skylar2ups
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- 2011 Mazda3 iSport
I bought my Mazda from Kings Mazda too I was very pleased with them! My local dearlership down here is nothing like Kings Mazda, but I love everything about the Kings Automall!
My biggest concern is that im buying the car at home in maryland then will have to drive it all the way back down to mississippi to come back to school and would hate to have a problem in the middle of nowhere alabama or tennessee.
One thing to think about...
I have a friend with a 1.8t Jetta. He said he has to change the timing belt at 60k miles and since it is a "zero clearance" engine it is extreemly important he does so on time. I THINK the MS3 is your typical 100k miles. That doesn't sound too different but it is a 40% difference in mileage.
Yeah but it's still just a Civic.
Ive had my speed 3 for almost 2 years now. no problems at all. noisy shocks in the winter when u first start it up then the noise goes away..normal. Interior rattles may come on any car..cant be too picky about slight noises. mechanically my car ahs given me 0 issues. funny..ive riden in an STI JUST like chrisp's(wink)...no differance rattle noise wise...just dif stiffness suspension.
I'm pretty sure his Civic wasn't an Si and the base Civic is not a fun car to drive, are they safe? Yes. But it's not fun to drive like the Mazda3 (base) thats all I was saying... calm down.
It's the way it drives... I'm not going to fight with you on another thread I was just telling everyone what I ment when I said it's just a Civic.my wifes car is an 02 civic lx. nothing special at all. My last car was an 07 civic si sedan, and I traded it in for my current scooby. Frankly I would take a reg civic over a reg 3 7 days a week. not too sure whats sooo fun about 150-160 hp
True true to each his/her own I personaly don't care about the speed of a car, I dive to much to only look at that.I had an 07 3s touring...its slow....hence i traded in for my 07 speed3. i also have an 08 civic. feels a tick slower than my old 3. and by that i mean it probably runs an 18 and the 3 runs a 17.8 haha. ("these numbers are not accurate only for example purposes...so dont jump on me) i personally as far as body quality think the civic is more sound than the reg 3. the speed3 is a whole dif story(thumb).and dude an lx civic may "just be a civic" which is very true. i have it for point a to b driving and fuel economy, but you know wut? a regular 3.....is just a 3. 140 hp stock or 145 without the pzev. put ur exahaust on, do ur fanciness to the outside....still just a 3.
I am going to be buying a new car in a couple of weeks so I have been looking around forums trying to find out everything i can. So far I have narrowed my decision down to a mazdaspeed3 or a vw gti. Now when i look at the gti forums they are filled with positive things about how they all love there car, then i look on this site and there are posts about the engines falling out. Basically im wondering if I buy a brand new MS3 is this something i will have to be concerned about cause if so im definitetly going to go with the gti.
Don't read too much into the negative. The ups and downs flow on any message board. BAsically you'll hear more negs on message boards than good and that's typical.
not on a honda or subaru forum(loser). seems to be a mazda thing