After taking a shuttle from Eau Claire to Minneapolis, a plane from Minneapolis to Milwaukee, another plane from Milwaukee to Kansas City, a rental car from Kansas City to Newton KS, and a looooong drive back to WI, I've got the car home! The Cav will stick around. I think it will turn into a dedicated track/autocross car. I've got waaaaay too much time and money invested in it to get rid of it. I doubt it will receive the attention it has in the past though. We'll see how ambitious I get. Anyway, on with the pics.
2006 Mazda MazdaSpeed6 2.3L Turbo AWD
And had to throw in some new pics of the bike too....
2010 Subaru Impreza WRX Limited
1999 Cavalier Z24 Supercharged
1999 Grand AM SE (Beater Car)
1997 GMC Sierra
2007 Honda CBR 600RR
2005 Honda TRX450R
Very nice on both parts.. I'm heavily considering one of these for my next car..
I love the MazdaSpeed's! It looks nice, and great choice in color =D
good stuff
how fast are them mazda's ?
I do really enjoy those cars but, I am left wondering what your hiding on the passenger side?
I also hate driving across Wisconsin. The drive to Milwaukee from central MN is horrendous.
Haha, nothing wrong with the passenger side. It was getting dark and I just snapped a few quick pics on my way home from work. The car is mint. It isn't super fast. They run 14.0 in the 1/4 stock. You can do some pretty simple upgrades that boost it from 274HP to around 330-350HP. I'm planning on getting a Cobb tuner, a DP, a Cobb intake, and possibly a front mount somewhere down the road. That should keep me happy.
2010 Subaru Impreza WRX Limited
1999 Cavalier Z24 Supercharged
1999 Grand AM SE (Beater Car)
1997 GMC Sierra
2007 Honda CBR 600RR
2005 Honda TRX450R
I drove a speed 6 and wasn't impressed with it. I guess I was expecting more from a turbo'd car.
The speed 3 is a little faster but the 6 is definately a nice car and like you said there is some easy power to be made.
I didn't buy it for loads of power. It's a 2.3L 4 cylinder motor that's trying to move a 3700+ lb. car. But nonetheless it's pretty snappy. Not to mention the interior is awesome, cabin noise is very low, no creaks or squeaks, it rides and handles amazing, and it's a practical 4 door that looks decent. That's what I was after. If I wanted all out performance, I would have bought a Vette :-)
2010 Subaru Impreza WRX Limited
1999 Cavalier Z24 Supercharged
1999 Grand AM SE (Beater Car)
1997 GMC Sierra
2007 Honda CBR 600RR
2005 Honda TRX450R
I love the Speed 6's... they are really rare, AWD, turbo'd, look great, and Japanese...
what more could you ask for?
Yeah the interiors are pretty clean. Mazda makes a nice car. I test drove an 09 RX8 R3, it looked (inside and out) amazing and handled awsome but it was too slow for me. But the speed 6 would walk all over a RX8. I think you made a mighty fine purchase. Oh and the bike is sweet but I would probably kill myself on one.
ya, i read in a mag that a intake gives these things alot of hp.
luke i thought this was you with your sunfire.
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Very nice choice (Still would've voted for the SAAB
) Hope you're enjoying your new ride as much as I am mine! \
I LOVE the bike pictures by the way. Very awesome.
Congrats on the purchase man, I love it. Looks great.
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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WHITECAVY no more
2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
306 TQ
Very nice man. I love the Speed 6's.
Bike looks pretty sick too.
I like them, they are just too heavy to be a competitive performance/sport sedan - near two tons!
But i agree - the interior is very nice, and you can find these things lightly used for dirt cheap considering the amenity and AWD.
