Mazda CX-3 Forums

Hello Gus, CeramicMetallic,
Not only good weather in the Netherlands,
this summer we went through the Cotswolds on our motorcycle to scotland,
we also had nice weather

I've had four previous cars. This VW Golf was my third; bought second-hand in 1994. Photo was taken in 2005 when I sold it to a private buyer:



The car I part exchanged for my CX-3 was a SEAT Ibiza, bought new in 2005. This photo was taken in 2013:

JT, the cars look very good,
you take really good care of them,
regarding the age they look fabulous

I get my CX-3 1.5D Sport Nav AWD (Soul Red) next week. My current car is a Vauxhall Mokka 1.4Turbo 4x4 (petrol) , my previous car was a Skoda Yeti 1.8TSI 4WD. My car history before was Skoda Fabia, Fiat Punto Sporting, Fiat Barchetta, Peugeot 306, Rover Metro GTI, Rover Metro GTA, Austin Metro 1.3 and Austin Metro 1litre L.

I can't wait to get my CX-3 next week !

Welcome to the forum.

Not many people would admit to owning so many Britty Leylys ( ahem, not that I ever did you understand) but the nice thing is you won't have to commit the whole weekend to working on you CX-3. You will love it.

In reverse order -

Volvo C30 R-Design

Kia Sportage XS

Citroen Picasso

Ford Mondeo L

Ford Sierra Ghia estate 2.0

Range Rover Mk1

Renault 11 TXE Electronic

Renault 5 TX

Austin Metro S

Last car was a Qashqai 360.

Before that had a 3.0l BMW Z4 !!!!!

Nothing like going from one extreme to the other.

Triumph Herald 1200 Convertible
Triumph GT6
Triumph Spitfire 1500 (painful to watch it rust away)
Ford Fiesta XR2 mk 2 ( a hooligans car)
Triumph Spitfire 1500 (a different one although I did buy my first one back, fully restored it and a forced sale)
Ford Fiesta mk 1 (well, needs must)
Peugeot 205 GT (great hedge finder)
Saab 9000 CDS (luxury)
Peugeot 106 XS (great hedge finder)
MGF (better than you might think)
Smart 2 (great for annoying traffic wardens)
Honda S2000 (still own it)
Fiat Panda Mk3 (great fun bargain motoring)
BMW 118d (worst car ever owned)
Honda Civic 2.2 CTDi (2006 version)
Honda CRZ GT (missing it already...)

and now CX3 Sport Nav in Jet Black...

Audi a4 avant 2003 1.9 tdi 130bhp Bought it with 174,000 miles on the in 2007 and still going strong with 219,000. My niece is now driving it. Great quality car. Before that Nissan micra, Fiat bravo, Fiat punto, Ford Fiesta x3, Chrysler alpine (my first car)

Ford Anglia Estate - that was so rusty the passenger B pillar had rotted away from the floor - screwing in a steel shelf bracket soon sorted that out! (Before I knew anything about anything)
Ford 100E - Needed a recon engine (soon began learning something about motors) it too rotted away
Ford 100E No 2 - put the recon engine in from the first 100E as a piston found its way through the side of the block!
Ford Cortina Mk 1 1500 - Another recon engine needed!
Ford Cortina Mk 2 1600 - you guessed it, the Mk 1 1500 engine replaced this 1600 due to previous owner managing to drop a ball bearing into the carb!!! (Was really starting to know my way around Ford's now )
Ford Cortina Mk 3 2L - you know... with the vinyl roof... Engine caught fire!!!
Ford Cortina Mk 4 2L - had to put the Mk 3 gearbox in as this one was cracked.
Vauxhall Astra Mk 2 1600 - core plugs rusted away - changed
Vauxhall Cavalier 1600 - nothing happened! Px'd it for -
VW Golf Mk III GTi 8v - not much happened to this either, px'd it for -
VW Golf Mk III VR6 - nice car but couldn't really afford to run it, very thirsty so we px'd for -
VW Bora PD150 - very nice, chipped before I bought it, very quick! Stolen after a break-in, recovered and sold on to part pay for -
VW Mk VI GTD - which is still sitting outside until we pick up the CX-3 next Friday - paranoid it might get damaged before handover....