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Bovine Delight posted:Black and red are both acceptable you numpty. That hideous blue is not. (note: cannot see the pic due to waffleimages sucking) Everyone knows metro gray is the best. I love how it changes color depending on the light.   
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I've got winter tires/wheels so I'm at 23K without around 25% left on my stock RE050's. Trying to decide what to replace them with when the times comes, probably sometime this summer or fall. You can go up in width one size on the stock wheels right? Seems like a much bigger selection than in the stock size.
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Feb 8, 2011 02:07
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ffffffff my shifter is all jacked up in my 08.5 Speed. Pushing down to get into reverse takes a ton of effort, and to bring it back up to the forward gears I have to yank upwards instead of it popping back up. From looking it up it seems like dealers just replace the whole shifter. I have a short shift plate but don't see how that can be related, seems like an issue with the shifter itself. Bleh.
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Feb 13, 2011 07:18
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Bovine Delight posted:Now is the time to buy a whole new shifter! Nah I'm still under warranty, and I'm really happy with the short shift plate already.
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Feb 13, 2011 18:28
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On the way to the dealer things got....a little worse: Now I'm rocking a Hyundai Accent while they wait for my new shifter to arrive.
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Feb 16, 2011 20:47
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SynMoo posted:They didn't question or hassle you about the SSP? Took it back to stock to be safe, but its not like it could have caused the issue.
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Feb 16, 2011 20:59
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Battle Cattle posted:Also, the smell from the new turbo is absolutely awful, its like a pile of burning clutches. I remember my Speed having that smell when it was new for the first few days.
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Feb 17, 2011 03:57
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Bovine Delight posted:My speed3 is approaching 40k and I haven't seen any of these turbo issues (I think). What should I be looking for? Massive clouds of blue/white smoke at idle
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Feb 17, 2011 21:51
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Summer tires/wheels finally back on. No more steelies and squirmy blizzaks, my car is fun to drive again! I haven't washed it since before winter but it poured the past couple days so it looks surprisingly clean.
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Mar 12, 2011 22:32
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Rhyno posted:Search continues. Oh my god that "video" is hilariously awful
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Mar 23, 2011 23:14
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Brain Issues posted:They also look good on the RX-8 Not the same wheels
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Apr 1, 2011 22:59
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air- posted:What I kinda dig are Gen2 wheels on the Gen1 MS3 (not my car): ffffffffff that looks good
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Apr 1, 2011 23:00
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MetaJew posted:I've noticed this a few times on my 09 MS3 and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this/if it's normal. I have a little over 13k miles on it. I bought it from another person in town with 12k miles. My 08.5 does the same thing, but usually only after a longer drive and everything is real hot. Its not super easy to reproduce so I've just ignored it for now.
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Apr 6, 2011 18:48
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They did a brief news bit on the MPS3 to some boring stock footage of it, you can find it on YouTube
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Apr 15, 2011 05:30
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Check the rear sway bar end link nuts. You can lean down and see/feel them without raising it. They come loose pretty commonly.
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Aug 22, 2011 01:37
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Aug 31, 2011 15:45
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Sep 13, 2011 04:05
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MetaJew posted:Whyyy?! Ask the assfuck who did that to every car on our street. I've got another just as long on the rear door.
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Sep 13, 2011 04:19
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Bovril Delight posted:Are the seats in the 2012 just as hideous as they were before? The Alcantara seats in the first gens are amazing. One of my favorite things from the 08.5 refresh, so glad I waited instead of getting an 08 
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Sep 15, 2011 06:08
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I'm stressing out over tires for my MS3. Its almost time for replacements, I have a track day coming up and don't think my stock RE050A's will pass tech. Anyway, trying to decide between what I think I have it narrowed down to, either the Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport or the Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110. Both are reviewed well enough, but the one thing that seems to come up often is that compared to the stockers, they don't feel quite as sharp in quick adjustments, and that they may have more sidewall flex. Thats the one thing I love about my car, how precise and sharp it feels, I actually really like the stock tires, and it would kill me to lose that with new ones. Anybody have any advice?
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Oct 15, 2011 18:23
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Thanks for the input thus far. Here's what I'm trying to decide. My stockers are almost definitely done for, but I could easily get a few more months out of them on the road. My track day is November 13. Ideally I'd run these through the track day, then replace them after (can actually wait until next year, since mid to late November is when I put my winter wheels/tires on anyway). But I'm afraid they won't pass tech. My worry is getting brand new tires, and tearing them up during the track day. I anticipate 6-7 20 minute sessions. It's a ~2 mile road course. Here's some pictures of my current tires.     
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Oct 17, 2011 04:07
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Yeah I shot them an email with the photos, hoping to hear back soon.
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Oct 17, 2011 05:06
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They look tiny and awkward, even for winter rims.
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Nov 1, 2011 01:16
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Test video with my headrest mount/gopro for my upcoming track day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvTNhlYe1zQ
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Nov 10, 2011 18:31
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Somewhat Heroic posted:That is really cool! I want to get a GoPro pretty bad. It seems like you don't get too much field of view with it mounted there though. It is a lot of dead cabin space, and you don't get too much of a feel for where the lines are if you want to see where you are hitting the apexes and whatnot. Yeah its about as wide as I'd want it, I did want to have the steering wheel and shifter in frame though. There is a wider FOV setting, but that is way too much fisheye. The new GoPro2 has even more FOV options, as I understand it.
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Nov 12, 2011 01:54
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hellooooo expensive new hobby
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Nov 16, 2011 00:43
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Here's one of my sessions from this past weekend at NJMP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52TvP1-KYic
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Nov 16, 2011 23:14
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IOwnCalculus posted:Jealous. How much did that set you back? $225 for the day, 7 15 minute sessions.
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Nov 16, 2011 23:26
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Nodoze posted:That seems like a good price for that much time, and it looks really fun too. It was a total freaking blast. My car was much more capable than I was expecting on the track. I'm definitely doing a few more days next year.
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Nov 17, 2011 04:21
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MetaJew posted:I really want to take my car to a track day. What sort of prep did you do and how much wear did see at the end of the day? I required very little prep. I did an oil change a month ago, so I was fine there. No need to do one right after either, maybe just move my next one up 500-1000 miles at most. Brakes are all factory at 27K, didn't touch them, though I did bring new pads and fluid just in case. They did fine, just got a little soft towards the end of the day. I'll bleed them soon to be safe. I did go with brand new tires, because my stockers were just about done for and I was worried I wouldn't pass tech. This particular track has a really slow tight turn that is known to eat tires, but I took it relatively easy through the day, and didn't see too much wear, just a little surface shredding, already wore off on the drive home.
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Nov 18, 2011 16:00
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FWIW I have 16" steelies for the winter on my MS3, that Tirerack sold me. 16x6.5, 205/60/16
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Nov 29, 2011 18:43
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Brain Issues posted:I just drove from Indiana to Massachusetts last weekend and my best tank was 27.7, with my trip meter telling me I was getting 31.2 mpg. Ugh, I hate it so much. It's impossible to get anything other than E10 around here. I remember when they switched over seeing an instant drop in economy. Freaking corn subsidies.
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Jan 9, 2012 23:27
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http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=200787.0
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Jan 17, 2012 05:24
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Bovril Delight posted:I still can't get over how monumentally ugly the 2nd gen seats are compared to the Alcantara covered bliss of the 1st gen GT. Love my seats. So so much. Don't know how they screwed up so badly. 
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Jan 23, 2012 17:40
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air- posted:Anyone else get this letter? Gonna bring my car in sometime this week. Can someone rehost? That stupid forum wants me to register.
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Jan 23, 2012 17:41
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IOwnCalculus posted:It's the same ones I got last week and lol'd about since I was over 70k miles a year ago. One is for VVT/timing chain noise, the other is for smoking turbos. Coincidentally, I have neither problem on my '07. Huh. No smoking on my 08.5, but I have noticed what sounds like the VVT rattle, but only a few times and it was after a really long drive when the motor was hot. Only has happened a handful of times though. Hopefully if it does get worse it happens before 70k!
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Jan 23, 2012 18:13
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Iiiiineteresting, just noticed the letter specifically says only federal emissions vehicles are covered for the smoking turbo. Was something different with CA emissions models? I got mine in PA, but it has CA emissions. e: looking it up, yup, PA seems to do the CA thing now States adopting the California standards include Arizona (2012 model year),[1] Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.
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Jan 24, 2012 02:16
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Jobert posted:Thanks for the information guys. I convinced the mechanic that the misfires weren't plug/coilpack related and got him to drive the car some and actually hear the whooshing noise. He agrees it's turbo related. Seriously, take it to somebody who knows the first thing about these cars. It sounds like he just wants to throw parts at it.
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Jan 26, 2012 05:22
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B!G_$W@NG@ posted:LTBS, this may be completely silly, but my 2011 with under 10K miles was making a hell of a lot of noise on bumps at low speed (under 30 MPH) on the rear wheels. Took it to the dealer and they found that the sway bar links needed to be retorqued. Took care of a lot of noise(s) and the car seems to handle better now. Wish I'da gone to get that checked sooner. Amazing this is still an issue. This happened to my 08.5, and I think I've read about it happening to people with 05's and 04's.
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B!G_$W@NG@ posted:
No such issue, but I've got a speed so the whole driveline is different than a n/a 3
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Feb 15, 2012 06:35
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boo. Does yours also have the issue with the rough shift when you decel to like 1st gear then accel again? Makes city driving a pain sometimes (not to mention the fact that it makes you look like you're an idiot driving a stick wrong when it throws you forward or back in your seat). Service guy at the dealership said his '11 6 had the same thing.