Well after living in England for 5 years(2003-2008) I was moving back to the USA. I had a good amount of money saved up for a car. My budget was about 15-22K. Found out that the MazdaSpeed3 was going to be released in white and figured I might just be able to bring that car in to my budget. Had my mother buy it for me under a power of attorney and the car was waiting for me when I arrived July 10 2008. I ended up paying about 23k with all options except Navi.
here is a recap of events(mileage)
-1k hardwired V1 radar
-2k upgraded motor mount
-5k TurboXS downpipe/testpipe
-5k HKS SSQ blow off valve
-5k Royal purple and Mazda genuine filter for every 5k from this point
-5k MSD dashawk
-8k BC coilovers and rear camber arms
-12k Cobb short ram intake
-15k someone hit and run the front bumper
-28k new tires(switched from summer to all season)
-32k the left HID bulb was knocked out of its place and cracked after hitting a huge pothole
-36k achieved this past weekend
Needless to say, I drive everywhere
2 speeding tickets. one was Jul '08 91 in a 70 and the other was 83 in 55 Jan '09
Car was bought in FL and is FL registered to avoid emission testing(thumb)
Moved to Chicago
Snowboarding trip to Michigan peninsula
Hit&Run
road trip to NYC
other pics:
here is a recap of events(mileage)
-1k hardwired V1 radar
-2k upgraded motor mount
-5k TurboXS downpipe/testpipe
-5k HKS SSQ blow off valve
-5k Royal purple and Mazda genuine filter for every 5k from this point
-5k MSD dashawk
-8k BC coilovers and rear camber arms
-12k Cobb short ram intake
-15k someone hit and run the front bumper
-28k new tires(switched from summer to all season)
-32k the left HID bulb was knocked out of its place and cracked after hitting a huge pothole
-36k achieved this past weekend
Needless to say, I drive everywhere
2 speeding tickets. one was Jul '08 91 in a 70 and the other was 83 in 55 Jan '09
Car was bought in FL and is FL registered to avoid emission testing(thumb)
Moved to Chicago
Snowboarding trip to Michigan peninsula
Hit&Run
road trip to NYC
other pics:
