this car touches me where your mother did
 

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I think I'm going to end up paying cash for one when i get back from Seattle in August. White ms3gt with nav and black rx8 wheels.

slow

it will get me to and from the grocery store just fine.

So will a moped.

Are they really? I've heard nothing but good things about them, but never seen one on the road. 2 of my friends have regular mazda 3's and they are like that fat kid in school, maybe a little funny....but still slow and fat.

I've seen last years mazdaspeed 6 and was not impressed at all. Mommy car. :)

Vash-

yeah, but I'm tired of buying used daily drivers that never run.

ive heard GREAT things about those cars and everyone seems to love em......1 major thing that will keep me from EVER owning one as a project/toy: FRONT WHEEL DRIVE = FAIL!

You're going to learn to hate that motor.

You just like it cause it reminds you of that VAG trash you used to bomb around in.

...and just as S-L-O-W too!

I don't like that boost is limited in 1st gear in the name of "reducing wheel spin." :jerkit: But 0-60 in 5.4 isn't too shabby for a family errand mobile in that price range.

Dude, I like those things...

I'd poke...

I'd hit it. Drove it last year and I quite liked it, even thought it's FWD :giggle:

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I don't know if I like the RX8 wheels.. but I like the MS3 as a whole. There's one that parks next to my miata all the time. I'll snap a pic. As for the speed of the car, who cares, you have a miata for that.

If its a turbo I'll give you a hook up on one of our valves. From the feedback I've been getting it makes an enormous improvement in drive-ability and boost response.

i smoked one.

Not bad cars though.

I like the MS3. Easy upgrade path to 300+whp. I've got a Mazdaspeed intake for it you might want. I'll hook you up.

i'm with ya, dude. i came to the same conclusion and traded my POS daily in for a vanilla '08 mazda3. i test drove and thought about spending some extra dough for a ms3, but realized there's not really a reason to, if all i need out of it is comfort, mileage, and reliability.

Lay of the VAG...:fawk:

I hear that.. I had a fun time driving my ex's Maz3. The 2.3 really gets up compared to the civics of the world, and it gets decent gas mileage.

As much as i like Mazdas i'd have to go with a WRX over the MS3. My brother has a wagon and it's the tits for a daily.

when it comes to gas mileage
FWD>AWD...but other than that, not so much!

WRX and MS3 have almost the exact same MPG ratings with the better going to the WRX around town and the MS3 on the highway..

What about actual gas mileage? I don't look at ratings too much, they are more of a referrence point to me.

That's going to vary depending on the driver it's not a very good way to judge. The EPA MPG reports are done by the manufactor per EPA specs meaning a fairly even playing field of course they are not exact.

Like he'd actually install it. :bang:

say what?:giggle:

i've always liked those, and this particular one looks sick

if i bought a wrx i'd be too tempted to mod it out...buy a old corolla or camry. toyotas run forever.

I don't know about the MS3, but my 04 WRX returned 27-28 consistently on the hwy/interstate, where it spent most of it's life. It was a good car for a salesman/DD. Fast enough, AWD FTW.

There was an MS3 last week at a BMW lapping day. Had the noisiest tires on the track. They were howling every time he just thought about turning the wheel. It was a FWD car in a RWD world being a Bimmer meet. It was whoopin up on most of the Beemer brigade though. Never got to talk to him to see what mods had been done if any.

you dont even mod your miata :giggle:

when I get home, its on. My motor is finsihed. I just found out that i'm leaving again though.

as far as feel/power curve/traction and overall ease and smoothness with which it behaves during daily driving i would go hands down wrx....gas mileage? not so much
true that, i agree but you would be VERY surprised at how much these fwd turbo cars eat too..my buddy has a srt4 and he BARELY gets better gas mileage than me
im sad to report taht you are correct :( while i dont drive like a jackass or anything, i still have yet to consistantly get posted gas mileage figures. of course not now that im modded but even when i was stock
27-28mpg???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:eek5: DUDE that is insane.......srsly, unless you fucking drive 30mph on the freeway i am amazed at those numbers

dude thats what I got city in the neon driving like a 19yo....before I you know....grenaded it....:vash:

fuck that, I got 20mpg highway in the outback.

You lot are just like my buddies here. The trick is to have a r-e-a-s-o-n-a-b-l-e car for a daily driver. Once you have that, you do one very critical thing: You "Leave it alone!" I know this is hard for many of us here, but believe me, it is for the best. I keep a very strict line between my Miata (just for fun) and my BMW (keep bone stock). I strongly recommend this setup.

I hate fucking with cars all the god damn time. I don't have the time or money to fuck with the miata, def. no another car...and why even fuck with FWD gaydom? I'm still thinking about a base model hatch, but I would enjoy the ms3 a lot more even though its another $10k. I might still consider a used one, but I won't find a white car.

My point exactly, since I am in the same position. I was more giving a jab to the guys that wants to help you speed that car up.