Posted: February 10th, 2005, 4:20 am
I'm 23, 24 in March
I bought my white 92 GS MTX in 1999 swapped motors in september of 00 after reading the article "Rapid Transit" in the march '00 issue of Sport Compact Car, featuring the Corksport MX-3. When all my buddies were into hondas and made fun of me for tinkering on my MX, think it's hard getting parts now? then it was really a pain. blew my first 2.5 in 01, swapped with a low mile 2.5 later in 01. car was totaled jan of 02 (I still have her though one of the benefits of owning 5 acres lol) REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR RECIEPTS!!!
Bought my red 93 GS on ebay with the insurance money from the 92, remember the reciepts I was talking about? well I fought them with the reciepts for all the labor and custom work (I only had liability, and it was the other drivers fault) in the end I got enough to pay for the car on ebay and drove a rental from St. Louis to Dallas Fortworth area TX and drove my baby home, been SPENDING on her ever since.
A buddy calls me up and asks if I still like those little Mazdas, my reply ...duh well next thing I know I have a blue 93 GS MTX for a grocery go getter. best part is it was only 50 dollars and "please get it out of my driveway" I think the sale of that one may finance further projects for my baby but thats all up in the air
And your right about tallying up the costs of "playing" with an mx-3 I know I have spent ungodly amounts of money over the last six years but I think that if I add it all up (in the process,with a speadsheet) that dollar for dollar I will have had more satisfaction with my MX-3 collection than ever having to finance a new ride. My parents have a 05 accord that has been in the shop 4 times for minor / major repairs, I remind them of this everytime they suggest or question "why don't you get a new car?" I think that I understand more about MY car than most of the mechanics at the local mazda dealership, they all wanted to see the 2.5 swapped into my ride, then actually compared it to a stock 1.8 off the used lot to see if I was fibbing LOL!!! This car has been a great ride and everyone of my friends agrees it matches my personality. so in the end all the loot was worth it
I bought my white 92 GS MTX in 1999 swapped motors in september of 00 after reading the article "Rapid Transit" in the march '00 issue of Sport Compact Car, featuring the Corksport MX-3. When all my buddies were into hondas and made fun of me for tinkering on my MX, think it's hard getting parts now? then it was really a pain. blew my first 2.5 in 01, swapped with a low mile 2.5 later in 01. car was totaled jan of 02 (I still have her though one of the benefits of owning 5 acres lol) REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR RECIEPTS!!!
Bought my red 93 GS on ebay with the insurance money from the 92, remember the reciepts I was talking about? well I fought them with the reciepts for all the labor and custom work (I only had liability, and it was the other drivers fault) in the end I got enough to pay for the car on ebay and drove a rental from St. Louis to Dallas Fortworth area TX and drove my baby home, been SPENDING on her ever since.
A buddy calls me up and asks if I still like those little Mazdas, my reply ...duh well next thing I know I have a blue 93 GS MTX for a grocery go getter. best part is it was only 50 dollars and "please get it out of my driveway" I think the sale of that one may finance further projects for my baby but thats all up in the air
And your right about tallying up the costs of "playing" with an mx-3 I know I have spent ungodly amounts of money over the last six years but I think that if I add it all up (in the process,with a speadsheet) that dollar for dollar I will have had more satisfaction with my MX-3 collection than ever having to finance a new ride. My parents have a 05 accord that has been in the shop 4 times for minor / major repairs, I remind them of this everytime they suggest or question "why don't you get a new car?" I think that I understand more about MY car than most of the mechanics at the local mazda dealership, they all wanted to see the 2.5 swapped into my ride, then actually compared it to a stock 1.8 off the used lot to see if I was fibbing LOL!!! This car has been a great ride and everyone of my friends agrees it matches my personality. so in the end all the loot was worth it
My MX-3 is my 9th project car to date.. Should be interesting to see where this one ends up in the next couple of years..
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and probably the oldest that posts on here too!