« Reply #43 on: January 25, 2007, 04:53:43 pm »
I have a speed3, and all those here speculating about the torque steer need to go drive one. I have had no situations in the car where "the wheel is nearly ripped from my hands", in fact this car has less torque steer issues then my old Infiniti G20 with 140hp had. Before getting this car I had not owned a FWD car for 4 years, and still own a RWD wagon in the form of a BMW 540 touring. If I have a choice of which car to drive I pick Mazda everytime, it is more fun and is guaranteed to put a smile on my face on every drive.
For the price this car is an amazing performance bargin, there is nothing else in the market that offers as much for so little.
Ahh Wagonman, welcome back. Thanks for posting that. You're absolutely right -- aside from the original author, you're the only one of the lot of us here that's actually driven the machine -- let alone lived with it for any duration of time.
I will reserve my complaining about its lack of AWD until the wonderful day that I get to explore the little Mazdspeed beastie for myself.
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