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| Thread ID: 77285 | 2007-03-04 21:36:00 | Top Gear finally reports on an ordinary car...... | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 530071 | 2007-03-05 10:42:00 | I have a Dec 2005 Mazda 6 GSX 2.3 Sportshatch Auto and I absolutely love it. It cruises well and when I slip it into the tiptronic it will pull forever up hills and take on the worst that the Coromandel roads will throw at it. If you get in trouble you bury your foot and all's well. It's a deep green/blue colour that turns heads :) Any chance of an online link to the Top Gear report? |
Jester (13) | ||
| 530072 | 2007-03-05 10:42:00 | Really??? Best you stop relying on car company marketing propoganda. - the Maxima uses 10l/100km. That's 1.4l more than the official consumption figures for the Mazda 6. Or to put it another way $2.06 extra between Wellington and Levin. Best I get rid of my "huge gas guzzler"..... Hope you're car purchase goes well. You've obviously worked hard and researched all your facts..... AB Not sure where you have got your figures from, but according to the dog and lemon, your figures are incorrect. I don't use car company brochures for my research. The Maxima is a Gas Guzzler, using 14.9 l /100km, and you only get 6.7 km / litre. Compared to the Mazda 6 11.8 l /100km, and you get 8.5 km / litre, which is about average for a mid sized family car. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 530073 | 2007-03-05 19:39:00 | Any chance of an online link to the Top Gear report?It was on Prime on Sunday night, but I don't know if they have an online viewing service. The BBC might, and the episode would not be hard to find because it was the first in a new series and the first at the Top Gear "airfield" test track. Jeremy and Hamster were the presenters and James wasn't in view yet, just some other wally with all the charisma of a week-old Big Mac. It was probably filmed and shown in 2003, at least that's the impression I got, and I don't think the 6 was released until 2003 anyway. I haven't time to search right now, but if you have any luck, please post a link. Cheers Billy 8-{) P.S. I admire your choice in cars! |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 530074 | 2007-03-05 23:46:00 | Well I grew up in an era when nobody had ever heard of a Japenese car. The only car considered by the masses was British. Yank Tanks were virtualy not availabe. Some people, we called freaks, bought a Continental car. But nearly everyone drove a Morris an Austin a Hillman or a small Ford. The wealthy show offs bought Jaguars. Even when the first Holdens appeared nobody appeared very interested. Most were sold to Taxi drivers to replace their pre war V8's and Chevs. Then came the era of upheaval in the car industry.British cars almost disappeared. Apart from the Anglia and Prefect and the Vauxhalls and of course the Morris minor. Then the market was flooded with Falcons and Holdens and Valiants. People called them Aussie Junk but they bought them. And also the VW. They seemed to be everywhere. Then came The first Jap car. The Honda Civic. Looked like a box on wheels.And drove like it too. Then today it's getting harder to find a car that is not Japanese. Or at least without Japanese parts in them. I've owned a car for sixty years. Probably had more than fifty. And everyone was British apart from a couple of European ones. Anyone remember the Borgward Arabella. ? Anyway five years ago I got talked into buying a Jap car. An imported Honda Prelude with only 30,000 K's on the clock. And I love it. Best car I have ever owned. I can burn off all the Holdens and Falcons.Drives around corners as if it was on rails. It gets serviced once a year if I remember and apart from that it has cost me nothing for repairs. So I am now a fan of Jap cars. Yes I know , one Jap car is good, ergo all Jap cars are good. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 530075 | 2007-03-06 00:04:00 | I know that they've reviewed the odd MX5 by Mazda before? Have a search on Google Vids, they do a comparison of the MX5 vs a Greyhound dog :D Being an MX5 man myself, just thought I'd add that yes, they do have the occasional mazda review ;) Not only that but in no way could they really fault the Mazda, they came out of the episode lovin' it :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 530076 | 2007-03-06 00:48:00 | Not sure where you have got your figures from, but according to the dog and lemon, your figures are incorrect. I don't use car company brochures for my research. The Maxima is a Gas Guzzler, using 14.9 l /100km, and you only get 6.7 km / litre. Compared to the Mazda 6 11.8 l /100km, and you get 8.5 km / litre, which is about average for a mid sized family car. I own one. And pay for the petrol. Probably gives me a slight edge over the D & L Guide, sorry to say. Don't always rely on the "experts"...the best guide is usually personal experience. But I think I mentioned that before..... |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 530077 | 2007-03-06 03:27:00 | They reviewed the Mazda 6 (of Zoom Zoom fame) and amazingly again, they didn't damn or mock it, they actually praised it. I was staggered, given that Jeremy Clarkson regularly slates cars from premium manufacturers and invariably contradicts any positive opinion expressed by Hamster, and Hamster was very positive about the 6. I don't think thats a very fair comment Billy, the car market in the UK is very different to the car market here in NZ. Granted Top Gear now has a worldwide audience is primarily made for a British market and thus cars that aren't common over there hardly feature. I was in the UK recently and was surprised by the number of Porsche's over there, they were a dime a dozen and very popular (I'm sure in no small part to top gears rave reviews :) ). I'm sure if you lived in Europe and were looking at a car in the same market segment as the Mazda 6 you would be considering Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW etc |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 530078 | 2007-03-06 04:07:00 | ..................Then came The first Jap car. The Honda Civic. Looked like a box on wheels.And drove like it too. Then today it's getting harder to find a car that is not Japanese. Or at least without Japanese parts in them. I've owned a car for sixty years. Probably had more than fifty. And everyone was British apart from a couple of European ones. Anyone remember the Borgward Arabella. ?................ There were Jap cars well before the Civic - eg the pre Nissan (forget what they were) complete with copied Austin A40 engine right down to the lifting bracket bolted to the top. Don't remember an Arabella but well remember the Isabella - nice looking car for the times but you didn't see them very often as they spent most of their time in the garage. |
dvm (6543) | ||
| 530079 | 2007-03-06 04:51:00 | Pre Nissan would have been the Datsun. My first car was a Datsun 120Y, ahh the memories (of it overheating, timing going out of synch, fouling spark plugs, blue smoke pouring out the exhaust, rust, bad electrics, etc etc) but at least it was an engine I could work on - perhaps that's the reason I had so many problems. At least the open road limit was only 80 km/h then, for a short time when I got my licence, then went up to 100, I had to push my car to get up to speed.:blush: | Jester (13) | ||
| 530080 | 2007-03-06 05:00:00 | There were Jap cars well before the Civic - eg the pre Nissan (forget what they were) complete with copied Austin A40 engine right down to the lifting bracket bolted to the top.Remember the Isuzu Bellet back in 1963? That introduced the reverse slant nose to the market. It could be hotted up to perform very well, in fact one car mag made it a project car. Then there was the Hino Contessa of 1964 a very attractively styled vehicle for the day, and I recall a Subaru 360 that looked a little like a cross between a Citroen and a Messerschmitt bubble car and possibly dated back to the late 1950's. It was definitely around in the early 60's so it was possibly the first Japanese car on our roads. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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