Passing the Keys

Alan
Update by Alan Cesar to the Mazda Mazdaspeed3 project car
Jul 11, 2012

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Oh, what a feeling it is to have so much torque underfoot.

Todd, a friend of GRM, flew down from Chicago to buy our Mazdaspeed3 project car. Coming from a Mazda RX-8, he giggled at the incredible torque this car delivers. A proper four-door was on the shopping list right as this car went on sale. With a thumbs-up from his wife, he hopped a plane for Daytona Beach.

After a night in town, he hit the road for Chicago at 5 a.m. Zero patience for left-lane hoggers—aided by the ‘speed3’s excellent top-gear acceleration—along with short stops and a bit of determination got him home before midnight. He’s going to see if his RX-8 snow tires will fit; we wish him luck in those brutal Chicago winters. We’re glad this car is going to a good home.

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Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Dork
7/11/12 9:41 a.m.

Todd, a friend of GRM, flew down from Chicago to buy our Mazdaspeed3 project car. Coming from a Mazda RX-8, he giggled at the incredible torque this car delivers. A proper four-door was on the shopping list right as this car went on sale. With a thumbs-up from his wife, he hopped a plane for Daytona Beach.

After a night in town, he hit the road for Chicago at 5 a.m. Zero patience for left-lane hoggers—aided by the 'speed3's excellent top-gear acceleration—along with short stops and a bit of determination got him home before midnight. He's going to see if his RX-8 snow tires will fit; we wish him luck in those brutal Chicago winters. We're glad this car is going to a good home.

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pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/11/12 10:42 a.m.

Great deal on a great car. Consider me jealous.

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy PowerDork
7/11/12 1:31 p.m.

cool, I hope to see it around the Chicago area (of course, we are a big city and I might NOT ever see it)

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
7/11/12 1:39 p.m.

Boy am I gonna miss that thing, but it does my heart good to know it continues to spread joy wherever it leaves thick, black stripes on the road.

jstein77
jstein77 SuperDork
7/11/12 2:24 p.m.

Is this worse than selling your Corvette FRC?

UnderPSI
UnderPSI New Reader
5/5/22 1:58 p.m.

In reply to JG Pasterjak :

Im pretty sure I own this car now... 

cdowd (Forum Supporter)
cdowd (Forum Supporter) Dork
5/5/22 8:57 p.m.

Cool!  Looking forward to an update.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
11/23/23 11:45 p.m.

Let's hope he has a winter beater. Otherwise that thing will vaporize in 5 years or less.

P3PPY
P3PPY GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/24/23 11:03 a.m.

I swallowed keys once, too. Pray they don't come out sideways. 

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