Life is funny sometimes. I learned today that the black kitty that hangs out at our house a lot that we call Osric (we decided all black cats at our place should have Shakespeare names), is named Panther. I learned that because we hired Panther’s owner at our office today. She lives two properties north of us. Being true Corrales neighbors we know each other’s cats better than we know each other.
I got my car back today. It looks like new, and it was so nice to drive compared to the Cube and Captiva. The Cube was kind of fun, peppy and responsive compared to the Captive, but it was a real dog compared to our Mazdas. Laurie thought it felt like a dinosaur dragging it’s tail when it came to acceleration. There is nothing like the sport suspension systems and manual transmissions to enhance the responsiveness and speed of our Mazdas. Maybe I’m just really used to them, but the Mazdas are very ergonomic and have much better visibility than other cars I’ve driven. Not to mention they are fast.
Off Center & Not Even 
-I had the Mazda 929 stationwagon to ride to my work at hospitals. A good solid reliable clean car, ready and steady to go wehere I wanted to go.
Mazda 929 goes back a few years. I had a 1995 Mazda 323 that we drove until the wheels were ready to fall off. It was a great car, and got better gas mileage than most new cars do today.
-I forgot to mention, that was in Saudi Arabia at 45 degrees in the shade and it drove fine in the rock deserts as well 🙂 180 km/h was a fine speed I tested once. Steering wheel was calm, no vibration or so.