hogcar

What would you say was acceptable for a new 05 as far as mileage is concerned? I realize the lower the better but what is reasonable? Thoughts---

Skythe

I was pissy when I bought my 05 in Nov, it had 75 miles. But maybe I'm too sensitive. Considering how they let people do test drives in these things, I would surmise to say no more than 300 miles.

RX26b

Why put the cap so high at 300 miles, Skythe? If the car comes off the carrier at the dealership with 2 to 4 miles typically, do you feel comfortable that it's been test driven tons of miles by who knows who? I'd be willing to bet my bank account that if the miles are higher than delivery that it's been redlined numerous times. Afterall, who buys a sports car and test drives it like a little old lady?

And if it has been ragged on, for say 2 or 300 hundred miles, what's the point of then breaking it in gently (per the manual)?

hogcar

I would agree but there are probably not many 05's arriving at the dealerships now. So at this late date would a couple hundred miles be reasonable?

kaoman

my 05 had 25 miles, but this was in november

HolyCross05

My 05 had 13 miles, picked it up in Feb.

RotoRocket

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05 had 62 miles, but about 20 of these were from me.

hogcar

Any idea as to the best price now for a Base model 6speed with no options? 22,000 out the door sound about right?

BunnyGirl

I ordered mine new so nobody will be out test driving it. I was told to expect mine to have less than 10 miles on it.

tiggerlee

Mine had 6 miles on it when I found it on the lot. 13 miles after I test drove it.

toxin440

mine had 4 miles on it when i pulled outta the Mazda dealership in irving.

that was a sweet day, now im sitting at 17200 miles

BunnyGirl

Mine's going to be getting in the mid 70s per day with my new job. Oh well. At least it's a really fun car to drive.

Nopstnz

Picked up 05 with 503 miles and sport + appearance package for 22k plus credit through Mazda.

jisoo26

Had 119 on mine when I bought it new, wasn't too bad and the car was in pristine condition

Nopstnz

^^^^

Doesn't matter if it was affected by the test drives though cuz it will eventually be replaced with a 20b.

cbucalo

Mine had 24 miles just 5 days ago. Now it has 640. It's broken in now. Just did 100mph.

Skythe

our right, I wouldn't feel comfortable with a "new" car with 300 miles nor did I feel comfortable with my car that had less then 80. But you have to keep in mind a lot of these 05's have been sitting on the lot for a while, and you have to accept that they do get driven...driven poorly and certainly, not gently.

I can't answer your last question cuz I don't know, what is the practical purpose of breaking in a car that has clearly been driven in a manner that is incongruent with "proper" break in guidlines. Did I follow the break-in precedure and not drive it like it was meant to be until breaking 1K miles? I did. Should someone who's buying a car with 300 - 500 miles already on it from test-drives? I guess he or she should just for the sake of following what's in the manual to protect themselves from losing warranty coverage.

spinstyle808

Mine had 90 miles on it and it was sitting in the show room, out of the Florida "elements"......I drove another one on the lot, but not the one i bought. I'm totally happy.

RX26b

I don't think Mazda would know whether you finished out the last few hundred miles of the break-in properly. If there's truth to the proper break-in spiel, then the damage has long been done, whether there's 50 miles or 500.

Just sucks to think of the unknown when surmising about the history of your own car. That's why new cars should remain "new", and each dealership should have a demonstrator for purposes of getting ragged on.

Curley

My '05 had 27 miles on it when it was delivered last week.

Aerohead

My 05 was built in August, had 33 miles on it and had been started 23 times (according to the ECU scan codes). I got it off the lot 3 weeks ago.

bbtheory

Bought mine 04/04/06, 11 miles when I 1st got in, 16 after test drive.