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Mine gets driven daily, but parks in the garage at night. Have to contend with snow, slush, salt, and other cars flinging all of the above onto it. In fact, today, a truck got on the freeway with ice apparently still on top of the trailer. As the first few pieces flew towards me, I thought it...

Even going with Mazda 3 OEM 17", you have a lot of options for winter tires. That's the route I went.

I have my story to tell - Brand new 2008.5, got it in March 2008. Thought the snowy days were over so I wouldn't have to get snow tires right away. It started snowing while I was at the office, so I had to drive home in it. It was light, and on the road, there was about a half-inch of snow...

Yea, I get that loud crunch, clank, thud with every bump. After it's driven for a while, it lessens or goes away. I heard it yesterday and today, and freaked out until I read many forum threads like this one. I just can't believe Mazda allowed the car to leave the design stage like this...

I knew it was a small enough world, lol. I don't see too many MS3s out there, so I figured you'd be on this board. I wasn't driving too fast since all that talk of those radar equipped vans. I thought you were cross with me since I was driving kinda slow, lol.

Anyone on the board driving one on I-90 east Sat night (around midnight)? I was in the gray mica MS3. You were behind me for a good while. Waved to you when you got next to me. Just wondering... lol. The world can be a small place sometimes.

They say that the there was a service bullitin on the front plastic cowl that needed some cushioning to prevent noises. They did that automatically when I went in for the 34-35 volume issue (2008.5 audio head unit problem). I don't have any motor mount inserts and it still makes noises when...

I've noticed on cooler days (especially in the morning), there is either a clicking or squeeking noise that sounsd like it is coming from the inside of my dash (near the stereo). Anyone else having this issue? PS: 2008.5 MS3 sport - they "fixed" the cowl issue that everyone had.

Looking for OEM Mazda 3 17" wheels and possibly tires (if they are good for winter). Looking to get ready for winter with my Mazdaspeed 3. I believe stock Mazda 3 17" wheels are 17x7 with a 52.5mm offset and 5x114mm bolt pattern.

Nope. And it only happens around 68-72 F temps or cooler. On hot days, it's quiet. I've already done the TSB about the front cowl, so i dunno... So the seat squealing... that's widespread, huh? Thought it was just me! Time to do a search!

Hmm... I thought so... I'll add it to the list of things to bring up. 1) Squeaking chair. 2) Rattling dashboard (even after the adding pads to the front plastic cowl) 3) CD skips over bumps.

I have the newly replaced 2008.5 stock HU (the one that fixed the volume level issue). I just noticed this (I rarely play standard CDs), but if I play an audio CD, it would skip going over moderate bumps as if there were no anti-skip feature. Does anyone else have this issue? (PS: It is the...

I have the newly replaced 2008.5 non-Bose (single disc) HU. There is no volume issue anymore, but I recently noticed that standard audio CDs (pressed and CD-Rs) skip when going over moderate to heavy bumps. It skips right away as if it was a portable CD player from the early 90s (no anti-skip...

Mrs. Garmin. She gives some crazy directions sometimes.

Is it me, or does the new replacement unit does not have anti-skip when playing standard audio CDs? The player is super sensitive to even moderate bumps. Anyone else notice this?

How are they attached? Double-sided sticky?

Oooh... local! :) What burbs are you guys in? Thanks for the welcome, everyone! I'm still getting used to the clutch on this one, lol.

I found many chips after the winter. I never got to wash and wax it after taking it in because it was winter. Then we head straight into the constant raining April month. I only got to wash and wax it recently, which is when I saw all these nicks and chips. I'm pissed that the car is only 3k...

Finally got some pics of my MS3. I was able to finally hand wash it for the first time (April showers here in Chicago), and took advantage of the good weather by ripping those side moldings off. I must admit, I like it without the strips! Never got to appreciate the beauty of the paint until...

Got mine, and problem is fixed. Not only that, but there is the added bonus of better SQ. Before I had to have +3 treble, but now I can bring it down to +2. That's not indicative of how much better it sounds compared to the old one. Keep at it, everyone... it's worth it.