[Shop-talk] Let's run right out a get a Porsche

[Jim Franklin]

How do you like the 3? I am car shopping after my boat (CX-5) was totalled. I had a CX-30 turbo as a loner a few years back and loved it, but test drove a '22 yesterday and it was not as I remembered. The Golf GTI I really want is super rare and I can't afford to wait. The normal 3 has way too many blind spots for me, but I might give in if the NA manual is fun enough. In Europe they get the manual with the turbo in the CX-30. All my dream cars (and bikes) live over there :-(

the other jim

> On Jan 20, 2026, at 7:28 PM, Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas at snet.net> wrote:
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> Some approach technology better than others. We have a '24 Mazda 3 (because it's one of the few new cars that has a manual transmission) and it has not succumbed to the touch screen nonsense. There are switches and buttons to control most everything, although I'm sure they connect only to that big computer. It does have a touch screen for the navigation system (which you can also speak to) and audio systems, but remarkably, the touch function won't work if the car is in motion; you have to use a knob and pushbuttons on the console.
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