30 December 2013

Car Talk 2.0

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner:  the 2004 Mazda Verisa.


Ain't she a beaut?  Only ~25,000 miles -- crazy low mileage for a car this age. Excellent little car! Matt and I mourned for a little bit over not getting a Toyota or Honda (we had driven both for years), but this little zoom zoom car makes up for it with its really cool features.  

Some great things worth mentioning:
  • 43 miles per gallon mixed driving (I know, isn't that crazy?!  At least that's what websites are claiming. We shall see....if it's true, it will surely come in handy with petrol costing $8 / gallon.)
  • Hatchback. Seats fold down all the way flush to the floor to make room for sleeping or for our musical gear!  And the hatchback cover can be used two ways - up top to cover a large load, or on the floor to cover a hidden compartment in the back.
  • Two glove compartments, roomy front compartments, snug cup holders, keyless lock and keyless start.
  • Drives like a dream. Larger wheels than the other hatchbacks we were looking at. Feels like you're sitting in a sedan, with the benefits of the smaller hatchbacks around here but without the boxy body.  
  • The whole manual is in Japanese and there is no English translation!  LOL!  Matt is trying to run it through Google Translate right now to see if we can read it, lol!
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!  
<3 <3  Melissa & Matt

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