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Mazda MX-5 is a great summer cruiser

I just finished a week in the Mazda MX-5, and it’s such a peppy, fun little vehicle. I had the power hard top version, which goes up and down in about 10 seconds with the push of a button. And, while I didn’t get quite the number of gawkers that I had while driving the... Read more »

By Jill Ciminillo,
July 27, 2010 at 10:46 am

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Ding me, zing me and then fix me ... Please!

From this angle, Dan’s MX-5 looks relatively unscathed. Anyone who lives in Chicago and owns a car is well resigned to the bumps, dings, dents and scraps that happen as a natural course of just parking on a Chicago street. Which is one of the reasons I’ll probably never buy a new car as long... Read more »

By Jill Ciminillo,
July 15, 2010 at 10:47 am

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