2017 Mazda 3 GT

This is the third of three 3's I've owned, and the second third-gen. I was able to retrieve the intake and shift knob from my previous car, and I thankfully had the summer wheels and tires in storage when I wrote the last one off. I was otherwise starting from scratch. I loved Mazda 3's even as a kid, partially because I'm a bit of an against-the-grain kind of guy (I was not about to be yet another Filipino Boy With a Civic). I've been lucky enough to have owned a first-gen and third-gen (Shiro and Yuki, both in Snowflake White - RIP) and now my current one (Mizuki). All three have been top-trim GT's with the bigger engine and a manual transmission. It's been a joy to drive Mizuki every day for the past four and a half years now, and I look forward to many more years to come with this platform.