How influental are you?

1: Yes

2: Less then 5 a year

1- No I don't own a Mazda because the ND is not worth the 45k they are asking and their salespeople are even dumber than Nissan or Scion salespeople.

2-Too many. I have tried to stop being the "Car Guy" in the office and family so that I don.t get pestered so much. Then again, it might be a Costanza thing where they just ask my opinion so that they can do the opposite.

1. Yes, I currently own a 2005 Mazdaspeed Miata. Owned three other Mazdas in the past. Always looking for a RWD GLC.
2. Maybe a 5-10 people a year do I provide car buying advice to, but who knows how influential I actually am.

1) yes.
2) 5-10/yr

I own three Mazdas.

I spend all day helping people decide what to buy. Granted, by the time they talk to me they already know they want a Miata of some sort, just not what year.

1. Yes

2. Try to when I can. Tried to get my mom into a CX5 but pricing just worked out better for a Nissan Rogue. Tried to talk my sister into a Mazda3, but she bought a turd of a Sentra instead. Anyone that wants something practical but still fun a 2 or 3 is what I recommend. Otherwise it's always Miata.

1. Yes
2. Probably around 10 per year. I'm pretty much the only "car guy" in the office.

1. Own 2, owned 14 Mazdas mainly miatas and one Chevy powered rx7.

2. probably only influence 3-5 new car purchases a year.

No

3-5 a year but very few looking too buy new.

I own 5 Mazdas. I have owned 5 others in the past.

I recommend them frequently.

No Mazdas at the moment, but I've had 3-4 of them.

Yeah, I'm the "car guy", so everyone consults me on vehicle purchases. Probably 10-20 people.

1. No

2. 2-3 per year average

1. Yes, two.

2. Probably 3-4 per year

1. Yes currently own 2 mazda's, and owned another one previously. FWIW my sister and brother also drive mazda's

2. I had input on my brother's Mazda3 purchase. Did not have any input on my sister's CX9 purchase but I think she knew that my brother and I liked our mazdas. My dad always refers to me on car advice/purchase.

1. no

2. regardless what advice I give, most everyone ignores me after asking

1: No Mazdas now, but I've owned more Mazdas than any other marque.

2: Including me? About 0.75, ±1. I did suggest the in-laws consider a Mazda 5, and they ended up with a Tribute, so there's that, I guess.

1 - not at this time 2 - as many as possible! Probably 6/year on average.

No and none on new car purchases.

I actively try NOT to give car-buying advice to people who ask.

People don't actually want advice - they just want to have the decision they've already made affirmed by "the car guy".

1) Technically 4 though only 2 of them have motors in them right now and I doubt either of those would start without a lot of work.

2) As often as possible but I normally steer people to used cars as I think the buy in on new is a bit cray cray. Regardless I have often found that non-car people will buy what they think looks good without even test driving alternatives. Crazy non-car people.

1. Yes, a '91 Miata. Had a '95 Miata prior to that.

2. About 10. My best friend's wife bought a Mazda6 and my mother-in-law bought a CX-5 at my suggestion.

So if you could just go ahead and give me the employee discount on a new Mazda3, that'd be greaaaaat.

1. Yes

2. Probably about 2-3/year. These days I try to keep my nose out of other people's car decisions, but it happens anyway.

1. Not at the moment, but multiple Mazda owner in the past with everything from a GLC and 626, to RX7s and multiple Miatas.
2. 10 plus a year.

1. No

2. More than expected, probably 10 a year?

Thanks everyone. I wanted to add up everyone's responses and then calculate an average, so a hard and fast guess is better than "many" or a lot or 5-10. thanks.