The Chevy cobalt has about 89k miles on it and orange in color and costs about 6,500. Nothing wrong with it. It's also a 2 door coupe. The Mazda 3s has 131k on it but I think I can bump him down to 5,500. Both are manuals. The Mazda has a few problems(cd player is broken, flex pipe sounds like it needs to be replaced) not big things but they are there. People have told me that the Mazda can usually get up to 200k miles without major problems. And the cobalt is good I hear as well. They both are manuals. 5 speeds. The cobalt is the 2.2L engine and the Mazda I believe has a 2.3L. The Mazda gets better gas mileage which is something I meed(it's only like 2 miles better to the gallon which can add up). I'm just stuck in between and I'm wondering what other people would do, the mileage makes the cobalt seem like the obvious choice but I was in the Mazda and just liked the overall look and interior. If anyone can help that would be great. Thank you!