would I be a traitor?
 

If I sold the P5 for a MS6? I'm not looking for something all-out fast. I just want some 15.6psi of boost, AWD and a nice sedan with a sporty interior.

I'd love to buy a used Evo but I can get a new Sport model for $26.5K and I'm wondering What else can be had for sub-$28K with these features:

278hp
280lb-ft
AWD
6spd manual
leather interior
6-disk BOSE in-dash cd
18" forged alloy wheels


I drove an Altima SE-R tonight and it was very nice....reminded me of a new SHO... FWD big V6, leather, nice interior...however the cheapest 05 SE-r is still $1200 more than an 06 MS6.

I think so, yes!

Thouse 6's are very nice but there so dam big. If you need it for a family car go for it.

I'm a big boy....I like a lot of room. The 3S was nice but a 6 would be nicer. Plus who wouldn't want 15.6psi, forged pistons and AWD...

i would love 2 get a 6 hehehe..... but damn the protege is a perfect car for me at the moment hehe... good fuel consumption... with a lil work u can get more power and who can ignore the looks hehe.....

I dont think so, still in the same *family* of cars...

Get an RX-8! :)

he already had an rx-8, a pretty one... ;)

Nah mna, that's not being a traitor. But I didn't know you guys get them in AWD there. That's wicked!

just the mazdaspeed 6 is AWD (that i know of)

Hmmm...the mazdaspeed 6 eh. I saw a catalogue for the mazda6. The ones that we would get here and well obviously there wasn't anything like the mazdaspeed 6 in it. However there are options to get the side skirts, and bumper if you want. It's too bad that I don't have a scanner.

Natey, I bought my wife an RX8 a while back and while I LOVED the car she didn't not enjoy the gas mileage that was associated with it. Also the seats are a little too narrow for our wide asses. We got 17-20mpg out of the RX8 and our fuel bill for that one car (we have 4) was 280-300 a MONTH. That's a whole other car note. We ended up trading the 8 for a Beetle TDi and it gets between 42-45mpg....MUCH better for just putting around town although it's no RX8...

Being as big as I am I kinda need the room a sedan offers. Also, a nice borla exhaust with no cats on the MS6 will sound crazy I bet.

buy a mazdaspeed6. and if in a few years you decide to sell it, i get dibs!
-meGrimlock

i dont usually keep a car more than a year or so. The p5 has been my favorite so far and I've had it for a little over 2 years.

looks like the MS6 is being delayed to improve gearing for acceleration and power....thats a good thing but highway cruising mileage will go down...good thing for the TDi!

wow, i saw one on the way to the civic live event in DC. it completely caught me off guard. i spotted a black mazda6 going perpendicular to us in an intersection. i noticed it wasnt a standard grille, nor were they standard foglights. then i started to wonder, what exactly did this person do to the front of the car and it hit me. it was a mazdaspeed6 & it was an awesome sleeper look. not too distracting, but bold enough to hold your attention. i wish i could do a $500/mo car payment, i think i would be in heaven!

wow, I can't believe the coincidence of this thread popping up....


today on my lunch break I went by mazda and sat in the first MS6 in B'ham. Sadly it was a GT package and I want sport only. $500 deposit later and I'll have the first sport MS6 in b'ham.

Grimmy, $500 a month IS crazy....fortunatly the lease on them right now is $369/month for 36 months w/ $2500 down. I'm putting $4K down so my payment should be right about $350/month...which is what I was paying for the P5. I should have a concrete date on the arrival in 2-3 weeks.