Saying goodbye...New Mazdaspeed3 in the garage!
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Ford owns Mazda....he did buy American. Watch out for motor mounts and suspension bushings. My wife's ride is a Mazda5. The Speed3 is awesome, but no more dak....It is a sad day.
Last edited by mprohr; Mar 4, 2009 at 01:04 PM.
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bruce, thats a family car. see what happens. you meet a lady, move to chicago to be with her, than boom, there goes the dak and a family sedan appears, well good luck with the import, keep us posted in the winter to see how it goes. were you able to take off any aftermarket stuff, or just let everything go?
that's a family car?? really......wow sorry had to.....that's like saying a ram3500 duelly is a family truck, especially one covered in mud....
and to the op what's you name on the board, i think i remember you posting up in there
Most all of the plants are in Japan. The CEO's and chairmen are Japanese. Mazda headquarters and Mazda Motorsports are in Japan.
BUT, I love Mazda, especially RX-7's, RX-8's, 6's and speed Miata's... I just wish he would have kept the Dodge too.
Sad to see you go, those speed3's are great little cars though. If I was looking for a 2nd ride and I had the money to spare it would be on my list to look at. Feel free to drop by once in awhile.
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[quote=MonkeyWrench4000;1569721]That's a great car. I almost went for one myself. Greatest FWD turbo'd car on the road. Very nice. The mazdaspeed3 is the small fwd turbo tuner car perfected IMO. Mazda did a great job with this car. It's affordable too, worth every penny.
This may be a biased opinion, but 08 Cobalt SS/TC ftw! HP is about the same between the two, but the mazda wins in the TQ and weight department. Either way, nice looking car!
This may be a biased opinion, but 08 Cobalt SS/TC ftw! HP is about the same between the two, but the mazda wins in the TQ and weight department. Either way, nice looking car!
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I like the speed 3's... Its a nice hatch.
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The Speed3 does have torque management in 1st and 2nd gears--helps with both the wheel spin and the torque steer. But even with that you can spin them tires in first, second and third gears. Haven't tried it in 4th yet.....You're going pretty darn fast at that point to try to free up the front end.
My name is Madzilla in the Speed3 forum, for the guy that asked.
My name is Madzilla in the Speed3 forum, for the guy that asked.