Congrats, and welcome aboard!

 

Knowing what I know now, I would ABSOLUTELY LOOSE MY MIND if I had to wait until March to have the car after having had a taste of it. I have to force myself not to make up reasons to run out and drive it.

I had to snap up a car that the guy who ordered it found he could not fit in comfortably. I would rather have had silver than blue, but I ain't bitchin' about it much. If you're like me, any car you drive just becomes an extension of your body -- you get nerve endings right down to the contact patch. This car to me is like the bionics they gave the 6 million dollar man..... A Camry, for example, would make me feel fat and clumsy.

ZOOMZOOM, i'll try turning off the traction control and let you know, but I feel some lag in every gear. I'm not sure if it's perception or something peculiar to my car. If you're in NC, maybe we should think about meeting up at VIR sometime next spring?

 

Hey everyone. I just drove home with my MS3 today. All I can say is wow! What a car. This is my first time buying a car with this much power. My only question is, does my Bose stereo have a subwoofer, and if so where the hell is it located?

 

Va,

Sure, we can keep in touch and plan getting together.

The only time I feel any noticable lag is if I am at a low rpm. This will always be the case, as the turbo has gotta have some speed to do it's job effectively. If you had driven just about any turbo car from a few years ago, I think you would agree that the perceivable lag in this car is very minimal.

 

Winter tires. Hated to do it, better safe than sorry..

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Hey guys,
Im new here, I joined because i am thinking about buying a speed3.
I am 6'6" and have not sat in one yet, do you think i will fit comfortably?

I am selling my 97 bmw m3 and the mazda is one of my choices for cars.
Other than the mazda i am looking at:
subaru sti used
vw gti new
the mazda speed3 which i mentioned, new
corvette used

Any thoughts on which is best for a nice daily driver? I sit very comfortably in the gti so that is a big plus. I dont mean to hijack this thread

 

You can go sit in a regular 3 and get a pretty good idea about the head and legroom. I am only 6', and I have my seat pretty much all the way back, so you might have an issue there.

 

Oh, 1 other thing. I too was thinking about a GTI, but I was concerned about mechanical problems. A friend at work, bought one last year, and has several problems with it. In fact, just last week, the starter just went out on it. I thought that Vdub had addressed their quality issues, but perhaps not.

 

hey new to this site. i had a mazda 3 sedan, and someone recently fell alseep at the wheel and totalled my car. fortunatly my shattered collarbone is recovering. anyways i am going to most likely be putting a desposit on a mazdaspeed 3 tomorrow, and am very excited. I too have not been able to find any negative reviews, and after enjoying the most basic mazda 3 possible I am pretty sure I will love the speed 3.

would be great to hear more opinions and see more pics from people that already have theirs. Also one dealership told me a lot of people are opting for the sport b/c they are mostly interested in the engine and dont care as much about the creature comforts. the way i see it is without getting the navigation, the GT is only $1500 more and it includes the bose system, leather on the seats and better headlights. seems like a very good deal to me.

 

Actually its 1750 but I went with the sport due to the fact that I can get HIDs in the long run, not interested in the others things.

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