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

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

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

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

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!

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

I would never have said a word had it been me

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »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..

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

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

Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind »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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

Quote, originally posted by AKLGT »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

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

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

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »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...

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?

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »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.

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

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

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »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.

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......

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

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

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »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!

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 :/

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.

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.

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.

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

stop tailgating

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

LOL. glad it was something simple.

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