seriously looking at purchasing a mazda 3mps. Heard they are awesome cars and total sleepers ;)

Just to ask what to look out for? common problems etc and also running costs, mainly petrol....
going to look at one this weekend.

looking at the mrk1 mps with the aero kit.

Any help would be brilliant! cheers guys.

You can view a buyer's guide here http://www.mpsowners.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=16 - there's not that much that tend to go wrong with em.

Servicing is fairly reasonable, and fuel costs aint bad considering the performance. I do mostly town driving, with a few A roads chucked in, and I'm averaging 26.2 mpg (I'm not light footed either).

Tax is a bit of a killer at around £450 a year, but when you break it down, it's only a few extra quid a week ;)

Overall, it's a lovely motor, nice and rare, and you can catch so many people out with it - tis much fun

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hope you get the car you are after.

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haha i dont imagine i will be driving very friendly for the first while anyway considering i have a c2 vts at the moment modded through its eyeballs. Think im on to a winner with this one but need to wait to hear back from the garage today!

Buy mine :-P

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Eco warrior lol

thanks, but no thanks!