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Hatchbacks Mazda3 Article Comments: 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 Full Test
44 messages, Last post on Nov 11, 2008 at 4:34 PM
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Article comments for Full Test: 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 - Mazda's 3 is a compact five-door or sedan that's been winning comparison tests and proving itself as a class leader since its introduction in 2003 as an '04 model — hardly a car capable of Evo or STI-like performance. (more)
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Replying to: msp3owner (Oct 13, 2006 9:38 am)
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Replying to: pat (Oct 13, 2006 10:02 am) 
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Own a 2007 Speed3 and like the car alot.. Bought all season Mazda rubber mats to put over the cloth mats Mazda provides, for added protection. But it interfered with the clutch pedal, had to remove rubber mats to find out the pedal actually went into the carpet as well. Its not that big a deal, just felt different from my previous cars, otherwise the car is sweet, big jump up from my Honda Civic Si.Anyone else feel this???? Pulls strong without having to wail it up to 6100 to 8000 rpm all the time. I was going to supercharge the Si but felt the Speed3 was a better deal with the turbo and warranty. Doing any engine mods on the Si would void the warranty plus Honda would not be able to certify the car on a trade in nor would another dealer offer you what the car would been worth,it would not make the Speed3 power even with a supercharger.Si was a good car but the Speed3 is more fun!!!!!! Drumbira
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Replying to: drumbira (Nov 22, 2006 6:45 pm) fortunately, what happened occurred when i was changing from one limited access road to an interstate hwy. pressing the acclerator all the way to the floor caused the aluminum pedal to get caught on the rubber all weather floor mat and not return. it was basically stuck at, let's say 90% or more of full throttle position!!! in 4th gear at the time, i easily exceeded any posted speed limit, before switching off the engine, and loosing power assist on steering and braking, if i'm not mistaken!! but those weren't really needed at the time as there was not much traffic on the four lane interstate. my first thought was that mat had come loose from the positive retention hook. reaching down, while coasting down to more permitted velocities with the gear selector in neutral, i was unable to move the mat back out of the way. why? the mat WAS correctly positioned on the positive retention hook. unhooked the mat and slid it back out of the way. solution: after returning home, the driver's mat was modified with a pair of utility shears to make sure that this wouldn't happen again. my wife's '04 5dr has the similar all weather mats but no problem with the rubber pedals, just the Al sport pedals on the '07 MS3 GT with the rubber all weather mats. don't know if this is just a tolerance mis-match on my car and mats, or if this is characteristic of any MS3 with all weather mats. |
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Replying to: grandadturismo (Dec 10, 2006 12:49 pm)
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Replying to: KarenS (Sep 22, 2006 6:56 am) So I know how much you can spend on a tuner car, and how much of a crapshoot it can be. I didn't expect that looking into a practical alternative - the Mazda3, would lead to this - a tuner car, and from the factory - at a price over stock that would barely get you the first trinkets to do it yourself - much less the sorting out. I thought the article was right on. I can echo all that about the shifter, weather mats, and all. But, I'm much more aware how this car responds than what I have been driving. She hasn't seen too much in the way of dirt roads, so now I wanna try that out, too. That's the way it is with this car, I'm learning to live a car like this like never before - even going to haul it out to the track. Downers? gas mileage, premium requirement, heavy, and maybe a little too deluxe (for this kinda car) Plusses? can really seat 4 people and/or haul stuff (a practical tuner car?), stereo/CD changer I also want to do a shout out to the great guys at Key Mazda who put me into the car. I feel treated like royalty. teevdv |
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Replying to: smogdung (Dec 13, 2006 6:55 pm) |
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Replying to: grandadturismo (Dec 10, 2006 12:49 pm)
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