New member, and an 88 626 Turbo
 

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!

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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.