I just spotted this on AutoTrader;

http://www.autotrader.ca/result/detaili ... ID=2133447

Mazda Autoworld is only down the road from me but I dare not bother go to look at it (to be nosey); the sales guys are more to be desired, and if it's at AutoWorld, it'll probably be worst than it looks in the pictures, and it looks pretty rough to start with. It does look nicely spec'd, though.

I saw that as well and thought of you being nearby. It does look rusty in the pics so probably allot worse in person, I wonder if you walked in with $500 if they would bite just to get it off the lot. Seems like an odd duck to have on a new car dealer lot, especially a Japanese at that. When I first saw it the price was at $1888 which was really out to lunch, it they're as dodgy as you say they probably just dropped the 1 and it's still $1888 when you show up.The interior looks not bad though. For $500 if it came with an inspection could be fun to rip around in for awhile...

fail

also, why doesn't it say what transmission it has? (i could see it was a manual in the pic)

dealerships are lame, they probably bought this from the guy for 222, hence the price.