Used Mazda Mazda3 Grand Touring for Sale

I bought the car in October '09; waited this long (4500 miles) so my review would be more useful than just the flush of new romance. I wasn't even looking for a new car. Decided to look at the Mazda 3 just for fun (I do that a lot) and ended up trading in my '03 Infiniti G-35 for a Grand Touring s Mazda 3 sedan! I prefer the sedan because I like a trunk, don't haul bulky stuff and drive mostly by myself. I've never looked back! I'm no kid, 69 my next birthday, but I like to drive and have fun while I'm doing it. The Mazda 3 is as much fun to drive as my G-35 was, with much better gas mileage and on regular gas, too! Took a 2000-mile trip over Xmas, got over 30 mpg at "interesting" speeds. A very comfortable road car: drove all the way home in one day (969 miles, two pit stops) and when I got out of the car at 3 AM I could still walk and unload the car! I have the sunroof/Bose stereo option and all the goodies that come with the GT. With the memory seat I have a setting for driving and one for getting in and out (nice for an old geezer, seat all the way up, all the way back). The seat heaters have been a godsend in this unusually cold winter. The adaptive headlights really do work; they turn when the car turns and are a great help on dark, winding roads. I've never before had rain-sensing wipers, Bluetooth, or controls on the steering wheel, all of which I love and make it much easier to drive. The shiftable automatic transmission is great for getting on the freeway or just zoom-zooming around town. Shifts are crisp and very fast; the fun of a manual, but the convenience of an automatic, at your fingertips. Obviously, I love this car. And it goes to show that for Corolla (yawn) or Civic (yawn again) money you can get a really nifty tricked-out, great fun, comfortable and useful sport sedan driver's car (a new, "equivalent" G-35 would be $15,000+ more, 6-8 mpg less, and premium gas).

I got my Mazda3 s Grand Touring from my dad a few years ago, and it's simply perfect. It was provided to me in mostly great quality besides the paint on the front fender, which was damaged. It exemplifies what I love about Mazda in general — they aspire to make truly fun cars to drive, even when they're low on power. On top of that, it's more than luxurious enough for my needs, with lifetime Sirius/XM and satellite navigation, plus Bluetooth. My only qualms with it are that the automatic transmission isn't as great as their amazing manual, and the satnav screen is a little small.