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Nice ride Adam, Congrats!

I really like the new ride. The wife wants to get one of these for her next car.

I really like the new ride, too. I took it on a short trip down Hwy 1 past Half Moon Bay and it continues to impress all around. The total package of handling/ride quality/interior/looks is really something for the price. I still get a little giddy every time I go out and see it parked there.

That's always a great feeling! Glad to hear that you like it so much... maybe I'll have to consider one.

Adam, I am very jealous. I've been *this close* to buying a Mazda 3i on a couple of occasions. Then my wife snaps me back to reality with the property tax bill or some such. That is clearly my favorite of the economical cars. Come give me a test drive! I'm only about 800 miles away.

Congrats. Enjoy!

He also is very good at picking beers.

Mmm... Elysian Bete Blanche Trippel...

Well, Washington (Olympic National Park to be specific) is on my list of places to take road trips to, so who knows, I may be able to stop by one of these days, Tom!

I hate to rain on your parade... but I think you bought too soon...

Heh. Reminds me of a Barenaked Ladies song.

I just came back from an overnight trip to Yosemite. Definitely still loving the car. If I had a complaint from this first road trip, it'd be that I didn't get close to the advertised 32mpg highway. Best I got was about 28, which is still good, but not 32. All the other features I'm happy about cancel that one out, though.

On another good note, the future iPod hookup I had included in the original purchase price has been installed, and it's actually a lot cooler than what I was expecting. I was expecting just a standard Aux input jack, but instead got a third party "iPod Integration Unit" (link) that charges the iPod and gives me control of the iPod through my stereo/steering wheel controls (can ffwd,rew, back, next, and have it go back or to the next playlist or album). Plus the cord comes out through the ashtray, which is big enough to fit my connected iPod mini inside with the tray's door closed, so I get all my favorite tunes without any wires or iPod showing. Nice!

Cool, I just bought a DICE unit, should be arriving today. It's for my FJ. Granted $150 is a lot to pay for an adapter but I felt that looking at the scroll wheel and playlists while driving isn't the safest thing in the world...