Great topic.
I came form a Pulsar SSS which I treat like absolute ****...to give you some idea I went over 30,000km between services but the thing never, ever let me down so thumbs up to Nissan for building an indestructible car.
As the SSS was a hatch I wanted something else this time around and started off looking at Evo 6 and 7's, but I needed something with a bit more luxury and not so "look at me".
From there I looked at the Honda Accord Euro, Subaru Liberty GT and the Mazda MPS6.
The Euro was a very nice car, just lacking in power and AWD and was about the same price as the MPS. This was the first of the final three that I drove and loved it.
Next I drove the MPS6- the whole look and feel of the car just worked for me as soon as I sat in it...and the power was miles ahead of the Euro...I had a mate with me who had just gotten the Spec B 3.0 Liberty and he said wait to you drive the GT...
So off we went to the Subaru dealer- the GT is a nice looking car, but honestly I thought it looked a bit feminine compared the the MPS6. The test drive was a total let down as well...the power (torque curve) seemed to be severly lacking compared to the MPS, the the brakes were no match at all...me and the car just did not "fit" with each other and I was very disappionted at this as I had such high expectations for this car. The cost was also a few thousand more then the MPS so my mind was made up pretty easy on the MPS.
Really the only issue I had on deciding was with the colour choice for the MPS...I so wanted blue (yes people you heard that right, but keep it to yourself and don't tell MSY..)...or at least a darker shade of grey...
On December the 14th I will have reached two years of ownership, and every time I get the the car I am still excited...that in itself said everything. The car has never let me down, and has delivered well past my high expectations and performance and comfort.
There is also an extremely interesting, painful and now amusing story that goes with this that I am not positing anywhere...If you want to hear it PM me...
Last edited by shinslinger66; 30-11-2008 at 06:53 AM.
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Nuliaj: Hatches are only really half a car anyway.
shinslinger66: And you forgot to add that they are also a girls car!