[Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

[Carl Prochilo]

That 0-60 time will beat a stock MTX SHO.  ATX, fuggetaboutit.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Thu, July 22, 2004 3:27 pm, mkelley1@gt.rr.com said:
> I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of the 6 Ian.  Car & Driver's
> testing of an MTX V6 Mazda 6 yielded a 0-60 of 6.4 and a 1/4 mile of 15.1
> which is dead on with SHO performance.  I've even seen some timeslips of
> 6s
> dropping into the high 14s.
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Ian Fisher dataflash@yahoo.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:48:48 -0700 (PDT)
> To: bjshov8@comcast.net, shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement
>
>
> I guess it depends on if you are comparing automatics
> to 5 speeds. The new Maxima's will blow away the
> SHO's. The SHO's are quicker than the Mazda 6's. As
> far as utility, the SHO may as well be a Camaro with a
> large trunk as the back seat is useless unless the
> front passengers are dwarfs with the seats all the way
> up. Even so, there isn't much headroom for the tall
> folk in the back. The SHO trunk is better than nothing
> but it is not great. I also hate the large rear
> valance on the SHO that prevents one from pushing or
> pulling items in and out of the trunk. This was common
> on cars of this generation so I can't fault the SHO
> for being a product of its times. I do think that the
> 4-6th gen Maxima's make much better use of interior
> space in a slightly smaller car (5th and 6th gen
> excluded-they only got bigger with age).
>
> I don't know too much about the Mazda 6 except that
> they are quick but not as fast as an SHO. My old
> roomate has one and he upgraded the projector
> headlights to xenon with great results. That is a plus
> IMHO. The Mazdaspeed 6 does sound interesting though.
> By the way, I am judging all of these cars as if they
> had manual transmissions. I personally would not buy
> another automatic so that's what's important to me...
>
> my 2 cents
> Ian
>
>
> --- bjshov8 <bjshov8@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > As for SHO replacments I can think of a few in the
>> same catagory. I can
>> think of dozens of fast fun cars to drive.
>>
>> To me the SHO is a combination of performance, cost,
>> efficiency and utility.
>> With this in mind it is somewhat harder to replace.
>> I used to think the
>> Maxima was the closest replacement, with the Acura
>> 3.2TL-S next in line.
>> I've noticed that the Mazda 6 may be the closest
>> replacement yet- it is at a
>> good price point, has a similar size engine with
>> similar horsepower, and has
>> performance to match the gen1/2 SHO.
>>
>> I sense that a lot of the list members are now able
>> to move up the price
>> ladder and replace their SHO's with something that
>> stickers one or 2 classes
>> above the SHO.  This opens the possibilities a lot
>> but then these cars are
>> less equal as SHO replacements.
>>
>> As for me I'm inclined to consider a G35 as a
>> possible replacement.
>> Unfortunately the cheapest one that I could get
>> would be twice what I paid
>> for my gen1 SHO new, and 4 times what I paid for my
>> gen3 used.
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