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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:39 PM
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I'm tearing up over here

plz post more so I can +cat every single one of them
Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:40 PM
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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:41 PM
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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:42 PM
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I JUST WANT A FFFING COUPE


Guess soft top it is.....
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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:46 PM
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seriously.

Mazda needs to join this forum so I can propcat them
Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:48 PM
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Seems overly complicated and rear vision seems like it would suck horribly. By the time I get to buying a ND these should be out and I will test drive one back to back with the soft top. But unless something massive changes I will still be getting the soft top.
Old Mar 22, 2016 | 09:51 PM
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shut your ***** mouth
Old Mar 22, 2016 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiburbian
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So, it's a 90's vintage Corvette, but without the chassis rigidity and with the added weight of motors to move the tiny retractable section of the top?


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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 10:04 PM
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From some angle it's pretty (from others not so much). Roll bar is going to be hard-to-impossible, so not a track car though.

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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
So, it's a 90's vintage Corvette, but without the chassis rigidity and with the added weight of motors to move the tiny retractable section of the top?
I would expect better chassis rigidity than the C4, and if it's like the NC PRHT then the weight gain should be small.

It will likely be much quieter inside with the top up than the ragtop.

Not something I want, but I can see why people do.

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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 01:14 AM
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For fucksake Mazda just make a coupe already. The shape is good. Why all the moving bits for half a square metre of open top.
Old Mar 23, 2016 | 01:26 AM
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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 01:28 AM
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Well this decision is harder than I thought it would be.

Will be waiting til these are out (or at least til pricing is announced) before ordering an ND after all. :/
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It's so damned beautiful.
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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 01:30 AM
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right?!

I want to see these "angles" that it supposedly doesn't look good from. cause so far I like everything I see
Old Mar 23, 2016 | 01:35 AM
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I'm mostly concerned with cost, and the joint between the buttresses and the body. In the low-angle profile photos you can't see it, but in the higher angle profile photos you can see the seam and the line collides a bit with that stupid ******* crease on the quarter panel (the object of my ire on the softtop version).

Another huge concern is wind buffeting. My dad's Vette is undrivable with the t top off because of awful wind noise and buffeting.

Finally, the NC s with the top up weren't significantly quieter than the soft tops in my experience. We will see if this is different.
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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by turbofan

Another huge concern is wind buffeting. My dad's Vette is undrivable with the t top off because of awful wind noise and buffeting.

With a retractable rear window, and the rear buttress design, I believe it would be minimal.

Honest to god, my first thought was, "I wish they offered bolder colors." The top is 458 spyder, mMcLaren esq in its design, integration, and beauty

Also, 15 seconds from open to shut..... Compare that against any other manufacturers and mazda gets propcats again
Old Mar 23, 2016 | 07:04 AM
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weird when i posted the pic of it last week no one cared...
Old Mar 23, 2016 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Girz0r


Thoughts?
Originally Posted by Braineack
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Originally Posted by Braineack
weird when i posted the pic of it last week no one cared...
Maybeh cuz' I beat you to the punch

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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 08:19 AM
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:(


but learning that it's not a real coupe just makes me hate mazda more. they are dumb.



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