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Member	My new car
	Boondock Member (1077posts) 11/2/2006 2:27:00 PM Mazdaspeed3
	_ThePhoenix_ Nightlife Industry (60000posts) 11/2/2006 2:50:00 PM Ford piece of shxt. im sorry.
	SecretAgentMan Member (786posts) 11/3/2006 1:37:00 AM good car...wait u said mazdaSPEED3...then it must be GREAT...don't like your choice of colour tho
	SweetBoyXtC Member (10686posts) 11/3/2006 11:02:00 AM red???
	Boondock Member (1077posts) 11/3/2006 11:14:00 AM Only comes in red. Colour is growing on me.
	unbound Member (15323posts) 11/3/2006 12:26:00 PM quote: Ford piece of shxt. Did Ford & Mazda amalgamate? Anyways, we've got two Mazdas I love them. And I think yours is really cute Boondock (not a fan of red, but whatever).
	andrewc Moderator (2235posts) 11/3/2006 12:38:00 PM Ford Motor Company owns approx. 33% of Mazda. And yes, Ford uses Mazda parts. Black, white, red, yellow are nice colours DEPENDING on the type of vehicle.
	Goliath Member (602posts) 11/3/2006 12:53:00 PM I remember getting the flyer for this car in the mail I was like WTF thats a ton of power for a little car I must be missing something! Then there it was an Automobile magazine dyno test. Sure it puts down decent numbers for about 2k of its RPM range. Its comments like this one that would make this car annoying to drive... ''the engine feels anemic below 3000 rpm or above 5500'' Which in my mind would produce an incredibly choppy ride. In other parts of the article apparently the car feels like it turns on and off. Dont take this the wrong way I am asking because I want to know if it is really that bad the graph looks horrible. Or are they blowing it out of proportion. Anyway they advise taking out the Saturn redline did you try this one? http://www.automobilemag....d3_dyno/mazdaspeed_3.html Anyway apparently it puts down great 0-60 times and has a claimed top speed of 155 mph. For its price it seems to be a strong competitor. Must be nice having a brand new car enjoy!
	DRU Moderator (22964posts) 11/3/2006 1:49:00 PM nice car.. i like mazdas.. i like the red.
	_ThePhoenix_ Nightlife Industry (60000posts) 11/3/2006 4:05:00 PM ford owns 33.4% of mazda, and controls it from the boardroom
	Funkadelic Member (5663posts) 11/3/2006 4:23:00 PM Google makes everyone an expert.
	Bassfreak Promo Model (15712posts) 11/4/2006 11:11:00 AM Most Ford cars run with Mazda engineered engines built in Japan. Not the other way around. ''the engine feels anemic below 3000 rpm or above 5500'' Anemic for 260hp+ is not anemic by normal standards. Goliath, Try driving a Civic Si that gets rave reviews (because its a honda it must good right?) yet feels like a complete slug to me. 190 hp, 140 lbft. Same price as the Mazdaspeed3. For 30K, the MS3 smokes pretty much everything else.
	_ThePhoenix_ Nightlife Industry (60000posts) 11/4/2006 11:25:00 AM Google makes everyone an expert. perhaps, but in this case I already knew because I hate ford.
	SecretAgentMan Member (786posts) 11/4/2006 12:35:00 PM ford.com has whole buncha other cars listed on it...the likes of Aston Martin, Land Rover and Volvo
	Goliath Member (602posts) 11/4/2006 1:14:00 PM Bassfreak I completely agree. Its like honda has pulled a blanket over most peoples eyes as to what they want and turned it into this is what we build the magazine say's its great so buy it! I have no idea why that link wont work so i copied and pasted a paragraph on it. The article comapres the GTI Civic Si and Mazda 3. ''Turbos, by nature, have reduced operating ranges, but the Mazdaspeed 3 seems to be particularly susceptible to that limitation. It has prodigious torque in the midrange, but the engine feels anemic below 3000 rpm or above 5500. Honda's normally aspirated Si makes at least 85% of its maximum torque from 2000 to its redline. That means that if you floor the Honda's loud pedal anywhere between two and eight grand, you'll have at your disposal at least 85% of the maximum quoted torque. VW's turbo GTI will hand over at least 70% of its peak number at any time from two grand to its own redline. The Mazda is far behind the others at 20%. ''
	Goliath Member (602posts) 11/4/2006 1:17:00 PM GTI
	Goliath Member (602posts) 11/4/2006 1:19:00 PM I guess that's the Vtech kicking in producing the drop and then spike. I wonder what that would feel like. Go vtech lol.
	Boondock Member (1077posts) 11/6/2006 10:55:00 PM Drives pretty good to me. Been a little wet to really see what it can do though.
	Boondock Member (1077posts) 11/6/2006 10:55:00 PM Pictures don't do it justice.
	digital Staff (7980posts) 11/14/2006 5:53:00 PM Curve doesn't look all that great, but compare the actual numbers of the si to the MS3. At 3000 RPM, the Mazda is kicking out 150 hp, the Honda meanwhile doesn't get to that hp range until after 6000 RPM.