My new winter run around

[oifovo]

Hey guys,

Last winter my EK3 was written off after being rear ended by another car so I was looking for a new winter car. I have had a few japanese cars and so had my dad and neither of us has had any issues with them (which is not going to surprise any of us of course!) so I thought I might stick with japanese and I started looking for a nice wee Vitara which is a car my gf always wanted or perhaps scooby wagon... Well, I was rather unsuccessful, there were not many available around and those that were available were usually in terrible condition, overpriced or both. So after much searching I came across a completely different car that wasn't a 4x4 but ticked all other boxes - japanese, sporty looking, practical and not a sloth either - 2003 Mazda 323F 2.0 Sport. I just had to get 2 new tyres and there is a bit of rust on rear arches which does not bother me much - it is a work horse not a show car.
And it only cost me £900 which I thought was a fair price plus it is only insurance group 10 which is not bad either!

 

[D17KDB]

Looks good. Looks like a lot of car for the money

 

[mld22]

Bargain! Nice Buy

 

[kellsled]

supposed to be good cars these

 

[Gav-EK9]

Great find mate

 

[M.1]

Nice buy mate. There's a few of them kicking about here; they look like proper mint wee cars

 

[CR1S]

I had a look at these, they seemed to be very slow and underpowered for the size of engine. What are they like in the real world?
Even so for £900 you defo can't complain!

 

[tama666]

Good car! handleing is good on these too!

 

[oifovo]

I had a look at these, they seemed to be very slow and underpowered for the size of engine. What are they like in the real world?
Even so for £900 you defo can't complain!

To be honest it is not bad at all, the engine obviously lacks the punch of VTEC but is lot more torquey and the car is by no means slow. I was also surprised how well it handles, it is of course nowhere near as good as the 9 but more than adequate for a daily runaround! The biggest downside is the fuel consumption which is not impressive but that might also be caused by my moderately heavy right foot