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Still normal. IIRC the car would stumble when I gave it gas. But although underpowered, it did idle ok and ran well at constant speeds. I never realized how much the turbo was used even in mundane driving.

Turbo was normal Monday night and since then. Weird. So where is the boost solenoid located?

My 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 has 80,000 mostly gentle miles on it. It did have the turbo replaced by a dealer at about 60,000 miles due to leaking seals. This morning was about 27 degrees, after 4 or 5 days of it being above freezing. Car is garage kept and Yesterday my car ran fine, but this...

Yeah I don't run the AC much at all, trying to save gas. I will try to run it more now. Been running Auto since changing the filter to get rid of lingering odor, don't think it ever turns the AC off.

Finally changed my filters. Big PITA for sure. Took about 1.5 hours and some scraped knuckles. I had the hardest time maneuvering the fuse bracket/panel out of the way and getting to that fourth screw in the upper right corner of the filter cover. It's pretty much as far up in the corner of...

Got in my car yesterday morning and it barely cranked, wouldn't start. I was still on the OEM battery so I was expecting it to happen pretty soon. I wanted to get something decent that would last as long as the original Panasonic did. Locally I have Advance Auto, Fisher Auto Parts, and NAPA...

What would happen if you just took them out and left them out? Cars didn't used to have cabin air filters. Would leaving them out hurt anything in the HVAC system?

I once read a nice summary of everything the car does after you turn it off, but I can't find it again. Some of the things were after 15 or 20 minutes, others I think were hours later.

I don't have any aftermarket equipment. I heard the sound up under the rear bumper area. Does the car run the low pressure fuel pump when it's off? I don't think there is anything wrong necessarily, I'm just curious what sorts of stuff my MS3 does when it's turned off.

Went out into my garage tonight and heard a noise like a small fan running. I traced it to the rear of my MS3, which hadn't been running for 4 or 5 hours. I remember reading about the car doing things while it's "off", but can't find the info now. What would it have been? I turned the key to...

You'd think Mazda would be falling all over themselves to fix the smoking issues. What do people think when they see shiny sporty late-model Mazdas smoking like a 1989 Chrysler Minivan?

All I can say is I had my cover off last night and it was nice and clean up under the front of the car. There are electrical parts (including a Bosch/FoMoCo cooling fan) all over the place. I wouldn't want them unprotected from rain. It may not cause problems short-term, but long-term I'd...

I dummied this up in NFS Carbon (click for larger): I think it looks pretty decent, and it's a minor appearance mod that makes a big difference.

It's still silly that to turn them off you have to go past the On position. It should be "Off, Park lights, Auto, On." Or "Off, Auto, Park lights, On." I didn't know the HIDs came on when you flashed, that sucks. I thought the high beams were regular bulbs and only they came on when you...

I don't like the auto lights because if I just want to turn the ignition on and raise/lower my windows or whatever, it turns the headlights on. Really auto headlights is not something I've ever found myself wanting in a vehicle. As for the wipers, I'll try cleaning the sensor area. Is it that...

35,000 on mine, stock. Put new Pirelli tires on it, that's about it. I don't drive it hard, and when I do push it I'm smooth.

I like the auto wipers in general, especially with light or misty rain. But I do wish they also had a manual intermittent setting.

Anybody else have this problem? My auto wipers will turn themselves on for a swipe or two on a perfectly dry sunny day. Seems to be triggered mostly on a sunny day by patches of shadow from trees or whatnot. Had the dealer look at it this morning but all that came back on the ticket was...