[ck42]

Coming away from a totaled Honda and have decided its replacement will be a Mazda3 hatch. I've always liked these cars and will finally get my own.

I've found one that looks/sounds good, but I'm curious as to the asking price.
I can give more details, but it's a '15 i Grand Touring 6sp blue hatch with 21K miles. Carfax is clean and even shows dealership maintenance at all the right times. 1 owner and always been in Atlanta.

Any comments on what a fair price would be?

 

[Matt22]

Not sure how fair the price is but you should ask the seller if it has a Denso Ecu. That is the better one of the two, and with it you can get a hand held programmer from orange Virus.
The other brand of Ecu is Mitsubishi.

I do see one in my area for 17,900 (I Grand touring)

a quick question though is why do you want an I when you could get an S?

 

[Brian.]

I can tell you that a Brand New 2.5l GT 6MT from Hennessy in Morrow, GA was $22k before TTL. And I saw a similar 2016? (might have been 2015) in Macon with about 40k that they were asking $16k (couple thousand too high IMHO).

If it's out of warranty (purchased early 2015), then probably $15k-ish. If it's still in warranty (purchased late 2015 or as a left-over), maybe another $1k on top. If it's the manual (both manual and auto are 6sp, best to use AT/MT as designation), you might have a little more leverage... but they might rebuke lower offers too. It's a fine line between limited supply and limited demand when it comes to the manual transmission.

Good luck

 

[MrBen]

Mazda discounts: Grade 12 Graduate $500, Previous owner of any Mazda $500 , 0% financing $1000.00 incentives and when it's the slower season fall-Jan. We are in peak season in car sales.

 

[CerealKiller]

What are your intentions for the car?

I'm asking because, if you want to modify/upgrade the car, a Mazdaspeed 2010 to 2013 may be more fun for you.

They have a ton of aftermarket parts available and can get upwards of double the HP of a 2.5L Skyactive.

You can find them for $15k or so too.
CK

 

[Rdrokit]

carolblaze has a nice 2012 Speed3 for sale.

http://mazda3revolution.com/forums/buy-sell-trade/227266-2012-mazda-speed-3-sale-17500-a.html

 

[lordnikon]

Not sure how fair the price is but you should ask the seller if it has a Denso Ecu. That is the better one of the two, and with it you can get a hand held programmer from orange Virus.
The other brand of Ecu is Mitsubishi.

I do see one in my area for 17,900 (I Grand touring)

a quick question though is why do you want an I when you could get an S?

How do you find out which ECU it has? I have the 2.5l

 

[ck42]

Appreciate the comments everyone!
The car will be my regular daily-driver. No plans for any performance related mods. Also intentionally looking for the 2.0 vs the 2.5....for better fuel mileage.
The car will already be quicker than what it will be replacing...so that will be a nice 'upgrade' regardless.

From what I've been able to find online, it does seem like a fair price would be somewhere in the $15K range. Oh...and yes, by 6 sp I meant MT. Never bought a car for myself that was not a MT...and don't ever see it happening. Even with some of the new CVTs actually getting slightly better mileage than a MT, I still like the control it gives....and I just enjoy rowing through the gears.

 

[Matt22]

How do you find out which ECU it has? I have the 2.5l

It says on the Ecu, just pop your hood and look.

 

[CerealKiller]

You just gave me a reason to walk out to my garage... BRB.
CK

It's a Denso ECU, which is good, because I plan on getting an OV Tune later on.