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Well I signed my life away and bought the car!! and (removed) this car is just amazing! its like a vibe well...hahha...sorta, but like..ok its like if BMW made a vibe. Just fantastic. I love the xenon lights!!!! shifts soooo smooth, theres MASSIVE amounts of power, I can spin the tires in 2nd 1/2 way through the rpm range by just pressing the gas harder. Im going to post more pics but its sweet, soooo much car for the price. oh yeah, its the 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 GT with all options but home link and Navigation. For you MN people, I bought this at Polar mazda/chevy. I totally recommend this place. I went to Luther and Morries and just hated them. The haggling and lying was just sick, then the finance guy at Morries totally pissed me off, so that ruined their sale. Polar is a no haggle no pressure experience and they know their stuff! oh yeah..i still suck at shifting, hills and getting into 1st gear totally blow. I need to practice a TON more!

congrats on the new ride!turbo is like a drug.

Congrats!!

Congrats on the new wheels.Looks tight!Enjoy.

i still like those congratulations!

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »oh yeah..i still suck at shifting, hills and getting into 1st gear totally blow. I need to practice a TON more!Does it have the handle style park brake ala the Vibe? Or the pedal style? If it's got the handbrake there's a really neat little trick to avoid rollback on hills.Oh! Congrats, BTW.

WOOP, congrats man! looks sick, shoulda went with frosty white though, but still looks good!my buddy just picked up a used mazda 3 sedan and loves it alot too, get a ton more pics when you get the chance.also getting up a hill and into 1st and stuff is basically the hardest part to driving standard..it's so simple to drive it and alot more fun to drive then auto, again congrats on the purchase

Nice, and you don't even need to mod it!! Love the color.

Traitor! Errr I mean Congrats!!!

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »Traitor! Errr I mean Congrats!!! x2.... HAHAHA

Nice! Love the colour!

congrats man. more pics and any chance of a vid?

Congrats on the new ride! Looks great!

Kami lights his torch for:1. more pics2. to lynch north and take his ride!

great to hear you got it. I'm sure you'll be much happier with this purchase. MS3>CSSnice buy, worth spending a few extra bucks a month to get a better/reliable and FASTER car with a hatch

I hate you, that is all!

woot! just got back from ordering my Fast Hatch too. But I gotta wait 2 mos....Let's see more pics of the new car!

Quote, originally posted by Kamikaze »Kami lights his torch for:1. more pics2. to lynch north and take his ride!NONONONONONO! Not yet! I need to get a ride first.... I wonder what Parnell is doing right now.....lol.

and remember! try to stay out of WOT the first 1000 miles for proper break in!

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »WOOP, congrats man! looks sick, shoulda went with frosty white though, but still looks good!my buddy just picked up a used mazda 3 sedan and loves it alot too, get a ton more pics when you get the chance.also getting up a hill and into 1st and stuff is basically the hardest part to driving standard..it's so simple to drive it and alot more fun to drive then auto, again congrats on the purchaseyou've never driven my auto. it's hella fun.

meh auto is auto to me lol, well not really..u gotta remember i had a sunfire..but tip-tronic auto and stuff are fun

staying out of woot is hard...maybe the pistons need to be run fast so they can get the good seal Thanks everyone!! I drove it like 3 hours in the middle of the night last night so no one else was on the roads to get in my way of stops and hill climbing I got the take off down fairly good. Jeff has been snapping some sweet pics so Ill have him post em up, I need to find a way to charge my ipod while i drive though.... cuz its just a aux in not the ipod2car thing.

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »meh auto is auto to me lol, well not really..u gotta remember i had a sunfire..but tip-tronic auto and stuff are funI bet your sunfire didn't have 300whp/350wtq with upgraded valve body and 5 spd electronic manual sport mode. As my buddy (tech) says, people may scoff at my auto, however when they see my taillights get smaller and smaller, they shut up pretty quick. He loves my car and told me that he's always detested them, however he loves driving my car. Which is why he is planning to buy it from me this summer. NV, you should get some plates: NVMYMS3

that'd be a sick license plate, but yea my sunfire didnt even have half of what your car has or anything, was the most basic sunfire you could get, but thats all in the past, but i have a question about something regarding subarus and a possibility in my future of my vibe

Pardon the ignorance, but what's WOT? I need an acronym book....

WOT= Wide Open ThrottleIt's when the car is in full boost.... I had my VGT and when lift hit it was cool, but nothing compares to a turbo at WOT. It's like a freaking jet engine!

Quote, originally posted by AKLGT »WOT= Wide Open ThrottleIt's when the car is in full boost.... I had my VGT and when lift hit it was cool, but nothing compares to a turbo at WOT. It's like a freaking jet engine! +1 once boost kicks in...holy nuts that car is going. I went through some tunnel things last night and you can hear that turbo spinning...uhhhhhh this car is so sweeet. my friend in the SS and i were cruising around and he decided to take off...hahhah he didnt get far at all Well today is the day i negotiate the vibe and a couple parts, to my sister Ill miss it..sorta , but of course ill stay on the forum. I was gonna try to get her on here but she is kinda anti internet soo ill make her post at least once.

tell her if she don't post...no mods for her... you will take every mod off and sell it to people who care about the car:P

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »+1 once boost kicks in...holy nuts that car is going. I went through some tunnel things last night and you can hear that turbo spinning...uhhhhhh this car is so sweeet. my friend in the SS and i were cruising around and he decided to take off...hahhah he didnt get far at all Well today is the day i negotiate the vibe and a couple parts, to my sister Ill miss it..sorta , but of course ill stay on the forum. I was gonna try to get her on here but she is kinda anti internet soo ill make her post at least once. doesn't sound like you're taking her through proper break in. Just remember, more full throttle WOT during the first 1000 miles, the more the car will consume oil or have other issues later down the road... THough my car doesn't consume oil like other people's who have beat their cars, I don't get the fuel economy like I should. And I do actually drive like a granny on the streets.

......i plead the 5th on all accounts. I drive fairly slow most the time...2nd has to much torq anyway haaha...dont hate me hope.

parnell!!!!!! you shouldn't have time to post here!!!! get out there and drive you sonuva...congrats. that's a beautiful ridepost more pics!!!!!

Quote, originally posted by ramenboy... »parnell!!!!!! you shouldn't have time to post here!!!! get out there and drive you sonuva...congrats. that's a beautiful ridepost more pics!!!!!+1

jeff has all my pics! I'll have him send more over. I just drove from the twin cities to duluth in slight drizzle/wet roads. The car was silk! handles well at high speeds and wow does it pass cars fast hahah...man im naughty.

Congrats! Looks pretty sick.

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »......i plead the 5th on all accounts. I drive fairly slow most the time...2nd has to much torq anyway haaha...dont hate me hope.I don't hate you. I think you make an excellent choice.

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »jeff has all my pics! I'll have him send more over. I just drove from the twin cities to duluth in slight drizzle/wet roads. The car was silk! handles well at high speeds and wow does it pass cars fast hahah...man im naughty.See... Do you see now, WHY, people like Hope, Mav and me are always going on about turbo cars.. I just recently joined the regs, BUT, boost is addictive, especially in a car DESIGNED for it.. it's like the hand of the big man pushing you...

congrats on the new car --- looks sharp!

Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind »See... Do you see now, WHY, people like Hope, Mav and me are always going on about turbo cars.. I just recently joined the regs, BUT, boost is addictive, especially in a car DESIGNED for it.. it's like the hand of the big man pushing you... yup thats for sure. I used to think my Vibe was alright... boy was I way off LOL I never get tired of hearing the turbo spool up. Its a sweet sound.

Congratulations!Traitor...

haha thanks again, well hey at least its still a wagon Man the thing can pass people like it happened yesterday. lovin the car still, just gotta practice my hill driving :s. I take the long way home from work this week until i get some time to do that.

Just don't get pulled over. I have to be careful in the STi all the time. Never know where the cops are hanging out just waiting for me.

dude i know, the speedo is every 20mph now, isntead of the vibe at like every 5mph so I go slow and look down...20 over speed limit!?! crap, brake!mav - when do you recommend i switch to synthetic (mileage, engine and tranny) also what brand? redline, royal purple, amsoil, etc?

kinda looks like you're gonna have to get a new name too since you're not much of a northvibe anymore..northms3, definitly need more pics of the beast

ya, I'll be in the same boat soon too. oh well.... no matter.I can't wait to be back in an hatch!

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »dude i know, the speedo is every 20mph now, isntead of the vibe at like every 5mph so I go slow and look down...20 over speed limit!?! crap, brake!mav - when do you recommend i switch to synthetic (mileage, engine and tranny) also what brand? redline, royal purple, amsoil, etc?what's funny is that after 2 months, I got pulled over twice for speeding in teh LGT. still had temp tags and teh first cop who pulled me over told me to watch it. He knows how it goes in a new car, gotta get used to the speedo. and he's right. the VGT was completely different, I had to constantly double check my speed!

well I'm running 5w40 full synthetic from valvoline. I 'm at about 9,000 miles so I switched. my engine is broken in and all that. If I were you, I wouldn't switch until about 9,000-12,000 mile mark. I would have waited until my next oil change but the autocross season would have started by then and the car already taking a beating.

well....I knew this would happen with the tires I have on....Uhhh so I nailed a snow bank today, had to drive to Ely hospital for work and their parking lot still has a layer of ice/snow. Well took a 90 degree turn (going slow) but the car didnt turn...and slide right up a ice snow bank. Well I checked quick and nothing looked bad but then I got home and here is what I found along with the ambient temp sensor not working anyone know the exact location of the temp sensor? New bumper is like $450 from mazda.

Doode,You've had it a week and already.You have to do some praying to the HP gods.Sorry to hear mang, better to get it over with now.

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »well....I knew this would happen with the tires I have on....Uhhh so I nailed a snow bank today, had to drive to Ely hospital for work and their parking lot still has a layer of ice/snow. Well took a 90 degree turn (going slow) but the car didnt turn...and slide right up a ice snow bank. Well I checked quick and nothing looked bad but then I got home and here is what I found along with the ambient temp sensor not working anyone know the exact location of the temp sensor? New bumber is like $450 from mazda.WHAT?!?!?!?! Bummer! Can you get some snows for it? Slow as in turbo kicked in at low boost or no...lol. What are we gonna do with you!

i was in 2nd like 2krpm and slowing down..I may of thrown it in N then turned the wheel and ...no turning of the car, I should of gassed in 1st around the corner but Im so used to driving a vibe with snow tires abs kicked in but it was just ice.I got that side popped back in, the place the snaps hold the wheel liner in broke, so I gotta go buy new snap things and then try to find a way to seal or glue them in. then inside the bottom grill something broke and now no temp sensor...so I need to start heating my garage and take the bottom cover off to find out what it is.EDIT: oh i would get snow tires but..I spent all the money on the car and I dont have any left for snow tires