And You Thought The Miata Was a Chick Car?

[MaChu]

http://cars.ign.com/articles/456/456708p1.html

Yeah, can you say affordable Ashton Martin...sorta. Finally an import 4 banging coupe worth looking at in the near future. Everything was getting too angluar or angry looking. Wedge Celica, bug-eyed RSX, Pontiac Eclipse or how bout a mini van Civic Si? I think Mazda hit it right on with their new stuff either the new 3, 6, and RX8.

[BobTheCow]

omfg it took me like 10 minutes to realize that tony hawk thing was just a stupid ad, and that you DIDN'T mis-link...

bout the car: schweeet... :)

[RetroEclipseMan]

I'm definately liking the styling of it. Not as girly as most miatas. I really like where mazda is going with their cars especially with the Rx8's, those things are so awsome. I think it's about time I toss on some nice clothes and head down to the stearlership to take a test drive in one

[PyRo]

Can you believe I tried that at the Ferrari/Mazirattie Dealership in town and they told my I couldn't test drive one

[RetroEclipseMan]

Originally posted by PyRo
Can you believe I tried that at the Ferrari/Mazirattie Dealership in town and they told my I couldn't test drive one

Hehe, what do you expect, it's a friggen ferrari dealership. Unless you roll up in a sick car or can easily pull off being totally rich you're not gonna get anywhere at one of those places. The seattle ferrari dealsership is the first dealership i've been to where not one salesman even came up to me and asked if i had any questions.


They musta figured out that I had no plans of buying.

[PyRo]

I did wear a suit...

[GT]

My weekend car is a miata......





You guys need to actually drive one to know just how sweet they are. BTW this topic, coupe, has been beat to death on www.miata.net

[PyRo]

Chevy and Mopar 4 life :)

[Curly]

Wow... It kinda looks like S2k + RX8 + porsche had a baby. I kinda like it in some ways, and in others I still think its a miata. While I know for a fact that miata's handle insanly well... I just cant get over the fact that the are incredibly ugly and serve very little purpose...

[sps16]

Thats much better looking then the current miatas

[OfficerGoat]

On the list of cars I cant drive... the miata... no seriously I cant.... I don't have enough leg room to get the clutch to fully disengage. lol. BTW.... its only got 1 cyl per wheel and no power adder... its still a chick car

So far as the test drive a ferari thing.... DONT GO IN A SUIT.... nobody goes to test drive a car in a suit... especialy not rich bastards. Dress nice,,, clubwear something like that .. Remember every ferari or other nice car dealer has folks try that one on them all the time. Its proboly best to roll in in a nice ride as well..

Oh.... and doing all of that still wont get you a test drive of a ferari.... they actualy want proof that you can afford it before they will let you test drive it. Way back when I was a dot comunist they made me bring in my bank statement before handing the keys over. All in all knowing where the economy is now I'm glad I got the vette over that. Loosing a $50k ride to my ex-wife is far preferable to a $125k one.

[PyRo]

$125k Ferrari? The were asking 4 million for the one I was asking about.

[OfficerGoat]

Ohh.... and GTRSi ... blue car + clouds always makes for an awesome shot. :)

[OfficerGoat]

Originally posted by PyRo
$125k Ferrari? The were asking 4 million for the one I was asking about.

Ummmm... did they gold plate it? Ether that or they were yanking your leg bad.... even the Enzo is only 6-700k and thats a very limited run car.

I was looking at a 360... although IMHO the 550s are about the most drop dead sexy car in recent history.

[Vex]

Some tips from a guy who used to sell cars...(really ):

The best thing you can do is pull up in a really nice vehicle--it's that whole "first impression" thing. That's the first thing that a salesperson notices. Nice car = $$.
You don't have to dress flashy, (business casual, club threads) but a few expensive (or expensive-looking) accessories help a lot. Also, carry yourself like you know what you're doing.
The MOST important thing to remember: Don't get excited! Remain calm, cool, and collected. Don't beat around the bush with details about the car, and DON'T ask if you can take it for a test drive--tell the salesperson that this is the one that you'd like to drive.
Don't talk a lot--be sort of vague about what you do--make it sound as if you come from money, rather than make money. Also, during the test drive, the salesperson shouldn't, as a rule, engage you in a lot of conversation. This is because they want you to explore the car and its features. They will point out some stuff and make small talk. But if you really want to ensure that the salesperson stays quiet, then you stay quiet. The best thing you can do as an "up" is to keep control of the situation, and the salesperson. The less a salesperson talks, the less control he has of you--and that's a good thing (for you!)

Now, I don't know if this will work on a Ferrari or Maserati, but it should get you into 350Zs, RX-8s, Rousch Mustangs, BMWs, and Mercedes Kompressors.

Good Luck!

P.S.--I know you're wondering... I sold KIAs...