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I just heard that Mazda is recalling 2007-2009 Mazda 3 for power steering pump issues. Anyone know if this also applies to the mazdaspeed 3?

Now that some of us are getting some serious miles on these cars, how are they holding up? Mine has just over 50k, and I have seen some folks over 70k and 90k.... Just curious to see how the higher miles cars are holding together. Mine has had a few minor issues, but no serious repairs so...

My 2008.5 speed 3 recently started throwing a P2187 check engine code, so I checked for leaks on my cobb sri intake, after finding nothing wrong I proceeded to clean my MAF sensor with appropriate spray cleaner I found that the light kept going back on after clearing it, I then took it into my...

I have been driving very conservatively the past week, not using boost once, and so far I am sitting on the half tank marker with 225 miles on the clock for this tank. Not bad, but I don't know how much longer I can deny myself boost :) Currently sitting in the mid 30k range.

snapped this saturday morning @ my orlando dealer's showroom...

I just turned 30k on my 2008.5 speed 3, and started to notice a strange noise when first taking off. It's almost metallic sounding, a ting of sorts when you first take off, I can't hear if it does it when shifting between gears due to road noise, Just wondering if anyone else is getting this...

I bought my 2008.5 speed3 last year this month. Well, today out of curiosity, I ran the numbers through kelly blue book just to see how much of a hit I have taken in value the first year. OUCH! paid 23k, today in "excellent" condition worth only 17k Thats a not very trivial 6k depreciation the...

I learned something new today, Mazda is using a new kind of engine mount on our cars, called magnetorheological fluid coupler. While this tech is used in the worlds most exotic luxury cars, how could they have screwed it up so badly in our cars? Plus, they only use the fluid mount on 1 side of...

I have a 2008.5 speed3, stock except for Cobb intake with amsoil dry filter. Car ran fine for 19,000 miles using cobb intake and recently (4,000 miles ago) switched to amsoil dryflo filter. All without issues until today. Now, when coming off a cruise or highway run the engine will stumble and...

I am making a trip to new england for the thanksgiving holiday and needed to replace my summer only tires with something more appropriate. Being in a hurry didn't help my situation any and I realize that. I was watching the weather in hopes it wouldn't be that bad for the holiday week, but at...

What car was this guy driving? http://www.cars.com/go/crp/research.jsp?revid=51256&indcriteria=ASSET_TYPE-Affiliate+Review%2CBuying+Guide%2CVehicle+Profile|M-_30_|D-_8376_|Y-_2007_|resultStructure-combined&makeid=30&modelid=8376&year=2007&myid=&revlogtype=19&section=reviews&mode=&aff=national...

With all the talk about various i/c upgrades, has any actually measured the pressure differential between the ducting above the intercooler, and the surface area just under the i/c to see what if any pressure differential there is? All the i/c surface area in the world can't overcome bad...

Just wondering if anyone has experience radiator failure on their Mazdaspeed 3 yet? My car is 2008.5 with 4,400 miles on it. Today coming into work I popped the hood and checked the oil. While doing so, I noticed coolant leaking from somewhere in the front grill area. Looks like the radiator...

Was thinking about the premium fuel requirements for our engine, and recalled that 10% ethanol is being used to eliminate MTBE in gasoline. This got me thinking about taking regular 87 octane regular unleaded and blending it with a suitable amount of e85 to yield the required 91 octane rating...

I got my shifter and bushings last night and installed them immediately :) My question is, how are others dealing with the now excessive amount of boot material. If I let it sag down it seems to like getting tangled in the cables and mechanism. Not to the point of tearing, but enough to...

Anyone else equally excited about the cold air box for the cobb SRI? I found the following pic and think this would end the debate about sri vs mazdaspeed cold air intake and the hydrolock issues :) Have no idea of price, but I gotta have one :)

Got some nice shots today of MS3077's Black mica today, right along side my 08.5 as well :)

Had my first go at the track tonight. Not very good times at all.... If I try to launch hard, it hops like a mother. It was so bad it triggered the brake light, Tire pressure monitor light, and even turned on the windshield wipers all by itself (freak) Also it didn't seem to pull hard like it...

I love how my service dept says that I MUST have my oil changes done at their service department or risk my warranty being voided. Fine, so I take my car in for the first oil change and tire rotation. $49.99 for a simple oil change and tire rotation. Not only is this double the equivalent rate...

Not sure if this is the right place, but here is an interesting rx2 problem I ran into years ago and never found a fix for. I had a 1972 mazda rx2 couple with rotary engine. There were tons of electrical problems and it didn't run at all. After fixing many bad wires and redoing most of the...