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Re: 20 years ago

Posted: December 29th, 2011, 12:10 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
Miguelitto wrote:Oww guys, I don`t know when it was made, I know that her`s first owner bought she on november
She was bought in November, so she was made before November ;)

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: December 29th, 2011, 12:12 pm
by mikeetown
My 12/91 mx-3 got rear ended a bit more than a month ago :( :( :( :(

So, I have to wait until next year for a 20 year old mx-3 now.

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 6:57 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
My MX would have been the big 20 shortly. Would have been crazy seeing it as a 20 year old car!

I was always joking about how it was almost a classic car too haha.

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 7:27 pm
by RobMinhas
My cars the same age as me :) Made in late 94 so I've got some months on it hahah

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:30 pm
by mitmaks
inthemaking wrote:soon its considered a classic in 5 years . then ill put classic plates on it that will be sweet lol awhole new class. i went to a show this summer and i guy thought it was in the 2000 lmfao. he was shooked when i said it was a 92. i love my mazda
yes, mx-3s are timeless. People are surprised I still have mine but I love driving it. Mom keeps pushing me to sell it and buy something else, but I'm not going into debt just to have a new car. I don't really like many new cars and if I do like one or two they're too expensive, I can pay mortgage for what they want for a car payment nowadays.

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:57 pm
by ethand
Serious Rob?! Wow, you're young!! Haha... weird thing is, I'm the same age as mine, too, which means theres only like a 2 yr difference between us... but I forget that I've been driving for over 3 years now.... :shock:
Yes, I got asked the other day how I was able to afford such an expensive car while being a Uni student, etc. When I replied that it was old, so pretty cheap, the guy said 'well, it'd only be 3-4 years old, wouldn't it?' Should've seen his face when I told him it was 20! :lol: :freak:

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 9:58 pm
by im2bad4ya
I'm the oldest! :laugh:

October, '91

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 10:04 pm
by RobMinhas
ethand wrote:Serious Rob?! Wow, you're young!! Haha... weird thing is, I'm the same age as mine, too, which means theres only like a 2 yr difference between us... but I forget that I've been driving for over 3 years now.... :shock:
Yes, I got asked the other day how I was able to afford such an expensive car while being a Uni student, etc. When I replied that it was old, so pretty cheap, the guy said 'well, it'd only be 3-4 years old, wouldn't it?' Should've seen his face when I told him it was 20! :lol: :freak:
hahah yes I'm quite young, I've only legally been allowed to drive alone for about a year and I've gotten that a couple of times too.

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 11:04 pm
by im2bad4ya
inthemaking wrote:soon its considered a classic in 5 years . then ill put classic plates on it that will be sweet lol awhole new class. i went to a show this summer and i guy thought it was in the 2000 lmfao. he was shooked when i said it was a 92. i love my mazda
It's kinda weird to see a car with Urethan or plastic bumpers with Classic/Antique plates! I've seen a few Corolla AE86's with them.

But what's the exact deal with those? I know you get special insurance, which comes out way cheaper per year. But once you register the car as classic, I think you're only permitted to drive the car a certain amount of miles a year, if you go over the allotted amount you pay a fine or such for each mile you go over. Anyone know for sure? It'd be sweet to get that for project cars/racing. Not so much for daily drivers.

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:29 am
by WhiteFinish
I was close to for the classic cars... but our government decided to raise the age from 25 to 30 years..... :shock:

And... in another 10 years, they will probably decide to raise it to 35 haha

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:01 am
by ethand
im2bad4ya wrote:I'm the oldest! :laugh:

October, '91
Well, you might not be... My car says '92 on the rego papers, but the seatbelt was manufactured in '91, and I actually don't know when the car was built - they took off the japanese plate when it was made & nobody has been able to tell me its age!! :crying:

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:25 pm
by im2bad4ya
They scrubbed off the VIN from the body as well? It's not on the firewall? Well until someone can prove it, I'm the oldest, haha!

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:34 pm
by mikeetown
mitmaks wrote:
inthemaking wrote:soon its considered a classic in 5 years . then ill put classic plates on it that will be sweet lol awhole new class. i went to a show this summer and i guy thought it was in the 2000 lmfao. he was shooked when i said it was a 92. i love my mazda
yes, mx-3s are timeless. People are surprised I still have mine but I love driving it. Mom keeps pushing me to sell it and buy something else, but I'm not going into debt just to have a new car. I don't really like many new cars and if I do like one or two they're too expensive, I can pay mortgage for what they want for a car payment nowadays.
I know what you mean dude. Yes i can buy a car for 20,000$ but it wont have a 2.5 v6 with a 7000rpm rev range and a v6 sound. Also, if u know someone in the buisness ( i do lol), you can import at R32 GTR for 15,000$ with taxes, shipping and inspection (one has to show up at an auction in japan though). Id rather import a good car. Beamers, evo's' and subaru's' are around 3500$ with turbo's'as long as your not to picky. Well, 318ci's'are not turbo.

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:36 pm
by mikeetown
quote="ethand"]Serious Rob?! Wow, you're young!! Haha... weird thing is, I'm the same age as mine, too, which means theres only like a 2 yr difference between us... but I forget that I've been driving for over 3 years now.... :shock:
Yes, I got asked the other day how I was able to afford such an expensive car while being a Uni student, etc. When I replied that it was old, so pretty cheap, the guy said 'well, it'd only be 3-4 years old, wouldn't it?' Should've seen his face when I told him it was 20! :lol: :freak:[/quote]

THAT GUY GOT POWNED!!!!!! (By and MX-3 :) )

Re: 20 years ago

Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:31 pm
by ethand
im2bad4ya wrote:They scrubbed off the VIN from the body as well? It's not on the firewall? Well until someone can prove it, I'm the oldest, haha!
Oh, I know the VIN, but can't do anything with it!! I tried entering it into some kind of VIN decoder but it didn't work... The original plates on the firewall have been replaced with a compliance plate which say that the car was imported to Australia from Japan in '98...
But yes, that does mean you've got the oldest MX-3 until someone can prove otherwise haha ;)