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The Norwood Football Club congratulates Geoff Parsons on taking out the Major Prize in the 2020 Lottery being a new Mazda 2 from Paradise Mazda! Below is Geoff picking up his new car alongside Principal Jeff Neale, CEO James Fantasia and Head Coach Jade Rawlings! 🚗 #WeAreNorwood https://t.co/clzMparaB3
Roll up roll up its Carnival time at your favourite club @cazalyscairns! Swipe your card at the kiosk every time you visit to receive entries to win a brand new Mazda 2 on the 10th Aug + 10 x $100 fuel cards to be won too #swipetowin https://t.co/y410hPGn9l
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Necesito su ayuda. Estaba con unas amigas en el Parque de del Club Unión y nos robaron el carro con todas nuestras pertenencias. Es un Mazda 2 Hatchback como el de la foto, placa AN5346. Please RT!!! https://t.co/EaS4dlp9zb
Auto Robado en Club Oriente, Las Condes. Es un Mazda 2, BHKF17 Por favor difundir, es de mi hermano 🥺❤️ https://t.co/ifOU3iDxA7
#bingoclofa está noche me gano el Mazda 2 sedán. Desde la sede social del Club de Oficiales FAC. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/kVzYUstZfg
We find out our first 5 Grand Finalists this Sunday in our Car or Cash Promotion! How exciting! Be at the Club from 2:00pm!! Simply spend $10 wining, dining or gaming and you have a chance to with! Thanks to Tweed Coast Mazda and the cute Mazda 2 Maxx! https://t.co/IvY09jyNOp
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What does it mean to be Singaporean?
It really depends on what you are. If you are super rich (businessmen, top professionals, movie stars, government ministers, church pastors), life is next to heaven - safe, relatively clean, efficient, easy connection to exotic getaways, nobody bothers you, low tax rate, yacht at Keppel Bay, House in Sentosa, Ferraris, lotus, Maserati, Lexus, golf etc. Business class travel is the minimum norm. Dining at MBS Michelin class restaurants. If you are upper middle class (professionals, top civil servants, top military and police officers), life is still very good. You are most likely living in an HDB Exec Condo, DBSS, private condos etc. Lifestyle include good dining options, annual holidays more than twice a year, good medical care, High end Toyotas, Mazdas, Nissan etc. Golf is still a possibility. Business class travel is an option (most likely paid for by employer) If you are middle class (government servants, teachers, engineers, professionals) , life is still good but less option to indulge in luxuries. But you still get to eat at Din Tai Fung, Tang Xiao Er, Hai Di Lao once in a while. Most likely, you will live in a 4 to 5 bedroom HDB apartment and, depending on the number of children you have, living space is not bad. You will be making use of free (or almost) government amenities like swimming pools, sports complexes, parks, weekend Zumbar workouts at community clubs. You can afford 2 annual holidays and more if you are a budget traveler. You are at the Nissan Note, Mazda 2 income zone (Singapore is the most expensive place in the entire world to buy a car). Forget about dining at MDS Michelin class restaurants. Only wealthy fools get ripped off. If you are lower middle class (F&B service personnel, technicians, clerks), life is decent but with some financial worries. You will most likely live in a HDB 3 to 4 room apartment with tasteful furnishing. Depending on how you budget, you still can afford budget holidays once or twice a year to nearby destinations like Bangkok, Bali, Phuket, KL etc. Owning a car in not an option. You will rely on public transport (which are quite efficient and comfortable). Your children will mostly likely be provided bursaries for education. Hawker food (cheap and good) is the norm. You can eat at zhi zhar restaurants for family gathering like birthdays, re-unions etc. Medical care is adequate at B or C class wards. If you are at the lower income class, life is tough but there is help. You are that income level because of certain factors that hinder your (could be yourself) movement up the social ladder. You will most likely live in a HDB 2 room flat with unsettled debts. You will depend on government social services for daily living until a suitable arrangement to get you employed and earn a decent living. But if you cannot afford to pay, medical service is free. Most recently a survey was done in Singapore and 1000 people were found to be homeless. I would suggest we find out the real reasons why they end up in that state. Are they too old to work? too weak to work? There are options for housing and shelter although they may require you to share with a stranger. I even read that one of them have not eaten in a day! That is NOT possible. All over Singapore there are free lunch boxes being distributed to lower income people everyday and there are so many left overs. I know. I was one of the volunteers who distributed the lunch boxes at Tampines.
What is the cheapest form of SCCA auto racing that is not Autocross?
It depends on what you mean by “racing”. They do Rallyctoss, Time Trials, rallying, Club racing, and pro racing. only the latter two are wheel to wheel, which is probably what you want. Club racing is the cheaper of those two, but it is far more expensive than autocross. If club racing interests you, then the cheapest classes to run are probably B-Spec and Formula Vee. B-Spec (BS) uses late-model, mostly stock compact cars such as Mazda 2, Ford Festiva, Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, and Mini Cooper. Upgrades allowed are closely defined per model - springs, shocks etc - and the mandatory safety equipment including the roll cage. Formula Vee (FV) is an open-wheel single-seat car using the old VW air-cooled flat four. Used cars can be found under $5000, and ongoing expenses are low. Both classes are a lot of fun and attract both top drivers and novices alike. They embody the phrase “It is more fun to go fast in a slow car than to go slow in a fast car”. Download the SCCA rulebook in PDF form ,https://www.scca.com/downloads/53242-gcr-january-2021 and watch the runoffs race videos for each class. ,SCCA 2020 Runoffs — Hagerty Race Days - Videos - Sports Car Club of America
What's a good reliable first car? Which cars or models should you steer clear from?
Brand new??? Inexpensive ?? Basic low budget …Mazda 2….Ford Festiva,…Nissan or Subaru, see who offers the best deal and don't buy any extras. Including extended warranty…call AAA automobile Club for assistance or Costco. So you know what you are going to pay out the door.,get your own financing, pre qualified by your bank or credit union.
Which luxury SUV would you rather own, Bentley Bentayga, Mercedes G63, or Range Rover SVR?
NONE OF THE ABOVE THANK YOU BEST overall SUV in the world ? NONE of those overpriced UNRELIABLE country club status symbols, with their $1,500 routine maintenance services, their 52 ‘made in china’ black box ECU’s scattered throughout the interior and the deluge of inexplicable glitches right after warranty expiration. As a former Euro dealer service manager, we would groan as a relatively new Range Rover customer appeared with a long list of weird defects. Did Rover improve after BMW acquired ? Yes, but not by much. Travel around the world, especially places where LIFE & DEATH situations arise suddenly if your vehicle fails, gets stuck, and you’re stranded …. Notice what UN Peacekeepers, Navy Seals, Petrochemical engineers crossing desert terrain, Australian Outback, journalists and diplomats working in war zones, etc depend upon for getting there and back ? ALIVE. Only 1 AWD VEHICLE with LEGENDARY RELIABILITY The TOYOTA LAND CRUISER ! OR if your want more fancy stuff, bells & whistles The LEXUS LX570 All the rest ……. Pretenders to the throne My snorkel equipped 1998 TOYOTA Land Cruiser has forded streams 4 feet deep (careful of moving current) that’s nearly up to the windshield. Pulled a small tree out of the ground with a tow strap Righted an overturned Honda Accord on its side in a deep ditch. An unfortunate lady in a Mazda rear ended me totaling her car, my Land Cruiser still has a scratched slightly askew bumper cover. She said it was like hitting a brick wall, I asked her if she had actually run into a brick wall before, she didn’t appreciate the humor as steam escaped her destroyed radiator and the firefighters starting forming a small mountain of broken Mazda parts on the shoulder. She was fine but upset …. ‘my husband’s going to have a stroke’ Yes that’s a 22 year old SUV with 267,000 miles. NEVER in the shop for anything major. ALWAYS MOBIL 1. 4.7 V-8 engine gets around 15–16 mpg, not bad for 6,800 lbs loaded or trailering, does have a large diameter performance exhaust and the fresh air scoop on the snorkel added 1/2 mpg. Unless you’ve owned one, all this may seem …… Truthful Hyperbole ? Just for fun, look at YouTube videos of Land Cruisers doing their thing over challenging terrain and deep water. If you’ll notice closely in this Australian video as the Land Cruiser reaches the deepest water, it’s not being driven anymore, ITS FLOATING ! ! and being propelled by its 4 spinning tires acting like paddle wheels in the water until the off-road touch down again on the bottom muck. (Jan 12, 2020) So ………… I really didn’t anticipate nearly 1,000 upvotes reacting to my flippant, sarcastic remarks. I also really meant no SERIOUS insult to those other PRESTIGIOUS car brands OR ANY BRAND for that matter, was just trying to draw a STARK contrast along with some mildly biting humor. THE truth is, Toyota Land Cruiser concept is helplessly obsolete to some automotive enthusiasts, ( and especially car journalists) minds but those opinions from sophisticated car watchers HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT on drivers of Toyota Land Cruisers around the world who care not one iota for the image, opinions, or market placement of other drivers. If they don’t have RELIABILITY then they have less than nothing, as in better to stay home then get stranded in a politically, geographic, climatically HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. …….. as in when your money and maybe just your LIFE is at stake.
As an expat in Thailand, what are your monthly expenses?
In general, I run the same sort of expenses as I did in Europe, elsewhere in Asia and the USA…Rent/mortgage, utilities, car, food, entertainment. What I spend on each is different but I can share some ranges for Thailand Rent: 100–5000USD/mo. As a practical matter, rents under about 300 or so per month are not livable for a new resident. The exception to that would be if you’re living upcountry, then under 300/mo could get you something pretty decent in terms of size and amenities - but living there would be a challenge for a new guy/gal in other ways. As for the high end rents, unless you have major income or are getting an executive level expat deal, they’re off the table too. I’d say that unless you absolutely intend to live in a 200+sqm (2000sqft) 5 star condo or home on Soi 55, you can toss out rents in excess of 1500USD/mo. And frankly, as long as you’re not living in central Bangkok you could easily stay under 1000usd/mo probably 400–600 depending on what you like and your exact location. In general, I’m talking about Asian sized condos (under 600sqft) or townhouse (1000+sqft on 3 or 4 stories - no lift) Utilities: Assume 65/mo PLUS air conditioning. If you turn your a/c off when you’re not using it and apply the other common sense rules for electricity. I’d guess no more than 150/mo total. My little getaway apartment in Bangkok proper costs about 30usd/mo - but its small: about 500sqft and I’m only in it on weekends. Water is cheap in the city and outside the city you could be on a private well. Then it’s just part of the power bill (running the pump). As for cooking gas - it comes from a tank - usually 15kg delivered to your kitchen. I don’t even know the price but it’s very little and a tank lasts a couple months. Transportation: Loads of variables here. Do you even want to drive here? Think carefully. It’s a headache to drive in the city. The traffic jams are legendary for a reason. And once you get to where you’re going, parking can be the unsolvable puzzle on top of it. I have a car (and a pickup) but in Bangkok I use taxis almost exclusively and it costs me between 150 and 200/mo for my in-city transport needs, but I live in BKK part-time. If it were full time as I recall it used to run me about 300 or so. About the same as owning a car in the city. That number goes way down as you factor mass transit into the equation. I use the car to commute upcountry and I keep the pickup at our orchard/farm in the East of the country. If you want to buy a car…basic transport like the small Toyotas or Mazda2, Mazda 3 kinds of cars start new at maybe 15,000 usd but usually more like 20k+. My Camry cost almost 50k new (last year). The 2nd hand market is active and there can be some amazing deals. I’m told the Mazda 2, on the 3 year old market, is less than 5kUSD. Turns out they’re not popular compared to roomier Toyota models or even their own Model 3. If you want a Mercedes or BMW, they cost maybe 25–30% more than the comparable model in the USA UNLESS you edge into high end automobiles and exotics… Ferraris start at 600k (same model in the USA about 300). The Mazerati Ghibli is 220k (starts at 85 in the US). Some of the higher end Rolls Royces start at 2Million USD. But given you’re asking about cost of living, I’d assume you’re not looking at those kinds of autos (I know I’m not - I just know pricing because I spent time at the annual auto show). I believe they determine luxury by engine displacement and horsepower. That luxury tag increases tax from high to multiples of the basic sticker price. Again, the 2nd hand ferrari market is fairly active and there’s some real steals out there for about a quarter million dollars (ouch!!). If you buy one - where can you possibly drive it out of 2nd gear??? Food: My stepdaughter lived on Top Ramen (called Mama noodles here) and microwave entrees from 7–11 while at university. She lived on a total monthly allowance of 125 dollars (not including dorm, which we paid). She did come home on weekends to get restaurant and home-cooked food (clearly she didn’t go to a university far enough away from home). So, going from microwave, small stalls, noodle shops and instant noodle cruisine for less than 100/mo, it all depends on how much upscale dining you do. If we assume no fancy meals, but include breakfast at home (eggs, cereal or rice soup, whatever) and dinner at home (Thai food home cooked or sometimes bought from a local vender and rice cooked at home) then snacks and lunch like a local, your food bill for the month might be 150 to 200. Keep in mind, that number instantly doubles (at least) if 2 of you go to a 5 star Sunday brunch (but you should get free flow champagne as part of the deal). If you want to do that, I suggest you load an app called “eatigo” and reserve through them during the high discount windows. Actually, 2 of us go out at least once a week to decent places and spend under 20 bucks for a decent local meal out (plus drinks unless its beer). We do go out for a wine-fueled dinner at least once a month at Wine Connection and 4 of us get food (nice entrees like Lamb Shanks, Beef Rib-Eye(Thai beef) or french style duck)and 2 bottles of wine (1-sparkling or white and a red for the wife - usually Australian or South American) for about 150 - maybe a little less. Quite reasonable for what it is. Frankly, I think the food thing goes like 250/mo, maybe 350 or so if there’s 2 of you. You can live on the 150/mo lifestyle only so long. Then you occasionally need to go to a place with cloth napkins and alcohol besides 80Baht happy hour beers at the local expat sports dive. If you want a hamburger fix that’s not Burger King or McD’s that’ll run 8–10 bucks plus beers. If you’re living here, you need to live a little. If you’re just going to choke down the local equivalent of gas station sushi and reconstituted noodles, why bother coming out at all? Lastly, entertainment - health club membership costs 70usd/mo. There are cheaper options and there are more expensive. Mine is probably about average. My trainer costs about 28 dollars an hour- again there’s cheaper options. My Siam Society membership costs maybe 100/year. That one’s not for everybody. It can be fairly snooty with Siam experts, real and imagined, but I find it stimulating. My British Club membership is 60/mo plus whatever I spend at the bar, restaurant and tennis court. There was an initiation fee that was pretty significant at the time but it is a lifetime membership. If I don’t want my membership to be active, I save the monthly. There are other national societies and clubs that can be quite reasonable to join and get you into a social circle of like-minded souls…There are golf groups (golf can be very reasonable), boating groups. Hell, there’s probably still bowling leagues too. That stuff is all pretty reasonable. Budget whatever you decide for that stuff. So, in the end, what does it all mean? I’d guess you could do things on the cheap for under 1000/mo. It would have you in a studio apartment outside of central, using mostly public transport, eating at the little local food stalls, basic restaurants and food courts in the mall for the most part. A livable existence but certainly on a fairly strict budget Life gets more fun at about 1500+ a month. Upgrade your food a little. Have a few drinks once in a while and even a nice meal or 2 At 2000, your apartment gets a little nicer, food a little better (that fresh salmon you were eyeing at the supermarket is now ok to buy occasionally. And if you had enough cash to buy a used car, you now have enough money to drive it (gas costs about a dollar a liter - that’s about 3.50 per gallon) and head out of town on the weekends. You also begin to look at AirAsia getaways for places too far to drive comfortably. This turned into a real tome. Sorry about that, but besides just handing out my best guess as to the number, I thought it important to figure out what it takes to upgrade those aspects of life important to you. Have fun planning and if our paths cross at happy hour, I’ll buy you a drink cheers
Could a regular person drive a Formula 1 car without having any previous experience?
No: two reasons I don’t think have been covered: It’s a formula car. If you’ve never driven one, you’re going to spin almost immediately. Even if you’ve driven one, you’re probably going to spin almost immediately. There is NO comparison to a passenger car, even a heavily-modified passenger car. If you want to understand this better, google “polar moment of inertia” and you will get some insights. The brakes: they don’t work at all until they get very hot. So on the out lap I think most unprepared drivers would feel like this car that accelerates to terrifyingly fast speeds quickly won’t stop. And then see item 1 above. Now, as for grip: these cars have tremendous mechanical grip. An “ordinary” driver would almost certainly not put the car into a situation where they needed the aero grip because they would not believe they could enter any corner at a speed where the aero grip made a difference. As a matter of fact, their biggest problem other than 1 and 2 above would be driving the car aggressively enough to get even very soft tires up to their operating range. Driving a real race car (per Carroll Smith’s definition) requires an acquired trust in the ability of the car, which is so far beyond “normal” experiences as to be difficult to believe. With aero, the faster you go the faster you go so to speak, and that takes seat time and courage to work up to it. Setting aside the rather severe physical punishment that any high-performance formula car submits the driver to, the mental aspects of “for god’s sake slow down!” as you approach a corner are enough to make novice open-wheel racers timid and over-slow for turns. For example, in my Star Mazda, my rule of thumb was if I could hold my head up against the lateral G-force I was leaving speed on the table in a corner. But like learning to downhill ski, you have to get to a point where your instinct for self-preservation is overruled by experience. That would be completely missing if someone jumped in an F1 car of almost any vintage. Edit: OP asked good followup question, which is how fast do you have to go to have the tires and aero working,. Different answers for each. Simple one first: aero starts to kick in about 60 mph for a club racer (like FM or FC) and probably a bit faster for F1 (maybe closer to 100 mph). Why? Because if the F1 car is set up to get serious downforce at 60 mph it will have excessive drag at 190 on a straight. A club racer won’t go that fast so it can optimize for slower speeds. And every track/weekend is different: at Mexican GP they took most of the aero out of the cars to maximize speed on the front straight; at a track like COTA you probably want more grip, so more aero. You qualify with fast lap times but you win on the straights by passing other cars. {Small digression, to make this clearer: Every team has to have a strategy around setup—aero gives you higher cornering speeds and better braking but increases drag so it slows you down on the straights. This is one reason why you have different Q setups from R setups. If you get the pole, your race strategy is to stay in front and not get passed. Since most passing has to happen on the straights, you want max straight line speed and late braking. If you have to throw away some cornering speed for that, it might make sense. Plenty of times I was faster than the car in front of me but he/she had more HP so they would motor away on the straights just to be caught in the twisty bits, where I couldn’t get around. SAD! F1 teams have enormous resources to run simulators and scenarios around all these different notions and try to arrive at the best setup/race strategy for that weekend/track/driver/start position/competitve situation/etc. } Tires: Basically you have to drive pretty hard to warm up the tires. They heat up during cornering and cool down on the straights. Braking adds some heat but it’s very brief. In my FM car I used to ride the brakes while doing the formation lap to transfer some heat from the calipers to the wheel and thus to the tires. Plus you are zig-zagging down the track to get some heat in the tires. On a cool day with hard compound you may never get the tires up to operating temp; on a hot day with the right track your problem may be keeping the tires from blistering. Even in F1 they struggle with getting and keeping the tires in the sweet spot.
What is the oldest record and usage of the Persian word ‘Mehr’?
An A2A from one of my favorite Quorans; I am honored, ,Saeid Atoofi,. Thank you, this is indeed a very interesting topic to write (and read) on. Persian ,Mehr, مهر, from Early Modern Persian ,Mihr,, is the name of a Zoroastrian deity, who also lends his name to the seventh month of the Iranian calendar. The Modern Persian form of this name (,Mehr, or ,Mihr,) descends from the Avestan ,Miθra,, which was loaned into (Old) Persian in Achæmenid times (or even earlier), when the Persians accepted Zoroaster’s religion. The native Old Persian cognate of ,Miθra, would be *,Miça,, but this form is not attested in any text or inscription. This unattested form, *,Miça,, probably was the name of a god in Old Persian polytheism, before the Zoroastrian revision, but was likely completely replaced by the Avestan cognate by the time of our records. (I) Records The oldest known mention of Miθra is in a fourth century inscription of ,Artaxerxes II Mnemon,. Here is the passage where the Emperor asks for the protection of Ahura Mazdâ (Modern Persian ,Hormazd, هورمَزد), Anâhitâ (Modern Persian ,Nâhid, ناهید) and Miθra (Modern Persian ,Mehr, مهر): θâtiy \ Artaxšaçā \ XŠ \ vazraka \ XŠ \ XŠyânâm \ XŠ \ DHyûnâm \ XŠ \ ah yâyâ \ BUyâ \ Dârayavašahyâ \ XŠhyâ \ puça \ Dârayavašahyâ \ Artaxšaθra hyâ \ XŠhyâ \ puça \ Artaxšaθrahyâ \ Xšayâršahyâ \ XŠhyâ \ Xšayâr šahyâ \ Dârayavašahyâ \ XŠhyâ \ puça \ Dârayavašahyâ \ Vištâspahyâ \ puça \ \ Haxâmanišiya \ imam \ apadâna \ vašnâ \ AM \ Anâhitâ \ utâ \ Mitra \ adam \ akun âm \ AM \ Anâhitâ \ utâ \ Mitra \ mâm \ pâtuv \ hacâ \ vispâ \ gastâ \ ut â \ imam \ tya \ akunâ \ mâ \ vijanâtiy \ mâ \ vinâθayâtiy [Translation: ,Artaxerxes, the great king, the king of kings, the king of all nations, the king of this world, the son of king Darius [II Nothus], Darius the son of king Artaxerxes [I Makrocheir], Artaxerxes the son of king Xerxes, Xerxes the son of king Darius, Darius the son of Hystaspes, the Achæmenid, says: this hall [apadana] I built, by the grace of Ahura Mazdâ, Anâhitâ, and Miθra. May Ahura Mazdâ, Anâhitâ, and Miθra protect me against evil, and may they never destroy nor damage what I have built.,] This text appears in column bases in both Hamadan and Susa, where Artaxerxes II had his palace at. In his palace, one also finds this direct quote: vašnâ \ AMhâ \ imâm \ hadiš \ tya \ jivadiy \ paradayadâm \ adam \ akunavâm \ AM \ Anah ita \ utâ \ Mitra \ mâm \ pâtuv \ hacâ \ vispâ \ gastâ \ utamaiy \ kartam [Translation: ,By the grace of Ahura Mazdâ, I built this palace, which I have built in my lifetime as a pleasant retreat [paradise]. May Ahura Mazdâ, Anâhitâ, and Miθra protect me and my building against evil.,] These inscriptions are very important in understanding the religion of the Achæmenid royalty. As the ,Wikipedia page on Miθra, notes, Although the Behistun inscription of Darius I (r. 522 - 486 B.C.) invokes Ahura Mazdâ and "the Other Gods who are", this inscription of Artaxerxes II is remarkable as no Achæmenid king before him had invoked any but Ahura Mazdâ alone by name. Boyce suggests that the reason for this was that Artaxerxes had chosen Anâhitâ and Miθra as his patron/protector Divinities. Regarding the first inscription, Boyce [2] says, Down all the all the generations which Artaxerxes here names, the Acæmenian kings had invoked only Ahura Mazdâ; and now he himself broke with this long-established tradition by calling also upon Miθra and Anâhitâ, whom he invokes again as a pair in two other surviving inscriptions. Boyce says Artaxerxes II is part of ,a cult of ,Anâhitâ,. In another column base in Hamadan, there is this interesting inscription addressing Miθra exclusively: apadânam \ stûnâya \ athagainam \ Artaxšaçâ \ XŠ \ vazraka \ akunauš \ hya \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ puçâ \ Haxâmanišiya \ Miθra \ mâm \ pâtuv [Translation: ,This audience hall with columns of stone was made by Artaxerxes, the great king. He, the son of king Darius [II Nothus], the Achæmenid, [says]: May Miθra protect me.,] Later, Artaxerxes II’s son and successor ,Artaxerxes III Ochus, invokes Miθra once again in an inscription on a newly-built staircase at the Palace of Darius in Persepolis: θâtiy \ Artaxšaçâ \ xšâyaθi ya \ imam \ ustašanâm \ aθaganâm \ mâ m \ upâ \ mâm \ kartâ \ θâtiy \ Arta xšaçâ \ xšâyaθiya \ mâm \ AM \ utâ \ Miθra \ baga \ pâtuv \ utâ \ imâ m \ DHyaum \ utâ \ tya \ mâm \ kartâ \ [Translation: ,King Artaxerxes says: This stone staircase was built by me in my reign. King Artaxerxes says: May Ahura Mazdâ and the god Miθra preserve me, my country, and what has been built by me.,] (II) The god and the word In modern Persian, the noun ,mehr, مهر can stand for a variety of positive emotions, including ‘kindness’, ‘affection’ and ‘sympathy’, and is also represented as the first morpheme of ,mehrbâni, مهربانی, meaning ‘kindness’ (loaned into Hindi-Urdu as ,mahrbānī, مهربانی महरबानी). However, the original meaning of ,miθra, in Avestan (from which Old Persian borrowed the word, as mentioned before) was something along the lines of ‘contract’, ‘covenant’ or ‘pact’. [Note that in the Islamic context, Persian does preserve the original Avestan meaning of ‘contract’, since in this sense, it reborrowed the word back from Arabic (,mahr, ,مَهْر) which had borrowed it from Persian at some point!!] The Avestan word ,miθra, is cognate with Vedic ,mitrá,, where it usually stands for ‘friend’ or ‘associate’, though occasionally in compounds and fossilized phrases, the original meaning is found. For example, the Encyclopædia Iranica article on Miθra and Mitrá notes expressions in the R̥gvēdá like ,mitráṁ dʰā, (an expression for concluding a contract), as well as quotes from the Ásura ,Namući, (links to German Wikipedia, no English version available), who addresses the Dēvá Índra as ,mitradruh, (deceiver of contract, compare Avestan ,miθradruj,) and ,mitrahan, (slayer of contract) when Índra kills him through trickery. The mainstream Vedic meaning of ‘friend’ survives in modern Indo-Aryan languages. For example, some dialects of Panjabi have ,mitt, ਮਿੱਤ and dialectal forms of Bengali (and Assamese) have ,mitā, মিতা, and the exact Sanskrit borrowing (tatsama) ,mitra, is used in many other South Asian languages as a word for ‘friend’. It is also worth noting that the native reflex ,Mitā, মিতা is used as a female proper name among Bengalis (possibly others as well), and the tatsama ,Mitra, মিত্র (or its colloquial Bengali version ,Mittir, মিত্তির) is a common surname among Bengali Kāẏastʰa (a Hindu caste), for example, the half-Bengali German musician Niel Mitra of ,Faun,. Both in the Avesta and the Vēdá-s, Miθra/Mitrá is a major deity. It is worth noting, however, that all mentions of the god ,Miθra, in Zoroastrian texts is restricted to the Younger Avesta. The Older Avesta makes no mention of Miθra (or any deity other than Ahura Mazdâ), with a partial exception being the one time when the noun (but not the deity) ,miθra, is used in the Yasna-s. This is taken by many scholars as evidence of total denouncement of traditional Iranic polytheism by Zoroaster. They argue that the only reason deities like Miθra, Anâhitâ, Airiiaman, Sraoša etc. were able to make a comeback in the later books (albeit as subordinates to Ahura Mazdâ) was because Zoroaster’s reformed monotheistic religion got influenced by the polytheism of the majority as Zoroastrianism expanded among Iranian tribes other than the ones Zoroaster originally converted/convinced. Gerševič [6] writes, The ,dvandva, Miθra-Ahura must have originated in non-Zaraθuštrian circles, since in the Younger Avesta, it is obviously an old fossil, and in the old days, no Zaraθuštrian would have touched the name of Miθra, let alone dared to make him a companion of Ahura Mazdâ. In the Younger Avesta, Miθra is seen once complaining to Ahura Mazdâ that despite his rôle as protector, men do not worship him. The article in Encyclopædia Iranica notes, The complaints of Miθra … indicate that they were ignored in earlier worship which followed the practice in the Gāθā-s of Zaraθuštra, where none of the traditional pagan gods is mentioned. [The view that the pure monotheism of Zaraθuštra was diluted in the later texts is challenged by Boyce [4], but I remain unconvinced. She claims that Zoroastrianism, even the early Gāθā-s, was not fully monotheistic. Miθra and other deities remain unmentioned there simply because there was no need to mention them.] The Miθra of the Avesta is concerned with maintaining the sanctity of contracts and pacts among men, as his name implies, both social and political. Miθra is ,Aṣ̌avan,, protector of ,Aṣ̌a, — truth and order. He protects and rewards those who honors pacts, and punishes those who don’t. He never sleeps, and in fact, is seen as an enemy of sloth. He has a thousand eyes and a thousand ears with which he watches over Airiiana vaêjah (land of the Aryans) to keep track of those who betray ,Aṣ̌a,, and to punish them. His spies are scattered thoughout the lands. He is associated with the sun, and travels on his chariot, even ahead of the sun, surveying Airiiana vaêjah for miscreants from the top of the mountain range Harâ. He is the sworn enemy of, and in constant battle with the Daêva-s (demons, bad gods) and other opponents of truth (the Lie). The Avestan texts frequently refer to Miθra as ,Miθram vouru.gaoyaotîm,, which is translated by Gerševič [6] as ‘grass-land magnate Miθra’ and by Skjærvø [9] as ‘Miθra, provider of wide grazing grounds’, which Kuz’mina [8] sees as a signal for pastoral origins of the Aryans. In this regard, he is protector of all creatures, and the lord of countries and borders, and through the contracts he presides over, are the borders of neighbors maintained, thereby preventing conflict. (III) Miθra and Mitrá Miθra, or rather ,Mitrá,, is also a god among the Indo-Aryan cousins of the Iranians, and bears nearly identical properties. In fact, our oldest record of this god is not from Achæmenid (or Vedic) sources, but from the Mittani kingdom in modern-day Syria (about a thousand years before the Achæmenid records), where a treaty between the Hurrian-speaking Mittani rulers and the Hittites ,invokes the Indo-Aryan gods, ,u-ru-wa-na, (Vedic ,Váruṇa,),, in-dar, (Vedic ,Índra,),, mi-it-ra, (Vedic ,Mitrá,) and, na-ša-at-ti-ya, (Vedic ,Nāsatya,). [Though the oldest known records that can strictly be called Iranic are still those of Artaxerxes.] Over in India, ,Mitrá, has just one hymn in the R̥gvēdá dedicated specifically to him, although many more are addressed to him as part of the ,dvandva, Mitrá-Váruṇa. Alone, Mitrá is insignificant, but together with Váruṇa, he wields just as much power among the Vedic Indo-Aryans as he does among Iranians. Although the Vedic Mitrá is a direct parallel of the Avestan Miθra, several of his features are seen divided among Váruṇa, Índra and other Ādityá-s (children of, ,Aditi). It is thus instructive to consider the rôle of Mitrá in the R̥gvēdá, juxtaposed with his rôle in the Avesta, as well as the rôles of other deities. Like his Avestan counterpart, Mitrá is chiefly concerned with maintaining the relation between men, maintaining order by being firm in upholding agreements. He doesn’t blink, just as Miθra is ever-awake. While Váruṇa is the lords of rivers and seas, Mitrá is associated with the sun. In the Avesta, Miθra travels before the sun, while in the Vēdá-s, the sun is one of Mitrá’s eyes. [The point about Váruṇa being lord of the seas and rivers is important, since in later Hindu texts (including the Tolkāppiyam of the Tamils), he is relegated to the position of a water deity.] Mitrá and Váruṇa are worthy of worship, and protect and reward those who follow ,R̥tá, (the Vedic cognate of Avestan ,Aṣ̌a, and Old Persian ,Arta,), just as they punish those who don’t. They hold the world up, by compelling men to honor treaties. While Miθra in the Avesta has a thousand eyes, in the Vēdá-s, it is ,Váruṇa, who does. For instance, Hymn XXXIV of the R̥gvēdá has this line, Váruṇa, Mighty, with a thousand eyes, beholds the paths wherein these rivers run. [Although to be fair, several others have been said to possess this quality, including, but not exclusively, Agni and Puruṣa.] A corresponding reference to ,the thousand eyes, of Miθra is in Yasht 6.5, I will sacrifice to Miθra who provides wide grazing grounds, with a thousand ears, with ten thousand eyes. Just as Miθra has spies on earth among mortals in the Avesta, in the Vēdá-s, Váruṇa does. In the Avesta, Miθra cannot be tricked; in the R̥gvēdá, the Ādityá-s (of whom Mitrá is one) cannot be tricked. At this point, it is worth commenting on the seeming opposition of the Iranic and Indic traditions of myths. In the Avesta, the Ahura-s, led by ,Ahura Mazdâ,, are the gods, while Daêva-s are demons. In the later parts of the Vēdá-s, we see the exact opposite: the Ásura-s are demons, while the Dēvá-s are gods. However, in the earliest parts of the R̥gvēdá, both Ásura-s and Dēvá-s are treated worthy of worship. In fact, the deities Váruṇa, Mitrá and Savitŕ̥ are called Ásura-s, as in Hymn XXIV of the R̥gvēdá, With bending down, oblations, sacrifices, O Váruṇa, we deprecate thine anger: Wise Ásura, thou King of wide dominion, loosen the bonds of sins by us committed. Ahura Mazdâ himself has no direct Vedic parallel. A word-by-word cognate, Ásura Mēdʰā́, is indeed possible, but such a character does not appear anywhere in Hinduism. Certain attributes of his link to Índra, such as being the head of the pantheon, some to Váruṇa, such as being paired with Mitrá/Miθra, but nothing conclusive. [See also ,Zartusht Ashavan's answer to Is the God of Zoroaster (Ahura Mazda), the same as the Hindu God (Brahman)?,] Gerševič [6] is of the opinion that the unrecorded Iranic equivalent of Váruṇa (*Vouruna) was indeed identified with (or merged into) the Zoroastrian Ahura Mazdâ, but for more on that, check out the reference. Speaking of ,Índra,, the king of Vedic gods, one also notices that some attributes of his match that of Miθra. Miθra punishes those who go against truth and order (,Aṣ̌a,/,R̥tá,), and while the Vēdá-s do mention Mitrá, Váruṇa and Aryamán (Avestan ,Airiiaman,) as punishers, for the most part, this is Índra’s job. As noted in Encyclopædia Iranica, the Vedic Mitrá “lacks the martial qualities almost completely”. Índra himself does appear in the Avesta, but only as a minor Daêva (demon), for example, in Vendidad 19.43, He exhorted, he dissuaded, he took courage, he lost courage, the Evil Spirit full of destruction, the greatest among the old gods. (There were) the old god Indra, the old god Sâurwa, the old god Nâŋhaiθya, the old gods Taurwi and Zairi, Wrath with the bloody club, the old god Evil-fashioner, the Winter set in place by the old gods, dangerous, destructive Senility—it makes for bad deceit, the old god Bûiti, the old god Drivel, the old god Deceit, the old god Pustule, the old god Cutter, the worst old god of them all. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising since the non-Ásura gods (the Dēvá-s) are demonized full-scale in the Avesta. Índra’s legendary weapon Vájra though appears on the good side as Vazra — the mace of Miθra. Also noteworthy, in this connection, is the minor Avestan deity Vərəθraγna. Vərəθraγna is a side-kick to Miθra, but it is he who does most of the fighting. He is ,vərəθrajan, — resistence-smasher — traveling before Miθra’s chariot, smashing the resolve (and often bones) of those who would stray from ,Aṣ̌a,. The cognate term in Vedic is ,vr̥trahán,, which doubles in meaning as ‘slayer of Vr̥trá’. ,Vr̥trahán, is one of the honorifics bestowed upon Índra in the R̥gvēdá, since he slays the snake/dragon demon ,Vr̥trá,. [While Índra fell out of grace in mainstream post-Vedic Hinduism, he did retain his central position on the remote edges of Hindu territory. In particular, before their conversion to Islam in the late nineteenth century, the Kafirs of Nuristan regarded Índra as their main deity, and so do the Kalash of Pakistan today.] References: Boyce, Mary: ,A History of Zoroastrianism, Vol. 1,, E. J. Brill (1975) Boyce, Mary: ,A History of Zoroastrianism, Vol. 2,, E. J. Brill (1982) Boyce, Mary & Grenet, Franz: ,A History of Zoroastrianism, Vol. 3,, E. J. Brill (1991) Boyce, Mary: “On Miθra’s part in Zoroastrianism”, BSOAS 32 (1969) Fortson IV, Benjamin W.: ,Indo-European Language and Culture,, Blackwell Publishing Company (2004) Gerševič, Il’ja: ,The Avestan Hymn to Miθra,, Cambridge University Press (1959) Gonda, Jan: ,The Vedic God Mitrá,, E. J. Brill (1972) Kuz’mina, Jelena Je.: ,The Origin of the Indo-Iranians,, Brill (2007) Skjærvø, Prods Oktor: ,An Introduction to Zoroastrianism, (2005) Griffith, R.J., Keith, A.B., Bloomfield, M.: ,The Four Vedas Miθra — Encyclopædia Iranica The Old Persian texts and translations are from the ,Achæmenid Royal Inscriptions,. The Avestan quotes are from [5] and [7] above. The Vedic quotes are from [8].
Would you like to live in a society where personal cars are forbidden?
No. I understand cars have a negative affect on the environment and cause people to be more sedentary. I agree both of these things are bad things. But some people just need to use cars. I split my time between the major Australian cities of Brisbane and Melbourne. There’s no way I am going to take public transport between Brisbane and Melbourne…it would probably take up to 3–4 days longer than the drive, considering it’s 2000 kilometres of a journey. I would either have to take some long-haul train or constantly change public transport. Also, the amount of fuel used probably would not make an environmental difference, considering the sheer amount of transport I would have to use. Unfortunately, there’s basically no way for me to make this trip good for the planet. But I need to take it, because family is important (my family lives in Melbourne) and I will miss all of the usual social Christmas events for sure if I don’t make it down there in time. And if I took a plane, it would be ,worse for the environment, than driving a car. ,Much much worse,. Planes burn through way more gas than my miniscule zippy hatchback car can. My car is a tiny little Mazda 2. It ain’t a truck, that’s for sure. I only use like 15 or so litres of petrol every time I take it to the petrol station. Yet, I’ve noticed a lot of people who are starkly against car usage for environmental reasons have some sort of blind spot for planes (usually because travel is a hobby of theirs). Planes burn thousands of litres more petrol fuels than cars would, especially if you have a small one. I feel as if some people are against cars just because bogans/chavs/rednecks with conservative politics like them, and taking long-road trips in them, but they need some sort of better-sounding political reason to be against them. I could get a Tesla or something, and I wish I had an electric hybrid car, but the thing is they are too expensive for me right now. I suppose I might be able to afford used cars, with some saving, but electric cars are quite new, and I doubt I’d be able to find one that’s a few thousand dollars. Hopefully, with the more “economy-priced” Teslas making it to market now, more people will be able to afford them eventually. Ultimately, there are some situations where not having a personal car is impractical. If I lived in Western Europe, perhaps not being able to drive would be ok. However, I live in Australia and public transport really depends on the city. I couldn’t live in Brisbane without a car. The closest public transport to me is a bus, and buses in Australia are generally more unreliable than trains. They also only access very specific areas of the city. If you don’t have a car in Brisbane, finding a job is harder. Getting around can take hours, and being on public transport at night is somewhat dangerous (area-dependant). Public transport also sometimes requires a lot of transfers and walking in between which is ok if you’re not doing much/just hanging out, but very inconvenient if you’re busy or running errands. Perhaps I should just move to the Northside or something, but I like Southside Brisbane. I don’t like living in the big city, I like suburbia. I prefer cheap cinemas, dinner and sports/hiking/physical recreation to clubbing. I like the cultural diversity around here, and I also love how much cheapo/bulk things exist in the South. So if I have to use a car, so be it. It wasn’t like I learned to drive for no reason. Public transport is great in theory but not so good in practice in many areas of the world.
What is the performance of the Mazda 6 like?
I have driven a Mazda 3 from 05 to the present. Test drove 2017 Mazda 6 this evening. What betrays the latest version of the Mazda 6 is the proverbial book being judged by its cover. It is so, so very different underneath than what meets the eye. Mazda’s 6 comes on the power sooner at a lower rev band than the 2014 model. It feels more direct at lower speeds. Braking is smoother, the interior is noticeably quieter it has an even more upscale feel because of attention to detail. The 2014 Mazda 3 has a 13.2 gallon tank. My club foot limits my gas mileage at 31 mpg, a tank of gas in a colder climate 275 miles with a quarter of a tank of gas remaining. In warmer climate 350 miles is really good. Stated claims have been 401 miles, not so from my driving experience. The 2017 Mazda 6 has 3 gallon larger gas tank, meaning 100 miles more on a tank of gas, this is 2 additional mpg. The handling has always been nimble, the difference in the 6 is a more fluid turning motion on curvaceous roads. Overall the car feels better built, more powerful and supremely competent no matter the road grade. This is a more refined and buttoned down car. The overall feel of the car’s response conjures up words like ensconce, effortless, tight handling, athletic even supple. Mazda is the best untold story to an unassuming public. It is a first hand, must see.
Tesla owners - after you got used to your new Tesla, was it worth it? Would you buy another one? Why or why not?
Completely worth it. Will never buy a gas car again. Model 3 performance fully loaded spoiled me completely. Plaid on the way. I bought my first Prius and was loving how it’s solar panel would keep the cabin temperature throughout the day, and how the sunroof would allow me to see the sky or how the moonroof darkened it. My whole roof is dark stealth glass now. Pairing it with Costco gas made driving it relatively cheap, and the low maintenance, high reliability Toyota is known for never leaves you disappointed. Drove all the way from Pleasanton to Vegas to help my family move my grandma to LA on a single tank (filled right outside Vegas technically) Then one day my friend at work caught me staring into his Tesla model S and he said “looks better from the inside” right before the handle popped out for me-MIND Effin BLOWN. So I took his offer to get in the passenger side and went for a spin by Shoreline in Mountain View. Then something CRAZY happened. My head magically planted itself firmly to the front of the seat and my vision literally went slightly dark around the edges as he gunned it. I was completely panicking as there was no engine rev up or warning or hesitation. I knew it was electric, but the rocket sound was quieter and more futuristic than anticipated-I had no idea what just happened. He laughed as I said “did we just get rear ended ?” before coming to my senses. It was like gravity itself flipped horizontally and decided to increase 3 fold. I’m pretty sure the earth tilted off it’s axis a bit after that. I was completely shocked at how badass, quick and sexy this machine was. A long while later Elon announced its little brother was coming as he showed its features. I was in a better place financially at the time since all my school loans were finally paid off, so it was time to put in my $1K reservation. After waiting two years and 3 months I got that call all Model 3 owners remember - Your car is ready! (I had the opportunity to get it much sooner than the extra 4 months I waited, but I never go with first runs of ,anything, since there will always be issues-and there indeed were in many lower vins so glad I did.) I went to get my car and this is the most phenomenal car I have ever owned ,or driven,. Having owned an 86 Celica, 92 Camry, a Prius and Mazda CX-5, you would say “yah duh, you have only owned low end cars.” This is a markedly different level of car and driving experience overall. I used to hang out at Club Auto Sport and have driven the Mklaren F1, Bugatti Veyron, a Mercielago and many other pieces of badassity. They are fast and powerful, and fantastic - Expensive and likely worth the price tags. But now, while hearing brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr constantly while in a normal car is great for races, but for a commuter car, or road trip where I am in my car for hours, I am spoiled with complete silence. I get MASSIVE performance with linear acceleration, and it’s cheaper than the super cars I love. Waking up every day with a full charge is completely hassle-free and I don’t have to remap my day for the weekly gas station dance - and the power is 1/3 the price than to fill even my Prius. Driving my empty Mazda to pick up and haul things sometimes gets weird now. I once thought something was wrong when pushing the gas since it didn’t move forward “correctly”. It was simply the laggy behavior of its engine, ,just as designed,. Everywhere I go, heads turn and phones secretly snap a pic for how beautiful the car is. They let me go through a stop sign too sometimes before my turn, smiling and waving me through with that “Wow wtf is that!” smile on their faces. Traffic means autopilot takes me home. If I had this car when I went to move my grandma, my naps and breaks along the way would have been charging opportunities. No time lost whatsoever as the super duper chargers are right along the path I actually took back then. Tesla is great at this. Cheaper, quieter and less stressful road trips at lower cost is amazing. The audio system is great Two words - ROMANCE MODE Tons of extra storage No changes of oil, less gearbox fluids, no spark plug changes (rare in modern cars), No worrying about: Fuel pumps hundreds of transmission parts 3. Hundreds of engine parts 4. Brake rotor resurfacing and pad replacement 5. Fuel vapor explosions in a crash 6. Smoking up my son’s future as much. Ev’s are ,demonstrably, greener if you care about math and science and disregard the FUD from uninformed folks who fear change. I can charge at home on an increasingly greener grid or solar later if I get it. Not completely pollution free, but miles ahead of liquid cars (goes for pretty much all EV’s) and the grid is improving year over year. 7. Collisions. Lots of safety and avoidance features on Tesla’s and among the safest cars ever built. They actually broke many safety rating systems due to all the extras the exceeded. 8. Obsolete navigation maps 9. DEALERSHIPS - good riddance. 10. Smog inspections 11. Storage space and leg room 12. Gas price hikes and shortages 13. Mufflers and exhaust corrosion and leaks. 14. Timing chains/belts snapping 15. Catalytic converters and oxygen sensors 16. Bad infotainment junk that never gets updated. My Prius updates maps via $450 locked down DVD’s for f’s sake. 17. Power steering fluid 18. Cam shafts and head gaskets. The list goes on. —— Short answer is no regrets at all. The oil industry just lost another family of car buyers for GENERATIONS. The tipping point was reached a while ago and I happily contribute my weight to tipbthe scale even further. OPEC is going to shrink and many players that have exploited tons of consumers in various bad ways will thankfully die by a billion tiny silent electronic cuts. Time’s up. UPDATE - After almost 4 years, I had to perform 3 minutes worth of maintenance on the passenger side upper control arm joint that went dry and started creaking. I bought: $19 grease gun $4 red n tacky mini grease cannister $5 zerk needle I injected the grease around the retention ring (to prevent piercing the boot) After a month of driving, ZERO squeak still. Apparently this early revision arm had a dry out problem that had been remedied with an up rev from the Korean supplier after I bought mine. My old prius had maintenance costs 16X that in the first year alone. As Scooby would say "Its Rame Rover Rice Rars!" I find it extremely hilarious when someone will whine about having to supercharge for 10–15 minutes on a once a year toad trip yet ignore the literal hours they must endure the other 99% of the time dealing with the aforementioned headaches to justify sticking to their obsolete comfort blankets. Funny how bias works. full daily range beats that nonsense handily and spending more time dealing with fueling than a home charging ev does, make me laugh even harder. Ive recently debated people in my car club that will wax on about how awesome it was spending WEEKS rebuilding an engine that sacrificed itself trying to take down the mighty PLAID just to brag about how ,loud, their losing engine was - as if ,THAT, was what the race they just absolutely got spanked with a wire hanger in was all about. If this level of absolute damage is what an 18 year old company can do to legacy auto whov'e been in the game 10+ decades, no wonder their stock prices are an absolute joke (just like their technology).
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What is the Torque(Nm) of Mazda 2 Sedan?
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Variants 2020 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5L 2020 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5L Soul Red Crystal 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 GVC with LED Lamp (Soul Red Crystal) 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 Sedan GVC with LED Lamp 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 GVC Mid-spec (Soul Red Crystal) 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 Sedan GVC Mid-spec Torque(Nm) 148 148 148 148 148 148 What is the Retail Price of Mazda 2 Sedan?
Here are the Retail Price and variants of Mazda 2 Sedan:
Variants 2020 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5L 2020 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5L Soul Red Crystal 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 GVC with LED Lamp (Soul Red Crystal) 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 Sedan GVC with LED Lamp 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 GVC Mid-spec (Soul Red Crystal) 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 Sedan GVC Mid-spec Retail Price RM 103,670 RM 104,170 RM 77,170 RM 94,670 RM 77,170 RM 76,670 What is the Euro NCAP Rating of Mazda 2 Sedan?
Here are the Euro NCAP Rating and variants of Mazda 2 Sedan:
Variants 2020 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5L 2020 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5L Soul Red Crystal 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 GVC with LED Lamp (Soul Red Crystal) 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 Sedan GVC with LED Lamp 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 GVC Mid-spec (Soul Red Crystal) 2018 Mazda 2 Sedan 1.5 Sedan GVC Mid-spec Euro NCAP Rating 8 8 8 8 8 8
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