Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

[max225]

Watched this... Mazda 3 hatch is an absolute I did occasionally think about Elantra... but I am willing to pay for the real *H*

Out of curiousity, is it probably because its smaller and crampier than a Golf, perhaps slower?

Slower, less efficient, likely worse handling, worse eveything really. Even with all the shit going wrong with vw I still much prefer the brand to Mazda. Which to me is absolutely soul less short of the Miata. All their cars seem like knock offs with pleather added in for “luxury”

[Johnny_P]

Out of curiousity, is it probably because its smaller and crampier than a Golf, perhaps slower?

Slower, less efficient, likely worse handling, worse eveything really. Even with all the shit going wrong with vw I still much prefer the brand to Mazda. Which to me is absolutely soul less short of the Miata. All their cars seem like knock offs with pleather added in for “luxury”

Yes

[D Griff]

What else is good in the car world ?
I am very by the Honda/Nissan merger talks... IMO they are both going to become way worse as joined company if it was to happen.

I hadn't heard this.

[D Griff]

Out of curiousity, is it probably because its smaller and crampier than a Golf, perhaps slower?

Slower, less efficient, likely worse handling, worse eveything really. Even with all the shit going wrong with vw I still much prefer the brand to Mazda. Which to me is absolutely soul less short of the Miata. All their cars seem like knock offs with pleather added in for “luxury”

I really don't understand why Mazda is such a darling of the journalist industry. I've rented a ton of them, super meh other than the Miata.

[D Griff]

The CX5 is a literal shitbox.

[max225]

The CX5 is a literal shitbox.

[golftdibrad1]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

[Desertbreh]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

Too cool, too interesting, too fun. Let's build $65K electric retro vans with 190 miles of range.

[Desertbreh]

To qualify my comment above, if the IdBuzz had 400 mile range I would actually shop it.

[coogles]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

We certainly love ours. Now that one of the Atlases is officially mine I kind of want to put an exhaust on it. Wookie noises out of an SUV would be stupid and yet quite fun.

[max225]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

Too cool, too interesting, too fun. Let's build $65K electric retro vans with 190 miles of range.

The van is such a missed opportunity. At 39,995 it would have made sense at double that price it can go kick rocks

[max225]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

We certainly love ours. Now that one of the Atlases is officially mine I kind of want to put an exhaust on it. Wookie noises out of an SUV would be stupid and yet quite fun.

Just muffler delete

[coogles]

We certainly love ours. Now that one of the Atlases is officially mine I kind of want to put an exhaust on it. Wookie noises out of an SUV would be stupid and yet quite fun.

Just muffler delete

I think this is the way.

https://www.bmptuning.com/products/b2bf ... s-3-6l-vr6

[Johnny_P]

Slower, less efficient, likely worse handling, worse eveything really. Even with all the shit going wrong with vw I still much prefer the brand to Mazda. Which to me is absolutely soul less short of the Miata. All their cars seem like knock offs with pleather added in for “luxury”

I really don't understand why Mazda is such a darling of the journalist industry. I've rented a ton of them, super meh other than the Miata.

Nostalgia or something? When the 3 first came out it was a legit nice car that drove very well. Lots of luxury car type options. The compact car segment was awful at that time. Things have changed and others have caught up.

[Johnny_P]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

The world moves on.

My dad had a Passat VR6. It was a complete shit show of a car and horrifically unreliable. But when it worked it sounded amazing, handled great, and was a complete riot to drive. I low key loved that car.

I bet an atlas with an exhaust would sound good. I’d do it.

[max225]

Just muffler delete

I think this is the way.

https://www.bmptuning.com/products/b2bf ... s-3-6l-vr6

Would

[CaleDeRoo]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pour-one- ... ially-dead

We certainly love ours. Now that one of the Atlases is officially mine I kind of want to put an exhaust on it. Wookie noises out of an SUV would be stupid and yet quite fun.

All my friends did intakes. That way you as the driver hear it, but the rear passengers don't.

[MexicanYarisTK]

The CX5 is a literal shitbox.

A shitbox that you get when you get fucked over with gaypr software update

[Johnny_P]

We certainly love ours. Now that one of the Atlases is officially mine I kind of want to put an exhaust on it. Wookie noises out of an SUV would be stupid and yet quite fun.

All my friends did intakes. That way you as the driver hear it, but the rear passengers don't.

Both!

[D Griff]

I really don't understand why Mazda is such a darling of the journalist industry. I've rented a ton of them, super meh other than the Miata.

Nostalgia or something? When the 3 first came out it was a legit nice car that drove very well. Lots of luxury car type options. The compact car segment was awful at that time. Things have changed and others have caught up.

The 3 is still kind of decent, I'd say nicer than a Civic but also way less usable. The CX5 thing just blows my mind. I have rented all these vehicles and CX5 is the worst in its class and the car journalist guys continually recommend it and say it's a standout. I legit hate that car.

[max225]

So ford approved the buy back of my friends F150. And he’s getting the Lariat version next Monday … upgrade from the cloth seat flash

[CaleDeRoo]

So ford approved the buy back of my friends F150. And he’s getting the Lariat version next Monday … upgrade from the cloth seat flash

Big screen with Bleak & Overhyped?

[max225]

So ford approved the buy back of my friends F150. And he’s getting the Lariat version next Monday … upgrade from the cloth seat flash

Big screen with Bleak & Overhyped?

Same screen as the current flash which is the big one yep. His current stereo is also body odor flavored but less speakers I think

[Desertbreh]

So much Bang Bang hate

[SAWCE]

Yeah bros, I hate driving Michelle’s CX-5. But as an appliance for point A to point B, it’s great for her. She can’t feel the difference between good and bad driving dynamics, and the AWD in the trim that she got makes her feel better about driving in the weather up here.