RE: Shed Of The Week: Mazda MX-6

[vrooom]

this is one of the car that should be RWD from start.

[pSyCoSiS]

Not for me this one.

Doesn't do anything to evoke any emotions. A bit boring and bland, even though it may be a genuine example.

[J4CKO]

Shed is right about looking past the stickers, under that is a fairly decent looking retro coupe, can think of worse ways to waft about for a bit.

I suspect whoever did that to the poor thing may be living in a flat rammed with junk, bottles of their own pee and several well dressed corpses, which would be a similar level of mental as hideously overdone Von Dutch stylings on a Jap Coupe.

My problem would be driving it home, getting sat in traffic and being associated with it whilst it still wears its murals, then you get pegged as "every town has one", which they do.

[Ryvita]

And it's SORN. Whatever your opinion on the merits of the model, surely that alone eliminates this example from shed contention?

If you must have some unusual Mazda, surely this is a more shedly shed?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Mazda XEDOS 6 SALOON 4-DOOR 2.0 V6 4dr - £980

•1999
•Petrol
•Saloon
•Automatic
•87000 miles
.
Red, Anti-Lock Brakes, Air Conditioning, Power Steering, Alloy Wheels, Electric Sunroof, Electric Mirrors, Armrest, Front/Rear Electric Windows, Central Locking, Three Previous Registered Keepers, Cloth interior, Colour Coded Bumpers, Colour Coded Mirrors, electric front seats, Part Service History. £980 Non VAT Qualifying

[anonymous-user]

Maybe I'm a fool, but I wouldn't even bother going to look at a car owned by someone who would do that to it. Every time I have looked at a car with any sort of modifications or customization (tasteless or otherwise) it's a badly maintained st heap, even when the owner genuinely seems to think it's great.

[Escort Si-130]

lol, you sure are right; don't think shed could go worse than the Metro.

BritishRacinGrin said:

At least it's not a Metro!

Poor run of form by SOTW if you ask me.

[BrettMRC]

Stickers aside, these are not bad cars - not as good as similar age Preludes, but plenty of torque and a nice motorway cruiser.

[andymadmak]

Escort Si-130 said:

lol, you sure are right; don't think shed could go worse than the Metro.

BritishRacinGrin said:

At least it's not a Metro!

Poor run of form by SOTW if you ask me.

Except perhaps a mid 80s Escort.......

[dbdb]

De-stickered it would be a pleasant enough car - at least it has a V6 rather than some 4 pot diesel, so it won't sound like a van like most cars do.

[Martin 480 Turbo]

The japanese take on the Calibra. They dumbded it down so it should appeal
more to the crowd of former Capri and Manta owners because it was less futuristic.
But of course they even copied the trademark rustspots on the sills and rear arches...

sadly they didn't get the "driftable rwd" memo.

So these were useless when new. Making one SOTW now is just hilarious. (On April 1st.)

fail.

[Galsia]

My dad had a Japanese Import when I was younger. It wasn't a bad car really. It seated four comfortably, was reasonably quick and better than a Ford Probe. It didn't exactly set the world on fire but I don't understand the hate for them.

[stedale]

I'm the first to admit I am a fan of a nice old Mazda. However, this is not a nice old mazda.

[s m]

They got pretty good write-ups in the mags of the times compared to their contemporaries.

Then again, many cars that did have become rubbish over the intervening years according to public opinion/taste and fancy.........and vice versa

[aka_kerrly]

Ryvita said:

And it's SORN. Whatever your opinion on the merits of the model, surely that alone eliminates this example from shed contention?

Hardly, when you consider the Government's wonderful changes to the VED system means every car purchase requires the new owner to pay for tax straight away.


On the SOTW topic though I have to say I am struggling to find redeeming features on the MX6 and find myself looking thinking this Cougar V6 manual with LPG for £795 is a far better proposition


http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

[anonymous-user]

Absolutely awful on every level!

[exgtt]

Slow, thirsty, uninvolving, garish, boring, other MX-6 drivers will acknowledge you, the oil control rings will stop controling oil, the indicator stalk is on the wrong side, auto box etc etc etc......


Easily the worst shed ever

Edited by exgtt on Friday 7th November 12:29

[KTF]

This and the Metro from a few weeks ago. I'd rather they didnt run the feature if they cant find anything good

[SimesJH]

Utter cack.

SOTW is normally something to look forward to on a Friday lunchtime, but not even Shed's flowing prose has captured his love life this week with regards Mrs Shed. That disappointing lack of marital communication to his loyal followers, coupled with one of the worst SOTW's makes me feel rather concerned for the poor chap. Something is clearly wrong.

[J4CKO]

KTF said:

This and the Metro from a few weeks ago. I'd rather they didnt run the feature if they cant find anything good

Ok, so a 90s six cyclinder BMW every week then....


Shed is like a bag of Revels, sooner or later you get a run of rancid Coffee flavoured ones, the ones you wish they would replace with something more palatable like Ear Wax or Bluebottles.

[Europa1]

aka_kerrly said:

Hardly, when you consider the Government's wonderful changes to the VED system means every car purchase requires the new owner to pay for tax straight away.


On the SOTW topic though I have to say I am struggling to find redeeming features on the MX6 and find myself looking thinking this Cougar V6 manual with LPG for £795 is a far better proposition


http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Hmm, the Ford "woman who seeks sexual relations with considerably younger men". Not really sure of that's better or worse than a Probe...