Sad Farewell to All

[MrShadow]

Well, if you check the For Sale thread, you'll notice that my beloved Astina is up for sale.

I've upgraded to a brand new SP23 Hatch (Velocity Red), one of the last auto SP23 hatches in NSW. The only other one was white (uggh!).

I've had a ball on this site. You guys have helped me out with stupid questions and I really enjoyed my time on here. I'll still check it out every so often.

If you see a Velocity Red SP23 around, wave! It might be me!

Ciao
Shads (Gareth)

[SehnKhan]

There's no need to disappear because you've changed cars, especially when it's still a Mazda bud. Stick around :)

[MAztinA 323]

hey, sorry to hear the sellage of your astina!

auto? wow i didnt think sp's would ever be in auto...

[LordWorm]

Any reason why auto and not manual?

Anyway, there are plenty of non-mazda traitors floating around OMC - so even if you dont drive an astina, you are at least driving a mazda!

geeze i've never owned an astina and i lurk around here all the time ;) (i drive a protege .. same diff but meh)

[mazdamanik]

.....why u gota go its just the new astina anyway:D so wat if its not called one we all no that its our big brother

[CityEnd]

haha shouldn't it be little bro, since it's younger then us, but is does have a bigger engine, so big little bro, ah i dunno

yeah, stay mate, u know u want to :P

[mrpayner]

Hey Shads, congrats on the new purchase. I saw a velocity red SP23 sedan for sale in a car yard last night that i'm going back to have a look at.. ;)

Please stick around, i can't be the only Mr on here :p

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[Rupewrecht]

Conrgats on the new purchase, and you know you're still welcome here :)

[Nate]

yep mate congrats ... will have to check out the new ride at the end of sept ;) ... hope you stay part of the forums :)

Nate

[Melbastina]

Yeah jump on OMC, MILLIONS of 3's on there, you'll fit right in!

[woofy]

um i have bought a brand spanker new 6, and never had an astina....well do have a protege....lol..but yeah I hang around anyway...get a bit tired of 3 questions on OMC but the 6 ones I tend to ignore too apart from the ipod cable one.

[MrShadow]

OK, I'll hang around. I'll see some of you at the wedding in September!

And the reason for the auto instead of manual... Couldn't be bothered mastering manual! I can drive manual, but prefer to be a bit lazy. Also, being in runout, selection was rather limited in respect to colour/transmission for the Sp's.

They did have a black sedan with the Leather/BOSE option in the showroom in manual I was thinking of negotiating on, but I don't want leather, only the BOSE option. Leather would be a bad idea as I use it for work so it's going to suffer a lot of wear and tear. My only three issues with the SP23 are:

* Covers for the front seats cost a bomb as they have airbags built into them.
* Reversing lights are crap
* The space saver tyre.

My dad found all these out when he got his, so I was aware of them. But the pro's far outweight the cons. Especially the lower fuel consumption than the Astina. I'm getting an average of 8.3 L/100 KM as opposed to 9.5 L/100 KM. And, it's got alot more power! Zoom Zoom! I would have liked to wait for the updated model, as it has a 5 speed auto box (or 6 speed manual) with paddle shift I believe. But I didn't like the styling (or the associated increase in price).

Mum has also just got herself another Mazda. A Mazda 2 Maxx. So in all, between four of us in the last 8 years, we've had about 8 mazdas! Almost all from the 323 range (4 x 323, 2 x SP23, 1 x 626, 1 x 2)! We should be getting frequent buyer points or something.

I just wish I had more time to check this site. But with my new job, I'm so flat out and busy I just don't have time. And when I get home, the last thing I want to do is sit in front of the PC for a couple of hours! Oh well, that's the way life goes.

Ciao
Shads!