Hi all,
Just a quick update re; the car, I have now driven her more than twice (yes it's a girl (Elisa), far to much style and grace to be a boy), and she is so light on her feet. Everytime that I drive it I am reminded of French lingerie, It hugs every curve, the beaut thing about it is that Mazda have built a newer car but resisted refining it beyond the original design concept "Jinba Iittai" , Horse and Rider as One. Switchable DSC is a good thing when one drives with some spirit, leather is wonderful, the extra kw's are there, and you know it, refined suspension over the series one is a marvel as is the NVH reduction, the Bridgestone Potenza's are a little noisy in comparison to the LS 2000's
that I had on my '99 model but at the grip is great wet and dry. Bose have done the job with the audio and the ipod aux jack is worth it's weight, the boast of extra boot space would be correct if you were carting water
but hey it is a sports car after all. Now if I can just post some images.