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It's nice to see the Mazda love at [M].
(sorry for the cell phone pics, although they arent terrible. HD2 running Android 2.3) I bought myself a 2004 Mazda 3s for a daily driver about a month ago, and I love it. ![]() I bought it second hand, it had 80k miles on it. Got it for $4.7k usd. steal. But, a week after i owned it, luckily I was in my neighborhood when it happened, my passenger lower control arm plum fell off !! Whoever worked on this car must have been a real nincompoop. Bought replacements for both sides for good measure, because the passenger arm bushings were completely shot. ![]() After that was replaced, it was making a vibrating/knocking noise coming from the front passenger fender well. Turns out, it was just a motor mount. $75 fix. Now after all the regular maintinence has been cought up, it is good as new. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() stats: stock 2.3l L4 5-spd m mods: removed dealership decals (ew) ![]() put some small bump in the trunk. (tasteful bump) restored headlamps lenses.
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Dude, your pics aren't showing, but sounds like my car almost exactly. Fix the pics!
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Wow, sorry for double post, i messed up the dropbox links somehow. If a mod could delete my above post.
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Looks nice! I love the Mazda3 -- one of the best interiors for the class.
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I'd really like to get a mazda3 wagon.....I had a rental sedan, it was so peppy and zippy lol. Fun car to drive.
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![]() When I bought the car, I got it from a friendly repo man, who did not get the original keys and had one remade. It was chipped, so it probably cost him a pretty penny, but I didn't have to pay for it so who cares right? also it didn't come with a remote, so I bought one off Ebay for $7, and programmed it myself. The dealer wanted over $100 for the remote and the programming. What a crock of shit. TL;DR: I win!
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Here is my car history for the past 2 years.
Started with an 08 Pontiac G8 GT. I had a Procharger Supercharger P1SC system put in it. Had a few other minor bolt on-s and upgraded brakes. Made 460/480 on a Mustang Dyno after my tuner got his hands on it. Made 390/396 with can tune from Procharger. And added Breyton CS Racing 20 inch wheels to the mix (20x8.5, 275 wide in rear 245 in front) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, I kinda ran out of money to throw at it. It was very fast, but it needed much more augments to make it smoother/complete (rear gear swap, stall, trans tune) Along with that, the suspension in a g8 stock is rather....not there. Massive body roll and way to soft. I put it up for sale/trade. And a guy with an 07 Jeep SRT8 messaged me and we decided to trade straight up. ![]() ![]() ![]() With this suv, the head room is well, just not to be had. Any decent bump or railroad track and my head was hitting the roof. It handles like a sports coupe. Very stiff not a comfortable suv by any means, which I didn't really expect. Didn't expect it to be as bad as it was either. So I sold this for a dealer. And I had a coupe back before the G8 GT (97 celica gt) So I wanted to try a sporty coupe. So I went to Miami, FLA and picked up a 06 Infinity G35 coupe. I don't have pic's of it due to cell phone only pics. But it had all options minus nav. Had the wheels painted a funky bass boat black/purple flake color. Handled amazing, drove amazing, I loved it. But I am fat and tall so the seats actually hurt to sit in (bolsters dug into my saddle bag fat) So I traded that straight up to a guy on tbssowners.com for what I am driving now. An 08 Trailblazer SS AWD: And I currently have it for sale too lol. ![]() ![]() ![]() My next car I really would like to get my fat ass in, would be an E55 AMG, E46 M3, Or lexus VIP GS300.....mod it to hell. I really don't know what I want in a car, since I change cars so often. I just want something closer to perfection. All of these cars have flaws I find, that yes can be fixed with modding but modding never stops. |
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Nice rides JPF.
I don't change much ![]() I have only had like 5 cars in the past 15 years. 2 trucks, one was totaled the other sold, and 3 Mustangs which I still have 2 of ![]()
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