Pity it's bad, Mazda normally make pretty solid stuff. I nearly got an MX5 back in the day but ended up with the Calibra (company car scheme decided to become Vauxhall-obsessed). Electric cars, tho'... I'm just finding it hard to develop much enthusiasm for what is basically a milk float, however quick it may or may not be. I'm not even a petrol-head, but I just think a rechargeable car is a bit soulless.
Oh, and automatic handbrakes: they're just wrong. I mean fundamentally wrong as the whole point is that it's supposed to be a mechanical failsafe, but feels wrong, and often works wrong: I borrowed a Vectra (? I think; whatever is the current-ish boring grey Vauxhall, anyway) that had one and it was impossible to reverse off our driveway without the car rolling forwards. Horrible thing. Edit: and I mean a manual gearbox etc; my clutch control is normally pretty good but no matter what I tried the brake would disengage before the clutch had a chance to hold the car. Seems it was a choice of rolling forwards or doing a backwards wheelspin or something, neither of which is exactly ideal. That car was especially bad, I had a Mondeo with the same setup that didn't roll but I still didn't like it.
Last edited by vometia; 12/11/20 12:16 PM.
