Honda's Loss Was Mazda's Gain
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:14
Hello, I'm Mike and I thought I'd make my first post a story about why I am here...
Honda has all but abandoned performance minded cars. When honda decided to ignore F1, I didn't flinch. When honda decided to do away with the s2000, I was maybe a little sad. When honda failed to update the Si for 4-5 years I began to suspect something fishy. The final straw was the release of the CR-Z. I grew up with the CRX a very long time ago, it was the car I learned how to drive in and it had a very special place in my heart. I was sooooo excited about the CR-Z release, but then I read the horrible stats on the car and the very compromised design and that was it for me. I knew honda had just given up on performance.
I recently owned an 06 Civic Si and it was an ok car. Not particularly quick nor stylish, most people didn't even give it a second look. I had grown pretty sick of a lot of minor repairs and bad service from dealers and decided to have a look around at other cars. A friend of mine told me to check out a mazda dealer so we went, just to look.
Yadda yadda yadda...
I left with a 2010 Speed3 and I love this car. I get compliments everywhere on it and I've only had it for 3 days. Anyway, for a bit of personal car history, here is a picture of both cars, my old Si on the right and my new MS3 on the left.
Honda has all but abandoned performance minded cars. When honda decided to ignore F1, I didn't flinch. When honda decided to do away with the s2000, I was maybe a little sad. When honda failed to update the Si for 4-5 years I began to suspect something fishy. The final straw was the release of the CR-Z. I grew up with the CRX a very long time ago, it was the car I learned how to drive in and it had a very special place in my heart. I was sooooo excited about the CR-Z release, but then I read the horrible stats on the car and the very compromised design and that was it for me. I knew honda had just given up on performance.
I recently owned an 06 Civic Si and it was an ok car. Not particularly quick nor stylish, most people didn't even give it a second look. I had grown pretty sick of a lot of minor repairs and bad service from dealers and decided to have a look around at other cars. A friend of mine told me to check out a mazda dealer so we went, just to look.
Yadda yadda yadda...
I left with a 2010 Speed3 and I love this car. I get compliments everywhere on it and I've only had it for 3 days. Anyway, for a bit of personal car history, here is a picture of both cars, my old Si on the right and my new MS3 on the left.
