Recent content by zero6three

Did that particular model hatchback actually come in YELLOW??? I want another yellow MAZDA!!! I saw near downtown Dallas (TX) awhile back and thought, "he must've had it painted...I didn't think the 3 HB came in yellow." I could be wrong!

I've been lurking here since shortly after I bought my 2006 3i Touring. It has 120k+ miles on it now. About 8 months ago, I got and Engine Light on which would cycle off every couple hundred miles; only to come back on 300-400 miles later. I got the codes from Autozone (don't have them with...

Verified...blown right front strut. If I kept the car cleaner lately, I would have realized the junk on my wheel was strut "juice". Thanks!

I know they're out there because I ALMOST bought one for my 2.0L 3i. I'm trying to get into nursing school so tuition takes all my money...I can barely afford gas and she hardly ever gets washed anymore...poor baby. Anyway, check tirerack.com or EVEN Cruthfield...yes them. I like them but...

I have a probable suspension problem. I think I nailed a pothole a month or so back and now have a couple of issues. If I hit a bump or series of bumps in the road, my front end oscillates (feels like tire bounce). The other thing is that when taking a hard right turn or curve under...

Crutchfield rocks!

Oh crap, come to think of it, they were 5 X 7s in an adapter. But the 6 x 8 Infinities drop right in without any modification. If I were the audiophile that I used to be, I would have component speakers and would also use round 6.5 in used as a mid with a component tweeter and a separate...

My 2006 3i HAD four stock 6x8 speakers. I replaced them with Infinity. They were actually genuine 6x8s; not some other strange size.

The port (actually the holding facility - the cars come up from Houston by rail) is about a mile away from my house. The only time I see the new Mazdas is when they are on the trucks going out. I get excited every time I see a new 3. I have only seen one MS3 on the truck and only one on the...

God only know when I did this to my - I think it was back in December; hit a damn piece of truck tire in the road. Anyone think it will pop back out?

Thank you. I did find out that I wasn't acheiving any extra acceleration after about 6100-6250 (scary looking down at the tach when you're doing nearly 90 - yeah, I'm a woos).

I meant to say rev limiter, I swear. Thank you.

Sometimes (probably all the time since it is rare) when I downshift to 3rd and run the revs up, the engine begins to cut out around 6500 rpm. I know that 6500 is redline so is the 2.0 engine have a torque limiter? It isn't a big deal if it is, I'm just wondering.

I'll have to admit that it does look better without the side mouldings and hey, do they really add that much protecton? I need protection from roadkill such as pieces of truck tires. I have learned to trust that if I really want to go around road trash, the 3 will follow suit but I'm usually...