Are you the original owner of your MX-3 that you still own?
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Are you the original owner of your MX-3 that you still own?
Are you the original owner of your MX-3, or did you buy second hand.
(Original owner means that you bought the MX-3 brand new from a certified Mazda dealer, and it was not previously owned by anyone else.)
Personally, I bought my MX-3 brand new back in August 1994, and have loved driving it ever since. I hope to drive it for many years to come.
It is approaching 200,000km's, and I should hit that mark sometime in April or May.
(Original owner means that you bought the MX-3 brand new from a certified Mazda dealer, and it was not previously owned by anyone else.)
Personally, I bought my MX-3 brand new back in August 1994, and have loved driving it ever since. I hope to drive it for many years to come.
It is approaching 200,000km's, and I should hit that mark sometime in April or May.
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Mine was not new, but close at 30,000 miles some years ago. I wouldn't buy a new car due to immediate depreciation...
I consider it new in my eyes since that is as new as I will ever buy a car.
I consider it new in my eyes since that is as new as I will ever buy a car.
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I am second owner. I bought it in a private sale from the original owner almost 4 years ago.
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as far as I know, im second owner
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I'm the 2nd owner. It was traded in to a Ford dealer by an employee. I talked the sales guy down to $280 more than they gave for it. The finance people could not believe it! It has 130,xxx miles, and everything is absolutely perfect except the seatbelt [Knock on wood]. BTW knocking on wood is suposed to scare the mischievious faeries, so they don't play tricks on you.
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I would tend to agree, good point mxmaz.mxmaz wrote:Yes but that immediate depreciation balances itself out after a few years.PATDIESEL wrote:I wouldn't buy a new car due to immediate depreciation...
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And I have to disagreeMX-3.com wrote:I would tend to agree, good point mxmaz.mxmaz wrote:Yes but that immediate depreciation balances itself out after a few years.PATDIESEL wrote:I wouldn't buy a new car due to immediate depreciation...
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The normal reason that it balances itself out, is that repairs on an old car equals the payments on a new car and in my experience thats simply not the case with the MX3. Apart from the parts that always needs replacements from time to time (Breakes ect), the car is simply too well build to cost that much in additional repairs.
I have also noticed that because it's a relatively rare and goodlooking car, it loose value rather slowly.
If I wanted a car equal to the one i bought 3 years ago, i would have to pay almost the same since they only lost about 10% in those 3 years.
The reason for this is IMO that the MX3 1.8 V6 (I can never remember what you call them over there) was really a well equiped car when it came out. Electric windows/mirrors/sunroof, disc-brakes on all wheels and all the rest, is simply not normally found in 15 year old cars at the same price-level.
So you got car that looks good, drives really good, is well equiped, have a V6 engine that runs like a dream (and is easy to swarp with a 2.5L), got a lot of bodykits and is put together so well, that the reason that people use money on them is not to repair the car, but to make it look better and go faster.
(And in case of the 1.6, it can be swarped or turbo'ed
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And I'll have to disagree with you. (meaning I agree with mxmaz.)Balhirath wrote:And I have to disagreeMX-3.com wrote:I would tend to agree, good point mxmaz.mxmaz wrote: Yes but that immediate depreciation balances itself out after a few years.
How so. After a car has reached the 100kmi+ zone you have to start rethinking your suspension, new clutch, new belts, etc. It probly wouldn't work its way up to the total origional price of the car, but you essentially are buying the car over again.The normal reason that it balances itself out, is that repairs on an old car equals the payments on a new car and in my experience thats simply not the case with the MX3.
Thats because, if i'm not mistaken, the curve is (roughly) an exponential decay, meaning, depreciation over time levels out. I bought my car for $2500. Chances are, in a few years it will still be worth that much.I have also noticed that because it's a relatively rare and goodlooking car, it loose value rather slowly. If I wanted a car equal to the one i bought 3 years ago, i would have to pay almost the same since they only lost about 10% in those 3 years.
This part of your arguement became invalid when I smote your last paragraphThe reason for this is IMO that the MX3 1.8 V6 (I can never remember what you call them over there) was really a well equiped car when it came out. Electric windows/mirrors/sunroof, disc-brakes on all wheels and all the rest, is simply not normally found in 15 year old cars at the same price-level.
Most people buy cars to get them places, not so they can become pimps.So you got car that looks good, drives really good, is well equiped, have a V6 engine that runs like a dream (and is easy to swarp with a 2.5L), got a lot of bodykits and is put together so well, that the reason that people use money on them is not to repair the car, but to make it look better and go faster.
Conclusion:
If you buy a new car there is a high price up front, but if you keep that car for the next 15 years, you wont pay much in repairs.
If you buy it used, small price up front, lot of repairs over those next 10 years.
It's all the same and it's all gravy.
or more likely different strokes for different paychecks.
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but we all digress