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Also, DSG has a stick, just like Tiptronic, in addition to the paddles on the wheel. The paddles are good, but I prefer using a stick, which of course is backwards.

Another issue with the stick is that everyone pushes the stick away from the driver (to the right) for manual mode. Mazda makes you pull it towards you (left) in the 3, which I really enjoy. It's like you're taking ownership of it. Curiously, the Mazda6 has it wrong. BMW gets it right.]]>May 2nd 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/autoblog-podcast-93/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/autoblog-podcast-93/
I wonder, "Yeah, it has nav but would it be $300, $500, $1000 cheaper if it didn't have nav?"

Rather than make it standard, obscuring what you are paying for that feature it would have been more meaningful had Suzuki priced it rationally at as you guys were saying $250-$1000, rather than $1000-$3000 (if not more, e.g. Mazda3 GT requires Moonroof+SatAudio to get Navigation, which is $1900+$1400) as seems the norm.]]>May 2nd 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/autoblog-podcast-93/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/autoblog-podcast-93/May 2nd 2008 6:40PM