I bit the bullet and sold the Xterra. I loved the truck, but it really doesn't fit my lifestyle anymore. 4-wheeling is fun, but I realized I'm more of a car-guy. My job has changed slightly and I do alot more traveling now.

This forum has been an enourmous source of education and humor.

I wish all of you the best, LONG LIVE THE XOC!

Here's the parting shot of the new ride (2006 Mazda3)...



Cheers

adios

The Best of Luck...

At east you got a cool car.

Best wishes

And nice looking car.

Yep... I could get a tire up on that.

Just bought a Mazda 3 for the wife; the sedan version, not that ugly hatchback :p . They're great little cars, though. Very well loaded for the price, that's for sure.

When the lease is up on the x I will be looking at getting one of these guys:

road bike? gross...those make me vom.

It's funny the compliments the 3 gets, yet everyone would probably bash the Ford Focus.

Aside from sheetmetal, they're the same car.

(insert Tim Allen grunt here)

Is that the spare on top of the roof??

Yep...Yep... I could see ShrockRails along with the tire, Alpine... As a matter of fact... Phil You have Rockrails on that puppie!! Looks like it.

Best of luck Phil and come back and visit often..

Chuck k

I just looked the Mazdaspeed 3 up on Mazda's website. Nice little turbo charged car, 250 hp for 23k. It'll blow the SRT-4 away.