Greetings everyone! Name is Mark (nickname is Marko, hence the screen name). Recently moved to Denver from Greensboro, NC where I have lived for the past 17 years. Originally from Philly, PA so I'm no southerner. Loving it out here as I've been wanting to move here forever just about.

I'm an older guy (40 now ), but I'm no stick in the mud. lol. I've been very active on car forums for 15 years now. Just before moving out here I picked up a lightly used '10 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback with the 6 spd manual transmission. I've also got an '05 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon Limited 5 spd manual transmission (they're pretty rare). The LGT is mildly modded, and I love it, but I'm considering selling it and picking up a use '06+ Miata. I've also considered selling the Mazda 3 and picking up a new leftover '11 Miata.

I've owned a crap load of cars over the years. Seriously. Like 26 cars. (I'll post the list of the cars I've owned at the bottom of this post).

Anyway, nice to meet everyone here.


Here's my 3. Horrible color, but I was in a pinch cause I blew the transmission on my Outback and didn't have time to fix it before moving out here (and my LGT was already out here). I needed something quickly, and while I should have shopped for something more I wanted (Miata), I do like the 3.




As for the list of cars I've owned....here it is..... (List is in chronological order starting from when I was 15 and bought the '81 Colt)

'81 Dodge Colt
'82 Dodge Colt
'82 Datsun 280zx
'86 Dodge Lancer Turbo
'86 Nissan 300ZX
'91 Nissan 240SX SE Hatch
'91 Nissan 240SX SE Notch
'93 Mazda RX7 Touring
'92 Honda Prelude Si
'90 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo
'98 Nissan 240SX SE
'81 Datsun 280ZX
'95 Mistubishi Eclipse GST
'90 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
'95 Eagle Talon TSi AWD
'87 Mazda RX7 SE
'01 Mazda Tribute LX V6 AWD
'93 Mazda RX7 R1
'95 Mazda Miata M Edition
'05 Subaru Legacy GT Limited 5MT
'08 Subaru Legacy Spec B
'09 Subaru WRX Premium
'01 Subaru Outback H6 VDC
'05 Subaru Outback XT 5MT
'05 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon Limited 5MT
'10 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback 6MT

Impressive list of previous cars my friend! Welcome to Colorado and to CMZC. Glad to have ya.

Started out good until your Subaru phase there towards the end hahaha, just kidding....hope you enjoy Denver. Good thing you don't have the Outback anymore, you would have had to move to Boulder. :D

Welcome to the forum.

Colombia28 wrote:Impressive list of previous cars my friend! Welcome to Colorado and to CMZC. Glad to have ya.

Thanks!

dommo_g wrote:Started out good until your Subaru phase there towards the end hahaha, just kidding....hope you enjoy Denver. Good thing you don't have the Outback anymore, you would have had to move to Boulder.

Ha ha ha. Yeah, the '01 Outback was my workhorse. Had it for 2 years, put 30k miles on it and didn't really have a problem with it until the tranny blew.

PXRdriFT wrote:Welcome to the forum.

Thanks! Nice FD! I still think the FD is one of the best looking cars ever. I miss the ones I had, kinda why I'm looking to get into another Miata.

By the way, found this place via mazda3revolution's forum. Invited by this guy. So thanks for the invite.

welcome man!

dommo_g wrote:Started out good until your Subaru phase there towards the end hahaha, just kidding....hope you enjoy Denver. Good thing you don't have the Outback anymore, you would have had to move to Boulder.

Welcome Mark. saw a few 7's on your list so you're already in the good books.

Yep, out here Subaru's are referred to as Boulder Camrys.

-Pat

Mortose wrote:welcome man!

Thanks! Nice Speed3! Almost picked up an '07 Speed 3 when I bought my '10 3...but it had 30k more miles on it and was the same price, so I went with the newer car. Kinda wishing I had the Speed 3 power (although the 3 Sport hatch is pretty peppy).

yea, i was pretty dead set on getting a turbo car after my last car, and the dealer had a good deal going on mine. only had 18000 miles on it. still smelled new. lol

SecondGenPAt wrote:Welcome Mark. saw a few 7's on your list so you're already in the good books.

Yep, out here Subaru's are referred to as Boulder Camrys.

-Pat

Thanks Pat! Rx7's have always been a passion of mine. My passion turned into my mom's passion too. When I was 16 and couldn't afford an RX7 of my own, my constant drooling over an '82 RX7 led her to buy one for herself.

I've been a Mazda fan for years, hell, I'm actually a fan of all cars that are performance based.

Mortose wrote:yea, i was pretty dead set on getting a turbo car after my last car, and the dealer had a good deal going on mine. only had 18000 miles on it. still smelled new. lol

Ha ha. That's how it was with my current 3. It had 14k miles on it, and was in mint condition (still is basically as my gf drives it).

nice, yea, once i got mine, my wife was dead set on a mazda! so once the time comes, most likely we are going to be looking for a good 3 hatch (she cant drive stick, so no speed for her, lol) congrats on the car again man, hope to see you around.

Welcome to the club! I'll be on the lookout for when you're selling the Leggy GT Wagon. =)

Mortose wrote:nice, yea, once i got mine, my wife was dead set on a mazda! so once the time comes, most likely we are going to be looking for a good 3 hatch (she cant drive stick, so no speed for her, lol) congrats on the car again man, hope to see you around.

You should totally get her to learn stick. The 6 spd gear box is really nice!