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Post subject: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:43 pm |
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Hi guys and girls, Picked up my new car on Friday- a 3 MPS Gen II I'm new to Mazdas, or indeed anything not French. I'm a bit of a Citroen/Peugeot nut. I toyed with the idea of buying a new 208 GTI but the dealer experience was poor from both of the Peugeot dealers I went too. I think because of my age they didn't take me seriously. On thinking about it I decided to save a bit of money and buy a 3 year old car and not get whacked with the depreciation, then put the rest of the money away for safe keeping. So after testing a few German cars such as Golf R32's, Seat Leon Cupras etc I randomly decided to see what the Mazda dealer round the corner had- a test drive later and I bought the car! She is in Velocity red, and I got the dealer to do the wheels black for me :-) I am hugely happy with the car so far and it's breadth of abilities have shocked me compared to some of the recent French performance cars I've had. I haven't left my obsession with French tat completely though: I've got a 205 GTI tucked away in the garage for sunny weekends
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:46 pm |
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Hi &  to the forum. Plenty of temptation on here to spend that spare cash of yours......you have been warned!!!
_________________ White 6mps, freshly re-forged by Diamond Dave, High compression, BNR4, Justin tuned.
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:47 pm |
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welcome to the forum
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:55 pm |
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:18 pm |
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Hello and welcome.
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:23 pm |
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welcome the forum. i think the 205 1.9gti is one the best pugs made.
_________________ MPS KILL COUNT 1 MK1 3. twice 1 six
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:25 pm |
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Welcome! Where do you live? Pretty rare to just pop in any dealer and see an MPS!
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:28 pm |
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Hi &  to the
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:55 pm |
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Welcome to the site and the MPS. I too came from a French history and the MPS is different, but in good ways.
_________________ My Garage: Previously - 2009 Crystal Pearl White Mk 2 3 MPS Now - Mk 3 2017 MY Mazda6 2.2d Sport Nav auto
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 4:00 am |
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AJ-MPS
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:20 am |
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ffz wrote: Welcome! Where do you live? Pretty rare to just pop in any dealer and see an MPS! Milton Keynes- the dealer was in Northampton. I was in Northampton driving the Golf and decided to see what all the other dealers had and this was right out front. I've only ever seen one other MPS in Milton Keynes so I guess they are pretty rare!
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:22 am |
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Gavin wrote: welcome the forum. i think the 205 1.9gti is one the best pugs made. It is indeed! Mine is a limited run Sorrento green car too with the full leather etc. Amazing car. Handling is out of this world.
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:04 pm |
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AJ-MPS wrote: Gavin wrote: welcome the forum. i think the 205 1.9gti is one the best pugs made. It is indeed! Mine is a limited run Sorrento green car too with the full leather etc. Amazing car. Handling is out of this world. Love the 205gti, my mate had a white one with the full leather. I always wanted one but never got the chance. Stuck to the road like glue!!!
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:22 pm |
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I've now put pictures (albeit massively shoddy ones) in the gallery section
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Post subject: Re: New to Mazda- 3 MPS Owner! Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:33 pm |
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Welcome along!
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