Got the MS3!!!

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:26 am

see what happens when you drive around on three season tires... thats what credit cards are for. get some snow tires

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:44 am

man that sucks..coulda been worse, like a car or something instead of the snow bank

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:13 am

uhhh yeah it could of been much worse, I fixed the ambient temp sensor, it had just come unplugged. The broken thing behind the lower grill is the passenger side brake air duct that broke, so Ill order that. and I got bolts/washers/nuts for the wheel liner. All that will be left is that little crack up front...nothing to bad :s

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:37 am

that really sucks. at least it wasn't in the vibe just playin, glad it was only a snow bank.

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:12 pm

damn parnell!!!glad you're ok though, and glad it was just a snow bank.just remember what our great leaders say... bodes well with a turbo too. "with great power comes great responsibility... "oh wait. that was spiderman.have fun, but drive safe!

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:14 pm

ouch! that sucks! I'm sorry. however, as we all have experienced the whole "whoa! turbo!" thing (those of us who have moved from NA to F/I) it takes some getting used to. gotta keep it slow plus crappy tires just don't do the trick. Glad you're ok. as for fixing the fender wheel well, I have some experience in this and used some metal flashing we used on the garage roofing, folded it over and then nut and bolted the them together. I'll find the photos of what I did, it'll make sense I'm sure (I hope).

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:36 pm

ha ha ha... brand new car and already....Sorry man couldn't resist! Good news is, now if someone doored it you don't have to be so mad... just look at the front.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:42 pm

hahhaha thanks brent...i guessI fixed the side of the bumper, fixed the air ambient sensor (it came unplugged) and i bought washers, bolts, nuts to put in the place of those plastic fastners in the wheel well to the bumper. Should all be okay but that little crease/crack in the front bottom. ill try to autox soon though so I'll prolly nail some cones...this is a race car, something of this nature was bound to happen...like hitting a deer, racoon or squirrel.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:49 am

when you disapeared for a few days I thought to my self. "self... he is either having to much fun to post or wrecked..."LOL dude that sucks.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:12 am

hahah mav. Yeah...I need to get those pics from my friend!! I finally got my imageshack account up again so I can host them.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:35 am

I would never have said a word had it been me

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:12 am

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik Â»when you disapeared for a few days I thought to my self. "self... he is either having to much fun to post or wrecked..."LOL dude that sucks.Wouldn't that be called "The Superman Syndrome" in the Subie community? I know that's what I called it when I first got my RS, came out of a 92' GTi, got a car with some power, AWD, ABS and airbags and the FIRST day I owned it, nearly killed my GF and myself... "playing" Happens to the best of us North.... You were going so sssslllllooooowwwww though..

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:36 am

drove a red 08 today..mazdaspeed 3..things are very quick..i stopped on the onramp to the highway..and then just gunned it..wow..my buddy who i work with almost shat his pants..lol

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:55 am

sorry to hear about that north, as others said, at least it wasn't worse

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:34 am

Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind Â»Wouldn't that be called "The Superman Syndrome" in the Subie community? Yeah I know the wife was worried I might do something. I know I was when winter rolled around and I had no problems getting around lol

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:12 am

Again I'm late on this, but that sucks dude.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:30 am

well the ice pile was nothing...a deer ran INTO my car today on the way to Ely for work....yeah.....I was driving maybe 1/4 a mile behind this woman and I saw her slow down for a deer walking across the road up ahead. So when I got closer I slowed from the 55mph limit to less than 30mph. I was looking for deer on the edges of the road, didnt see any (it does ravine right on the edges) then all of a sudden I hear a BAM! look in my mirror and see a dumb deer stumbling around then takes off. GRRRRIt may not "look" bad, but its bad, the handle got pushed in at least 3 inches. paint is chipping off the creases and theres still that dumb things hair in the window for DNA evidence so I can sue it for lots of money

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:04 pm

man, you and ragingfish with deer! sorry to see... that's pretty bad.

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:07 pm

Parnell, you got all the luck... Sorry to hear man... hopefully that gets fixed too.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:17 pm

Parnell! What are we going to do with you? We should trade so nothing else happens to your......ahem...I mean my MS3.

kunkstyle · Post by **kunkstyle** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:27 pm

Can't believe I missed this thread for the last month. That's some horrid luck dude.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:03 pm

yeah this is totally sucky, $100 delectable so its not to bad but unexpected. hahha I hear the cosmic blue has a curse for bad luck..no lie, after i bought it i read that all over the mazda forums :s I may need to wear a helmet when i drive now i think Hope wanted to trade the sti for the ms3...im down with that. oh yeah that deer fur on the window...im totally leaving it on until its fixed..this will show the deer that try next whats up.

schroeder · Post by **schroeder** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:19 pm

Parnell! Sorry to hear about the deer.Perhaps he thought your car was a good looker.At least it wasn't thru the window and in the car with you.Hope all ends up looking like new.

NibCrom · Post by **NibCrom** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:43 pm

Well, that's what you get for getting rid of the Vibe.

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:10 am

You just can't win man, do yourself a favor and trade that sucker in on a Subie... lol..

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:57 am

dudei hope it gets fixed quick. i say keep the fur. put it in a pouch and stick it on your hood or something. maybe the scent will scare other deer away...

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:22 am

well, with his luck so far, it'll only draw them to the car even more!

CountryVibe · Post by **CountryVibe** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:00 am

Sorry to hear about your luck.I hope everything will get worked out.

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:33 am

Quote, originally posted by AKLGT Â»well, with his luck so far, it'll only draw them to the car even more! ha! i was think more along the lines of them smellin' a dead cousin....more along the lines of this...but w/ deer of course

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:04 am

^^^^(removed)!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:14 pm

k so to have the shop i want fix it, its a wait of maybe 6 weeks for the loaner car to be available. uhhh waiting, I hate having a ugly car until then

Zer0VIBE03 · Post by **Zer0VIBE03** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:50 pm

Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»k so to have the shop i want fix it, its a wait of maybe 6 weeks for the loaner car to be available. uhhh waiting, I hate having a ugly car until then if anyone makes fun of you.. blow their doors off Of course, in a non-wooded, non-iced over area... well.. maybe you should just rev at them, wait.. you might throw a right or blow the turbo... well just give them an evil glare-- yeah that sounds good Nvr heard of a car having bad luck because of its color...

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:40 pm

some girl the other day almost nailed my car, she blew a stop sign...uhhh cell phones..anyway, had a 350z try to take me...hahha yeah, and then a turbo honda civic...yeah. is there a v8 around to get some real competition?

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:58 pm

Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»some girl the other day almost nailed my car, she blew a stop sign...uhhh cell phones..anyway, had a 350z try to take me...hahha yeah, and then a turbo honda civic...yeah. is there a v8 around to get some real competition?come on up here.... we'll give you plenty of competition. I'll go easy on you and start with the stock 08 STI in I mode.... then maybe S mode, and on to S# mode. after that, we'll go with the 07 STI stg 1 and of course the LGT which is stg 3+++ (until Saturday and back to stock). Stg 1 is just around the corner for me. i'm at mile 655, only 345 miles to go! I think I can burn thru that before the weekend! :Dand btw, unless it's a true muscle car, V8 isn't really competition.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:40 pm

well i fired it up this morning...sounds like the timing chain? is loud as hell...uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh after work ill check some stuff out.

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:34 am

Maybe you should have kept your vibe... seems to have less issues...

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:47 am

Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»well i fired it up this morning...sounds like the timing chain? is loud as hell...uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh after work ill check some stuff out.Thats what you get for racing seriously though, hope its nothing major.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:26 am

oh...i think it is. LOUD (removed) tinking grind from what i thought was around the turbo but kinda by the timing chain. I checked my oil, its above max level and kinda smells like gas. it did eat lots of gas the last 2 days......

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:47 am

You should sell that thing and buy a vibe... I've heard that the 06 vibes are really nice.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:49 am

lol vibe was great, but deff. not fast enough.

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:42 am

Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»lol vibe was great, but deff. not fast enough.we understand. but really, you are in that group of people who have the WORST luck with cars, new or used!

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:14 am

LOL i know...never had a issue with a car until this ms3 ok dealer called this morning, oil is said to be fine color and smell wise, it was just above max level a tad. they are checking into the noise now and are doing a oil change to make sure its at normal level... i have pics from my iphone of the oil but in the pics it looks normal i think, but in person it had this green tint to it....maybe im color blind now :/

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:53 am

do you have coolant mixed in with the oil??? wierd. my coolant is green, so that'd be my immediate response, however not even sure how that'd happen. still so strange.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:58 am

my coolant is green too, but no the oil shows no separation of fluids, no creamy white crap or foam so its not coolant. I have pics from my iphone but in them it looks kinda normal. when i get home ill post them. i still havent heard back yet from the noise, they called me at 7:30am about the oil, so it must be a hard diagnosis.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:13 am

If your coolant was mixing with your oil, you would have a creamy white residue on the underside of the oil cap and your oil would look milky instead of brown.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:32 am

uhh yeah the ms3 is fine, i guess a pebble/rock was caught in the belt on/near the tensioner. car had a oil change and removal of the pebble and its running great. @#$#@ stupid things

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:45 am

stop tailgating

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:52 am

well i do admit i was tailgating a 350z....he didnt go fast enough..uhh slow people hahha dang...well good thing nothing is wrong! uh i was so worried for a bit. yeah mazda makes a strong engine

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:52 am

LOL. glad it was something simple.

schroeder · Post by **schroeder** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:05 pm

Good news from the Dealer.Sounds like they treat people well.You need some trouble free driving now!Good Luck

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