New Guy says hi!

[hoofdpijn]

Hey everybody. So I got run off the road last week (hit and run) in my 92 miata (which I bought new in 92) and had to bite the bullet and get a new car. Since I couldn't find a Mazda 2 with a manual in a color I liked I jumped on a 2011 Mazda3 i 4-door Sport, mtx.

They sold it to me for basically the same price as a Mazda 2 Touring so I got a fair amount more car for the same amount of money I guess.

Anyway, I'm really happy with the car overall with the exception of the Turanza tires which seem extremely noisy to me. Other than that, it's quite a jump up in comfort going from a 20 year old Miata as a daily driver to a 2011 Mazda3. Feels like a Bentley in there to me.

Just popping in to say hello! Looking forward to poking around in here.

 

[sanblaster]

Welcome!

 

[puredrive07]

Welcome and congrats on the purchase of your new MZ3! I rid myself of those Turanza tires as soon as it got below 40 degrees in November of last year; these tires were just terrible in cold/rainy weather and needless to say I didn't want to see what they would behave in the snow, haha! I replaced them with Continental ExtremeContact DWS, but you could get away with the DW tires since you don't see much/or any snow in Texas.

Enjoy the new car!

 

[Killer]

Welcome!

 

[weakdog85]

welcome, any pics of the car yet?

 

[_Chris]

welcome to the club. If you have any questions let us know.

 

[ToNeZ90]

I hated the turanzas. i had no traction in wet weather. I have nexxen 3000's right now any they rarely lose grip. Gongrats on the new car bro, sorry about ur miata :-(

Welcome and congrats on the purchase of your new MZ3! I rid myself of those Turanza tires as soon as it got below 40 degrees in November of last year; these tires were just terrible in cold/rainy weather and needless to say I didn't want to see what they would behave in the snow, haha! I replaced them with Continental ExtremeContact DWS, but you could get away with the DW tires since you don't see much/or any snow in Texas.

Enjoy the new car!

 

[hoofdpijn]

welcome, any pics of the car yet?

Well only the one. Ignore the dork in the front..

Thanks for the welcome everyone! You guys have me scared to death of the first rain with these tires. I guess lucky we're in the middle of drought here in Texas. I'm really liking the car so far though. I do think the drive by wire throttle gives it a weird disconnected feeling but I guess I'll get used to it. I feel like my right foot is just making suggestions rather than actually controlling anything. I've already started making mental notes of mods I want to do. I'll probably replace the steel wheels when it comes time to dump these turanzas and maybe a short shift kit and a then cat back to give the exhaust note a bit more presence.

I was hoping I might be able to retrofit the factory cruise control but I see that the ability to do that, easily, stopped in 2009. Pity.

 

[hoofdpijn]

I hated the turanzas. i had no traction in wet weather. I have nexxen 3000's right now any they rarely lose grip. Gongrats on the new car bro, sorry about ur miata :-(

Thanks bud. I had the miata towed home this week so I'm going to just fix it myself. I have a buddy at work with an entire miata front suspension so he's going let me have whatever parts I need cheap. It's getting relegated to fun/hobby car status for now. The shop quoted me $1500 but I figure I can get it done for less than $200.

 

[PrettyLilThing]

Hey! Welcome! I'm not sure exactly where u are in Texas but I just moved here! Beautiful car & have fun!

 

[hoofdpijn]

Hey! Welcome! I'm not sure exactly where u are in Texas but I just moved here! Beautiful car & have fun!

Thanks! I'm a small town just north of Dallas. Been in Texas my whole life, you'd think I'd be used to the heat by now.

 

[PrettyLilThing]

Thanks! I'm a small town just north of Dallas. Been in Texas my whole life, you'd think I'd be used to the heat by now.

Oh we just moved from Missouri. Were over in west Texas though...little town by midland...which is by Odessa. Haha. And yeah I actually love the weather!! It's about the same degrees wise but no humidity makes a HUGE difference.