BOUGHT A New MazdaSPEED

[andregt6]

Took a test drive this morning.
The car I drove had no stereo, dealer removed them to prevent theft.
Oh joy :), but they gave me the chance to listen to everything.
Nice ride, love when the power comes on, but you have to alert at the wheel. In general I very very impressed the car. (guess so I bought it)

The dealer I was at made me a decent offer, but I talked to the guy I was going to buy the Sport GT from and he countered it very well so I went with him in the end.

I did opt for an extended warranty. 6/160,000. I had a 6 year on my 97 Cavalier and it paid for itself several times over. Maybe I did not need it with this car, but its my first Turbo and our primary car. So for $25 more a month, its peace of mind. I hope.

I should have my brand 2003.5 Yellow SPEED by Friday.

Thanks for all the input folks.

A.

[Matthew]

yay!

[alexlitov]

$1800 for a warranty??

[Micah]

$1800 for a warranty??
But wow - that's less than $0.04 per hour!

Yep, I have friends who are car sales people. They can work numbers like you wouldn't believe.

[kNOWfREED0m]

congrats man welsome to the mazdaspeed world. You'll love the car! oh and the day you get it go find a nice long twisty road :) Best of luck to you!

[pip7441622]

Congrats. :)

[Artur1976]

dont get the warranty its a rip off at $1800 they took u good. Back out of it asap.

[MSP818]

nah the warranty is great, at least galpin is, my warranty has already payed for itself also. I blew my transmission, ripped my motor mount bushings, cracked the windshield (stresscrack) replaced the shifter bushing, and warranty covered it all without costing me a cent.

[Artur1976]

u have a free 50,000 miles warranty why dont u use that

[oldzoomer]

congrats on the new car
YELLOW RULES!

[jflo]

u have a free 50,000 miles warranty why dont u use thatbecause he probably plans to drive more than 50000 miles. any warranty that'll cover the car for a long period of time is better than having a shorter one

btw, congrats (mj)

[cycoutMSP03.5]

because he probably plans to drive more than 50000 miles. any warranty that'll cover the car for a long period of time is better than having a shorter one

btw, congrats (mj)
ditto

[hello2000]

I hope you don't plan on modifying you MSP. Almost any mods, void your warranty.

[andregt6]

No mods, I'm happy with the way the car is. Hence why I bought it.

This is our main car and with this extended warranty I get 6 yrs road side.
Rental if its in the shop and ZERO decutable on the parts. So say the turbo go boom for some stupid reason after 3 yrs. I'm covered. Peace of mind.
Maybe I wasted $1500, but I'd rather not find out the hard way.

At any rate the point is I own a MSP... Corks are popping.

A.

I hope you don't plan on modifying you MSP. Almost any mods, void your warranty.

[pates03]

No mods, I'm happy with the way the car is. Hence why I bought it.

This is our main car and with this extended warranty I get 6 yrs road side.
Rental if its in the shop and ZERO decutable on the parts. So say the turbo go boom for some stupid reason after 3 yrs. I'm covered. Peace of mind.
Maybe I wasted $1500, but I'd rather not find out the hard way.

At any rate the point is I own a MSP... Corks are popping.

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hey theres nothing wrong with that, congrats on the speed !

[hello2000]

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that. Most people that buy our cars, want to mod them. :-)

[andregt6]

Oh for sure and I know just doing a little work and unlock a couple more HP, but for the time being I'm going to enjoy this machine for what it is.

I just had a blast during the test drive. The dealer who went with me had never been in one either. So he got a kick out of it too, was useful and I got to get a feel from the passenger side.

When i get the car next week I'll give it a few 100 KM to allow for some break in time, I also need to adjust to it and then we're going on a few road trips. :)

Speaking of adjusting. I hopped into my cavalier after the test drive.
Good lord! Can't wait.

A.

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that. Most people that buy our cars, want to mod them. :-)

[jflo]

hahaha...i could hardly believe the rush i felt when i drove it the first time either...much different from the miata. now i drive my car everywhere. have fun !

[goku4658]

welcome, mang!

[andregt6]

Yeah When I started off in the car for the test drive I noticed how quick it was, but I kept it under the boost limit until I had it on open roads. Then push the pedal and heard it for the first time... A little whiggle from the steering and we were off. I will have to work with my wife to get her used to driving this car because if your not expecting that surge in power I'm sure you can get out of shape fast.

To me I feel this car is the "modern" version of my classic.
Employs all the high tech "go fast bits", but its not an over done BMW or something like that. Basic, clean and to the point.

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[Hercdriver]

$1500cdn right? Not too bad. If you have a lot of available cash i would vote no on a warranty, but if you have a hardtime scraping $100 togther to fix something then the warranty is the way to go.

[MazdaspeedNJ]

congrats man.........enjoy it.

[andregt6]

Yep 1500 CDN. 6 yrs road side, rental if the car is in the shop, good all over Canada and States. Hey I hope the car proves me wrong in the long run, but with my other car at 65,000KM the steering rack went taking the steering pump with it. If I did not have my warranty. Ouch. Paid for itself rigth then and there.

A.

$1500cdn right? Not too bad. If you have a lot of available cash i would vote no on a warranty, but if you have a hardtime scraping $100 togther to fix something then the warranty is the way to go.

[MSP#735]

YELLOW ROCKS! I couldnt be happier with my Blazing Yellow MSP.... when shes all waxed ans washed up...wow she looks incredible!! Great choice....ENJOY and like they say... "drive it like ya stole it" lol

MSP#735

[oliver2000]

hey theres nothing wrong with that, congrats on the speed !

I was in Orillia, ontario, canada on the weekend they have a Orange speed on the lot...it was a " managers demo "....price was odd....was " $ 29,056 now 26.000 ish.." suprising the list on the car was $ 26,995 new.....so there are some games here....but this might be the last orange speed in Ontario available..

[andregt6]

Well I'll baby her for a bit.

I think here in Ottawa we have a few MSP and MP3's

Still it will be nice to own a limited run car.

When I started the car buying thing last months this was not even on the list.

1. TS Wagon from Subaru. Nice car, but compared to the Mazda3 boring.
2. Mazda 3 Sport GT. This car bumped the Subaru from the top spot after I test drove it. Check out the other guys too Honda & Toyota. Not bad, but not interested. Then while checking out another dealership trying to get a better price on the 3 I spotted this little number tucked away in the corner.

The rest is soon to be history. I don't think I'm going to sleep a wink the night before I pick her up.

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[noclue119]

i paid 2000 usd for my extended warrenty and its 7/100000 miles.. hmmm i guess i got rob... i got it cuz they told me they would replace the rim if i fucked them up

[M=SP^2]

I actually bought a separate warranty for the rims, it wasn't much at all and I know how expensive they are to replace. Congrats on the new speed by the way!!

[mkyboy]

Welcome to the club.....
Remove the radio face place when you are not in the car. I just got mine back after some punks did 7 Grand of damage to my speed for the radio

[andregt6]

Ouch and thanks for the advice.

Does the head unit come with a case?

A.

Welcome to the club.....
Remove the radio face place when you are not in the car. I just got mine back after some punks did 7 Grand of damage to my speed for the radio

[goku4658]

mine had a black plastic case to hold it

[mkyboy]

It come with a case. Your sales person will give it to you along with the remote.

[andregt6]

Got the call from the dealership.

They got my SPEED in today. Will have it Friday after work.
But it has 60KM on it... BOO hehehe

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[mkyboy]

Once again welcome to the club