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Replying to: smallcar (Oct 22, 2008 6:38 am) 
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 22, 2008 7:53 am)
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Replying to: unixxus (Oct 22, 2008 3:13 pm)
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 23, 2008 9:16 am) I just want to let you know so that you are not surprised and you have all the information on the car. I love my car and if I put 30k a year on my car I'd be pissed right now but still I had my car for 2 1/2 years and having to replace them now sucks too.
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Replying to: slaterac (Oct 24, 2008 5:24 am) Bridgestone is the supplier. Remember, they are a performance summer "Z" rated tires. They are meant to provide dry road grip. Any tire that has handling as their first design priority will never last. Your sales person should have told you that. There is a simple fix to your solution. Buy 4 season radials, and you will get 30K plus out of them. Also, how do you drive your Speed? Like it was designed to drive? Or do you drive it like a regular Mazda3? I highly doubt it's the latter of the two, or else you would not have purchased it.
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 24, 2008 11:07 am) It's not Mazda's fault if the tires are wearing out quickly, they're SUPPOSED to. The tire compounds are specifically formulated to give you excellent traction at all costs. In most cases, extreme performance and long treadlife are mutually exclusive qualities, you usually have to sacrifice one to get the other. It's the exact same case with the Mazdaspeed 6. They were equipped with Bridgestone Potenza RE050As, a "max performance summer" tire, with an average treadlife of 10-12K miles (with some going much sooner than that). It's the same case with all other automakers that throw on high-performance tires on their high-performance cars, not just unique to Mazda. You can easily buy all-seasons for the Speed3. Be prepared to lose some traction and control when driving at 9 or 10/10ths, but you'll get a longer-lasting tire. |
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Oct 24, 2008 11:07 am)
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Replying to: biker4 (Oct 25, 2008 5:34 am)
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Aviboy, Have you heard if Mazda improved the A/c for the '10 Mazda 3?
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Replying to: smallcar1 (Oct 26, 2008 10:44 am) I have no technical info for the 2010 Mazda3 just yet. |
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