How Pampered Is Your MS3?

[Va6li]

Mine is pretty lucky to get it's own garage.

Makes a world of difference compared to everybody scratching their windows for 10 minutes in the morning.

[BSTD3]

I have a 3 stall garage. Two regular size bays and 1 over sized. Wife get's one for her CX-7, my Speed3 gets the other, and the over sized one gets my wife's Miata and my MX-5. Gotta love a woman in to cars as much as me :)

[BluMicaR]

I have her in a 2 car garage, sharing space with an '07 Civic Si 4-door my fiance owns. Waxed at least once every 2 mos (sometimes once/mo) and washed every weekend, weather permitting (not below/at freezing or raining all weekend). Obviously always gets 93 octane, and it's always Shell at that. Also have Royal Purple in every 5k miles. All of this make up for how abusive I am to the tires, red-headed step children that they are. (wrc)

[Sierra117]

93 octane only, single garage just for the car, washed weekly, full detail (interior/exterior)+wax and polish+engine bay cleaning once a month.

[jbiird317]

my car gets its own garage and it gets a 4 month hibernation where I store it for the winter. Its never had its windows scraped, only once driven in the snow and rarely even in the rain...

[turbobst]

My car gets garaged, will get washed weekly and will get zymol twice a month.

I only had the car for about a week now, so tomorrow will be its first bath.

[flipstylex]

it has it's own garage and she takes a wash every 2 weeks :-)...same time i get my haircut every 2 weeks ;-)....which leaves my wife's car jelous cuz i hardly take care of it (wash it too).....

Is this the case with new cars ??? u tend to not take care of your other car as much ...:-0

[turbobst]

My wife's car gets washed with mine, she drives a 2006 Passat 2.0T w/ 20's.

Gotta keep both cars lookin good!

[Rotus8]

Mine lives outside, is always dirty 'cause I live on a dirt road, has a scraped up front air-dam, and miscellaneous crud on the floor, and it's never been waxed.

However, it runs red-line oil in the engine & tranny, changed often, only the best gas, upgraded performance in lots of places, and goes like stink.

It's driven hard and put away wet.

[fourthmeal]

I have two:

07 MS3

08 Tribute

The MS3 is the only one that will fit in the garage of our apartment, so it gets the spot. It gets Mobil1, Zaino polishes, and a great cleaning job done monthly. It seems content.


The Tribute is a newborn, and sits outside (not a problem in Vegas), but still gets Zaino and Mobil1, as well as a clean every month.

[///M Compact]

My MS3 shares a detached garage with my Triumph Speed Triple and two ZTR mowers. It gets washed a couple of times per month, and will not be driven in snow or ice- I have a 1999 Wrangler for those conditions.

[SwampAss]

I have a large garage. It's occupied by my 64 Beetle and motorcycle(s). MS3 lives outside. Until my water restriction the first week in Sept, it was washed reg. It's been claybarred and waxed twice. I keep the inside clean. I'm no longer obsessive about it.

[Hyun]

mine is exposed to elements and havent washed the car in months. It's all about the performance !~

[Sacrilicious]

mine is exposed to elements and havent washed the car in months. It's all about the performance !~

...but think about the added coefficient of drag from the dust and dirt! (eekdance)

[redspeed]

Mine gets driven fast and 3.5k clutch drops at the track. Stay outside most of the time, except on some weekends when we used the wife's suv. Been waxed a couple of times and washed every weekend. Synthetic in the engine and coming soon for the tranny.

[flipstylex]

fuck !!!! speaking of washing cars, i finally washed both cars this afternoon...now its fucking raining !!!! wtf.... sorry..but the ms3 is inside the garage....integra outside :-(

[Sacrilicious]

lol...where are you in NJ, flip? CB ms3 4tw! (cabpatch)

[flipstylex]

atlantic city...mini sin city :-)...the only fast mazda around !!!

[Sacrilicious]

whoa...craziness! i'm by NYC, which means there's actually a healthy number of speed3's around! oO

[ch77]

Mine is in the garage. Pretty well pampered, I'd say.

Weekly wash when I can, Zaino about once a month, keep up with the schedule 2 maintenance.

I do drive it pretty hard, though, when I've got the chance, which is enough to go through silly amounts of gas at times.

You in the Northeast ought to know: Washing your car brings rain. That probably applies anywhere, though. Maybe not Arizona. And it rains practically every day in Flo-ri-day, crazy rain that we don't get up here.

I guess I keep the interior of my MS3 pretty well spotless, but I don't do much actual vacuuming of the inside except for the floors & floormats. Definitely the most fun car I've ever been able to call my own..

[Kosh]

Haven't washed my car in months and doesn't look like I will be able to wash it again for a while. Stupid drought. There is a ban on car washings here and I think a $250-500 fine if you do. ATL FTMFL

[TRSpeed3]

Well no garage here but i just bought one of those tent things to make my own car port...my ms3 gets washed every week either on wed or thursday and gets waxed every other month or so....