anybody there?

Carbon wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:12:18 -0400, John McGaw wrote:
>
>> BTW, it was seriously weird driving the Mazda 3 loaner. Sitting bolt
>> upright in a front-wheel-drive automatic econo-box is a a big change
>> from 17 years of Miatas.
>
> I recently drove the neighbor's pick-up, one of those jacked up deals
> with raised suspension and big balloon tires. I felt like I was sitting
> on top of a house. I think he said it gets 8 mpg. And the handling was...
> I'm not sure if awful covers it but it's the best I can do at the moment.

My wife and I in the UK have a mx-5 2.0 coupe and a manual Mazda 3 sport 2.0
Just have to remember which you are driving that day if it gets wet and
slippery. Both have DSC which keeps them fairly well behaved.