[Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:54:50 -0400

A friend of mine has whatever the lowest trim package 6 is that is still
available with the V6/MTX.  His car is stock, and I have a few mods, but
I easily took him from a roll of about 40mph.  I know it doesn't say
much, but I think the 6 is just slightly behind the MTX SHO.  It is a
very nice looking car though.  The seats need a little more side
bolstering though.

Bill Murray
Thinking of Evo's when I sleep at night

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> From: mkelley1@gt.rr.com [mailto:mkelley1@gt.rr.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:28 PM
> To: dataflash@yahoo.com; bjshov8@comcast.net; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement
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> 
> 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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