[Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

[Jason Hartberger]

Now, when you say 'fuggetaboutit', do you mean to imply that a stock Mazda 6
will whoop an ATX's ass? or that an ATX will beat a Mazda 6?

//
Jason

just got off duty, I'm really tired...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement


> 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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