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[Conundrum 1]

Picked it up last Saturday. It's a Mazdaspeed3. Great car, and quick. Traded in my RSX-S.

[Miami 0]

Nice! That's one of the cars I'll be looking at next year when it's time for a new one. It'll be between that or a VW GTI.

Miami

[JENNR8R 0]

I thought you liked white cars?

Congrats!

What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy
ones? -- Monday.

[Conundrum 1]

I do. Unfortunetly they don't make the Mazdaspeed3 in white!

[Miami 0]

What made you decide to trade in the RSX?

Miami

[JENNR8R 0]

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I do. Unfortunately they don't make the Mazdaspeed3 in white!

Off With Their Heads!!!

I'm sure you will enjoy it anyway.

What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy
ones? -- Monday.

[Conundrum 1]

Well with Aiden getting bigger, a small coupe wasn't cutting it. Now with four doors it's a lot easier to get him (and his stuff) in and out of the car, plus the extra room in the back. It's just as sporty as my RSX and a lot quicker as well. I love it.

[BillyVance 35]

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I do. Unfortunetly they don't make the Mazdaspeed3 in white!

Meh... if you have a few extra hundred bucks, you could get it repainted...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Conundrum 1]

Put the crack pipe down!

You don't get a nice paint job for a few hundred bucks.

Besides, I'm diggin' the black/grey.

[freethefly 6]

WTF... No whaletail, oversize airdamn, ground scraping ground effects and a stinger tailpipe?
Don''t you want to be noticed?

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[pop 0]

Nice!!! This is one of the cars I was looking at when buying a car this year. Good choice.

7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer

[Conundrum 1]

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WTF... No whaletail, oversize airdamn, ground scraping ground effects and a stinger tailpipe?
Don''t you want to be noticed?

Not like that I don't!

[Miami 0]

I know what you mean...I won't get another car that's not a hatch if I can help it.

Miami

[Spizzzarko 0]

I have teh 2.3L 3. I love it. The speed 3 is ok in my opinion but it is a lot to pay for premium gas just because it is turbo'd. I am going to change my suspension around quite a bit on my 2.3 and make it a lot stiffer. I don't drive everyday so it doesn't bother me. You will like the 3 it is a good car.

[bigway 4]

Nice car, I got the older model, thought it is the sp20 version. Very quick, i think it is 98KW.

.Karnage Krew Gear Store
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[Conundrum 1]

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I have teh 2.3L 3. I love it. The speed 3 is ok in my opinion but it is a lot to pay for premium gas just because it is turbo'd. I am going to change my suspension around quite a bit on my 2.3 and make it a lot stiffer. I don't drive everyday so it doesn't bother me. You will like the 3 it is a good car.

I'm used to paying for premium, my RSX needed it as well.

[Spizzzarko 0]

I put the Eibach prokit springs on mine (essentially what you have on yours) to drop it a little, installed an AEM Cold Air Intake, changed the horn out with Hella Super Tones horn, and installed Hella 550 Driving Lights so far. I debadged the rear door and the 2.3 emblems on the side. I also removed the door guards on the sides as it make a cleaner look to the door. Now the doors do not look like two pieces.

I want to change my sway bars out with the Racing Beat sway bars, install the Eibach Camber kit, change the 5th gear to a more fuel effecient gearing, replace the exhaust system (Im debating on weathor or not to do the cat delete exhaust or cat back), and replace the rear motor mount to a stiffer mount. I am going to ground the throttle body this afternoon. I also plan on pulling the front grill out and using it to make a mold for a new carbon fiber grill without the mazda badge. I hate badges on cars. I'm not going to pay them a large amount of money to advertise for them. In the future I will also change out the light bulbs to LEDs on the interior. LEDS last longer and are brighter than the stock bulbs. I would also like to change the head lamps to HID's and add angle eyes to the setup.

You can find out a lot about this car by reading on mazda 3 forums . com. Good prices for parts can be found at nsnmotorsports.com and you can get a discount by putting the code "forumref" in when you order.