[Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

[Carl Prochilo]

6.4 sec vs 7.5 sec.  Sorry.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Thu, July 22, 2004 4:42 pm, Jason Hartberger said:
> 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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