Hi all,

Ok hands up... I've had this account for quite a while, in fact a very long while but not been on here much. I've owned my N/A 6 since Mar 09 and it's never let me down and I've always had the want for an MPS. Just wanted to say hello and get some advice really as although I know a fair bit about the 6's... my knowledge doesn't stretch to the MPS!

Do the pre 23/3/06 registered 6MPS's still hit band K in tax? or are they all L now?
Are they like rocking horse sh*t? if K's still exist?
Expected ~25MPG (Motorway ~25 mile commute)?
Rough budget for a K band, <50,000 mile?

I'm currently getting around 33MPG in my 6 Sport so the drop wouldn't be that huge, I'm weighing up my options to see if the upgrade is a possibility

I know forum people like pics, this is my current 6 although lacking the Turbo of the MPS!



Some may recognise me from another forum I run.

Alright mate. Welcome to the forum.

I've had my 6mps for about 6 months now and It's in the band L tax category. I went to view one other 6 which was in the band k tax category and had less than 50k on it and also saw at least one other for sale on Autotrader. The one I went to see was in excellent condition, 44k, and the guy was asking £5k for it but said he would do a deal. If I remember corectly, the other one on Autotrader was a bit more expensive (£5400 I think) and mileage was mid 50's. So in answer to your question, I don't think you will struggle too much to find a band k 6mps with around 50k on it - just be patient and ckeck the usual websites regularly.

In the end, I paid £5500 for a band L 6 as it only had 20k miles on it, had the fsh and was garaged when wet, so thought it was worth the extra £200 or so a year in tax.

As for mpg, I pretty much only use mine for a 10 mile commute to work. About a third of that is in 30mph zones and the rest is reasonable motorway traffic and I average about 25mpg. On the rare longer motorway drives, I can easily get over 35mpg if I drive at a steady 70mph.

You're certainly in the right place here if you're looking for mps advice!

Cheers for that Garry, just the info I was after

Welcome to the forum mate!

Welcome and exactly what Gary Said..

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If I was you, I'd go for this one
http://bit.ly/1fldm47
It's a very knowledgable members on here who's an excellent mechanic and no £ was spared and it was tuned by our best tuner on here also. Bargain. And it's stupidly quick, Cheshire Cat smile quick!

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Oh why did you have to show me that... that's immense!

Don't think I could afford that one though!

Hi and to the club

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welcome to the forum.

the car in the link is a members car who owns his garage, the car has always had whatever it needed.

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to the mate

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*Gone but not forgotten; moist silver mazda 6 mps*

**Winners only do what losers dont**

So how "Big" of an enthusiast are you????

are we talking 12 inch or we talking Girth here??

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lol there's always one :P well I can only see myself driving a 6 and I've put a lot of work and effort into 6 "stuff" elsewhere on 'tinternet (trying not to plug!)

Cheers for the welcome all.

We like plugs don't we spamface lol

Fixed it for ya

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Bigger the better

Nice friendly community here Ross, can you tell

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100% Meth / Fully forged / ACT 6 Puc & lightweight flywheel / monlar rods / wiseco pistons / arp studs / Versatune / corksport FMIC / Garrett GTX3076 / Brock Injector seals / Autotechs / Dreadnought & Juggernaut / GT RARB / Speedline front lower struts / Speedline lateral struts / corksport front braces / corksport rear upper braces / CS side braces /H&R springs / Bilstein B8's / CS BBK / Rear EBC Yellowstuff / JBR 5mm spacers / JBR OCC / Forge V2 / AWR 80a REM / 3" DP / Jetex / 3.25" Sure intake / Sure BSD / SURE TIG / Butterfly delete / EGR blockoff / Hel brake lines / Xcarlink / kendo SSP & Bushes / Step colder NGK 0.6mm gap / Fog and Driving light HID's / MKii alloys
Build thread http://tinyurl.com/otzp6qw
Helpful threads http://tinyurl.com/kjykgbd
http://www.ThroughTheLensMedia.co.uk
AVOID TOTAL MPS http://www.mpsowners.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=20073