Faults:

When my farther was helping me with my driving lessons in the Lady as we call it. The car had a small fault on it.

As the car had been parked in our garage for quite a while when my farther took it out for me it had problems starting. It was only a small problem, which saw the battery being changed, and in the end, it turned out to be the starter motor.

It is quite annoying when you are sitting at the lights waiting for them to change and suddenly the car stales and you have to get the state pack from the boot. Especially on main roads. She runs just like a brand-new car now so if it has happened to you try that procedure first.

(This has since has enticed me to take a motor vehicle lessons.)

General Comments:

Generally, I find her to be the most, ‘unique’ car my father ever owned.

She is certainly not the fastest as he had a kitted out Toyota GT4. However, from the lights agents such cars as Honda's C-R-X and Ford's Puma it can leave them far behind with no engine tuning what so ever. (Agents my mates fully tuned Puma.)

I have timed how fast she was able to get from 0-70 miles per hour and what the official Mazda book says is wrong as I saw her do it 7.85 seconds.

In addition, she is the best value for money my farther brought her for two thousand and five hundred pounds and she is worth around just over four grand in this country.

The handling by sitting in the passenger seat is like, not knowing that your doing seventy until your doing ninety miles per hour and going round corners at fifty miles per hour, you can't feel a thing its just a slight tire screech that gives the game away, as she holds the ground. She makes you fell completely safe as if you are inside K. I. T. T. from Television’s Knight Rider. (Hope I can say that.)

I am counting the days until I can have her legally next year.

Also encase your wondering why I keep calling it 'she', it is because it is almost human in its looks, how it looks like it watching you and its damn cute. Almost as much as my girlfriend, but do not get it wrong as she is prepared to show you that she is not on the play station.

Faults:

So far, the only true problem I have had with this MX3 is in the coolant system. Two small metal tubes corroded away causing a leakage.

Another "problem" I have is that I travel a lot. When I return, if the car has been sitting for a couple weeks (especially in cold weather), the gear shift selector feels like I am dragging it through thick mud.

My previous MX3, which I handed back in after a 3 year lease, had no problems with it at all on it. Which is one reason why I got another MX3.

General Comments:

I have horses and tend to use this car as a portable tack room. I can also lay down the back seats and load it up with 8 foot lumber. This is not just a cute car, it is a DIY minivan.

Faults:

Nothing as yet; although the air conditioning needed topping up, and there are some chips and dings that I'd like to have removed.

General Comments:

Buying this car was definately a head versus heart situation. I've always liked the look of them, but I'd also heard of the various horror stories from other owners; horrendous fuel consumption, deep vein thrombosis inducingly small rear seats, daunting insurance (group 15!), zero practicality and repair bills that could quite feasibly bankrupt me (especially on my paltry income).

All sensible thinking collapsed as soon as I test drove it. This being the first V6 car I had driven, I was completely taken aback by the sheer noise of the thing; it may only be a 1.8 litre engine, but it still sounds decidedly... hairy chested.

Ten minutes later I'd handed over a cheque to the salesman in a daze.

Yes, the petrol dissapears nearly as quickly as you put it in (I was checking for leaks for the first three days) and no one will want to get in the back, but you won't care. This has to be one of the most grin inducing cars I've ever driven. The performance may not be a lot different to other four cylinder cars, but the sheer excitement of the thing makes it feel even quicker than it is. Bear in mind that this car is smaller and lighter than the latest shape Golf GTi.

The best car I've ever owned and I want to be buried in it.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

A very smart car, and not too many about. The interior is a little dull. However, Mazda's current marketing policy seems to be for dull fleet cars and not the unique designs they used to produce!