Hey everyone. New to the forum, but long time Mazda enthusiast. Back in 1990, my parents purchased a new Mazda 626 DX. I was eight at the time, and for some reason infatuated with the car. "Fuel injection? Wow, this is from the future!" That day we took it home along with a 626 brochure. Then I stumbled across the GT model. My mind was blown that there was a turbo option. Once I turned 16, the DX was now mine and drove it through college. That was seriously the best vehicle my parents ever owned. Crazy reliable, light and zippy. Since then, I have been searching for one. Man are these things tough to find in decent condition. But I finally found one and am pretty excited. The car is an 88 626 Touring Turbo 5-speed with 162k on it. It's been owned by the same guy it's whole life. So I decided to pull the trigger. A bit nervous as it's my first car purchase on Ebay, but NOT my first car purchased sight unseen. Hope to follow up with good news once it arrives. Cheers!

 

Congratulations it looks great. I tried to buy one almost exactly like it when new but we couldn’t come to a deal that would work for me financially.

I always liked the more unique Mazdas. They didn’t ship many of the 5 door 626s to the US east coast.

Yours looks like it lead a sheltered life and should be a great car for you.