now its my turn for help

[Sijray21]

acctually that IS the RX-8 interior...trust me if the 3s interior looked that good i would be in one now.

as of right now they are both in a dead heat. I think the downfall of the mazda is that it is based on the focus, and i think my dad will refuse anything with any sort of domestic lineage (sp?)

i drove the Si and really liked it, the shifter would take some getting used to, and i dont like how the headunit is angles away from the driver (glare problems) the Si was exceptionally quite, much more so than i thought a civic could be.

once i find a 5speed 3 in RI ill test drive it and see how it feels

opps, my bad it is, lol.

i'm not a real big fan of domestics, but the focus isn't a bad car at all, i have much respect for it.

here's the right interior: