I hear you about the Japanese draw, and I hope Mazda doesn't let us down. I'm sometimes tempted to go look around on a Civic website to see how long it will be before a Mazda3-to-Civic conversion comes up, if it ever does. I'm the opposite of you, and even though I've only been on this platform for a couple of months at most, I've been quietly comforted by how many of my countrymen have said the same thing.