available and had him try those out. imo In the end my friend will be happier with the ms3 but right now he's stuck on the 6 (lost interest in the 3 b/c of avail)

Any idea where there may be a MazdaSpeed3 for sale? I don't want him to compromise w/the 6 if he doesnt have to. Any help or advise on where to locate a ms3 would be greatly appreciated!
he is not going to get a ms 3 unless he is on the waiting list or willing to pay huge money over list price...

supply and demand... it sucks, but that is the way it is...

good luck..

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Old 11-12-2006, 02:35 AM
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he is not going to get a ms 3 unless he is on the waiting list or willing to pay huge money over list price...

supply and demand... it sucks, but that is the way it is...

good luck..

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bugger, I guess he's getting a ms6!

Hah, I just said bugger!
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Why not an Evo or Sti? Espicially with the markup of the MS3 your probably gonna pay close to the prices of those vehicles.
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Originally Posted by tiltmode43
My friend was seriously looking into the mazdaspeed3 until today. He went to Galpin in Lancaster and they said that each dealer is only getting 1 ms3 and that galpin alone had a waiting list of 125 people. Conveniently they had a few mazdaspeed6's available and had him try those out. imo In the end my friend will be happier with the ms3 but right now he's stuck on the 6 (lost interest in the 3 b/c of avail)

Any idea where there may be a MazdaSpeed3 for sale? I don't want him to compromise w/the 6 if he doesnt have to. Any help or advise on where to locate a ms3 would be greatly appreciated!
Galpin is bullshitting him. I just talked to the fleet manager of Almaden Mazda up in San Jose and she told me that dealers were getting anywhere from 8 to 27 (can't remember the exact numbers, but they were more than I thought) Mazdaspeed 3s from the first allocation. More allocations are coming which means that there will be more Mazdaspeed 3s available.

In my opinion, your friend should wait a few months and let the early adopters pay well over sticker for the car.
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browning mazda in cerritos has 3 for sale. supposely mazda gave it to them as a " gift ".
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Galpin is bullshitting him. I just talked to the fleet manager of Almaden Mazda up in San Jose and she told me that dealers were getting anywhere from 8 to 27 (can't remember the exact numbers, but they were more than I thought) Mazdaspeed 3s from the first allocation. More allocations are coming which means that there will be more Mazdaspeed 3s available.

In my opinion, your friend should wait a few months and let the early adopters pay well over sticker for the car.
Yeah, that was my thinking too. Its especially funny too because they claimed the ms6 only came in 2 colors - the 2 colors they had. They also said the ms6 was a faster car and would suite him better in the long run. Can't blame them though, just a dealer trying to make sales
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Buena Hills has 6 or 7? Can anyone confirm this?
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theres a few ms3's available in northern california if he's interested in coming up here.
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How do you know a car salesman is lying? His lips are moving.

They are bringing in 5k of the MS3. After then initial surge of interest they will be more available. Some dealers will believe the hype so much they will put 5k or more markups on them looking for suckers. I've seen several dealers over the years do this and some of them still had them on the lot 24 months later.
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