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    Vince at Prima Mazda

    Recently purchased a 2011 3 GS from Vince Chaytha at Prima Mazda.

    Vince did a great job of answering the many questions we had super quickly, even following up on his day off, something I wouldn't...
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    Have started my due diligence in detail. A lot of the low KM M3's out there right now are either Quebec cars, have $1K damage repairs or both.

    By luck the 2010 I was looking at has one owner and...
  3. Independent Inspection vs. Mazda Certified

    I am Weighting pros and cons on a couple of used Mazda 3's right now and I am wondering what everyone thinks of the mobile inspection services like carinspector.ca.

    Have been burned before and...
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    Is there anyway to test for the transmission valve body problem, other than typically transmission performance and are there any dealer bulletins for it?
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    It looks like the SkyActive on the vintage we are looking at sells for a $1500 premium, that gives a break even of about 125,000 km, assuming that the engine maintains the better economy over the MZR...
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    Yeah, I've inspected some of the Quebec cars in dealers here and have driven in Montreal in rentals a fair bit, so I wouldn't touch those with a 10 foot pole.

    Top end around $15K, really though it...
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    Should have said I am looking for daily driver for my wife, has to have hatchback, auto. My mechanic said go for low kms over anything else. Wife is also covetous of a leather interior.

    The only...
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    Looking at the original equipment walk posted on the forum only the GT had leather seats as an option and there is no blue tooth so it must be a mod.

    Not sure what to make of that?
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    Re: Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    Yeah, that was a verbal quote from the sales guy, the vehicle isn't listed on their web site so I have no way to check right how. Leather as a mod sounds like it wouldn't be worth the hassle, so it's...
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    Looking at 2010 Sport GX

    I'm looking at a 2010 Sport GX with 50K on it. Looks pretty standard but for leather interior. Dealer has it listed for $12,500.

    Any thoughts on the price or anything I should look for with that...
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