Ten Grand Tin Can
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.2 mpg (Imp) ... 18.8 km/L ... 44.3 mpg (US) ...
Have you ever been tempted to get one? I've seen more than a few Kei's for sale around the GTA.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...
Ten Grand Tin Can
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.2 mpg (Imp) ... 18.8 km/L ... 44.3 mpg (US) ...
Right you were! A few more specs trickling out:
-- 113 horsepower, up 13 from the current car
-- weight is up by 88 lbs to about 2400 lbs, about 100 more than a base Micra.
-- gains nearly 6 inches in length, 1 inch in height and 3 inches in wheelbase
Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...debut-montreal
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...
Its a thumbs down for me.
10 acre long hood.
Front grill that could devour small aircraft.
Mirrors that jut out from the door.
However I do like the headlamps. Big fan of those LED "eyebrows".
Rear hatch is slanted too far foreward.
Media system pokes out of the dashboard so there is going to be zero chance of aftermarket options and uses a mouselike stick in the center for control.
Cupholders are behind, beside the driver.
Only one analog guage, the tach. I like my needles.
In other words.. NOPE.
However, I do like how Mazda makes all thier products to look similar.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S automatic: 7.9 L/100 km ... 35.7 mpg (Imp) ... 12.6 km/L ... 29.7 mpg (US) ...
LOL! What a joke. I won't ask ''what were they thinking?''... because I know the answer: most people will buy into all this hook line and sinker (and that's ok) it's just that I'm always hoping a mfg would build a car that purist nutter like me could really get behind.
1)So, other than this guy most people will not notice the car is so much bigger and if they do they will welcome the extra size...but why not just buy a bigger car and leave the small cars small, for those of us who like 'em that way?
2)Most people will not notice or care about the extra weight...88 lbs on something as large as a car? pffftt...but, next time you at the gym, grab two plates, 90lbs (heck you might even be able to grab a yoga girl that big) and toss 'em (or her) on the passenger seat, go for a drive and tell me now you notice no difference. (especially if you chose the yoga girl and she was non-compliant )
3)But they increased the power (by 13HP! OMG!) to try and mask all this bloat? well, @ 100lbs more than the Micra and only four more HP? That's easy math, still behind the Micra's power/weight ratio LOL
It's about time they just leave the airbags in the racing Micra, in order to sell them (street legal) to nuts like me.
Ten Grand Tin Can
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.2 mpg (Imp) ... 18.8 km/L ... 44.3 mpg (US) ...
much wow.. very unique..
*CLANK* Oops.. Dropped something.
*BANG*
Oops. Dropped something else..
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S automatic: 7.9 L/100 km ... 35.7 mpg (Imp) ... 12.6 km/L ... 29.7 mpg (US) ...
Yeah, I'm not a fan of the long hood style on a FWD car. Too fake. Is the Beemer 1 series FWD too?
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.0 L/100 km ... 56.5 mpg (Imp) ... 20.0 km/L ... 47.0 mpg (US) ...
Right now they are rear wheel drive (I think) rumor has it there is an all wheel drive model, but I have never seen a legit one.. In 2016 tho, they are going to front wheel drive according to the rumor mill.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S automatic: 7.9 L/100 km ... 35.7 mpg (Imp) ... 12.6 km/L ... 29.7 mpg (US) ...
Ten Grand Tin Can
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra S manual: 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.2 mpg (Imp) ... 18.8 km/L ... 44.3 mpg (US) ...