Hi, I'm juxt3r. Call me jux. All of my online car friends have since '99.
I currently have a nicely modded '90 Miata. Yes, she's old enough to vote AND drink! There's a single photo in my profile here if you want to check 'er out. I've had this car longer than most of my previous cars, chalking up about six years together. At just over 222,222 miles (turned that a couple of weeks ago), she's due for a driveline swap. That'll be happening in a few months if all goes to plan.
I am somewhat in the market for a daily on the cheap. I've been looking for candidates in the used market, like fairly typical WRXs and Mazdaspeed3s, along with some atypical numbers, like the Kizashi, TL, TSX and a few others.
At the most recent auto show to roll through town, a few buddies and I were drawn to the RS on display, and since I've never had a new car, here I am...reading away.
After a couple of weeks of dawdling about, we finally found a stick shift locally that was available to test drive...and we did. Sadly, the drive didn't allow much for testing anything aside from the right blinker and acceleration up to 40mph.
Regardless, I liked what was on offer. Aside from the complete lack of cd player, the list of "standard options" on the RS is just ridiculously large. The dealer I test drove at already has provided an out-the-door cost for the black '13 RS that's on their lot...and it looks like they hate the car: the quote appears to be under invoice after taxes, fees and whatnot! So I've been reading here pretty frequently for the last 4-5 weeks hoping something will push me to actually purchase.
So that's it for now. I'll go back to my reading and maybe ask a question here or there.
I currently have a nicely modded '90 Miata. Yes, she's old enough to vote AND drink! There's a single photo in my profile here if you want to check 'er out. I've had this car longer than most of my previous cars, chalking up about six years together. At just over 222,222 miles (turned that a couple of weeks ago), she's due for a driveline swap. That'll be happening in a few months if all goes to plan.
I am somewhat in the market for a daily on the cheap. I've been looking for candidates in the used market, like fairly typical WRXs and Mazdaspeed3s, along with some atypical numbers, like the Kizashi, TL, TSX and a few others.
At the most recent auto show to roll through town, a few buddies and I were drawn to the RS on display, and since I've never had a new car, here I am...reading away.
After a couple of weeks of dawdling about, we finally found a stick shift locally that was available to test drive...and we did. Sadly, the drive didn't allow much for testing anything aside from the right blinker and acceleration up to 40mph.
Regardless, I liked what was on offer. Aside from the complete lack of cd player, the list of "standard options" on the RS is just ridiculously large. The dealer I test drove at already has provided an out-the-door cost for the black '13 RS that's on their lot...and it looks like they hate the car: the quote appears to be under invoice after taxes, fees and whatnot! So I've been reading here pretty frequently for the last 4-5 weeks hoping something will push me to actually purchase.
So that's it for now. I'll go back to my reading and maybe ask a question here or there.
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