most common compilments?

[pluto316]

now the best compliment is: "wow, nice depreciation!"

Ha ha, I bought a car I could afford, sorry. I owe less than it's KBB value.

 

[pluto316]

And what do your friends drive?

Of the people who have driven it: WRX, 240sx, Miata.

 

[Olestra]

So my wife and I were on our way to dinner tonight. We are sitting at a stoplight with the windows down and this Toyota truck starts inching up towards us.

I make eye contact with the older Asian gentleman behind the wheel of the Toyota.

He says "What kind of car is that?"

My wife and I both say "Mazdaspeed3" in stereo.

He says "It looks vely vely nice!!"

I say "Thanks!"

He says "Does it get good gas mileage?"

I say "Not really!"

He says "It's gotta be better than this!"

I lol and speed off as the light turns green. I hope dude goes and buys an MS3 soon!

Rofl! Nice!

 

[dan1101]

Of the people who have driven it: WRX, 240sx, Miata.

Comparing stock to stock, MS3 will beat them all. Sour grapes says I.

 

[pluto316]

Who the hell owns a stock 240? (Or stock Miata or WRX for that matter?)

 

[blacksheepms3]

Take a ride on it? Are we still talking about the car?

*in it* it was a typo...so what?

 

[DaleNixon]

uh huh

 

[mr_mazda329]

Comparing stock to stock, MS3 will beat them all. Sour grapes says I.

But driving a miata is way more fun on a nice twisty mountain road than any of these. And slap a set of nice sticky street tires and their will be no competetion. Although the Speed does handle quite well, it lacks in road and car feel, connecting the driver.

Now for roll racing, MS3 FTW!!!

 

[ericrapp]

Hey Mr. . switch up tires, bars and such on the speed. Presto! different car. Altough a new S2000 took me to school on the tight turns this morning. Thankfully I can make it up on the straights. And of course the Miata/MX-5 and the little Honda roadsters are where all the fun are at. I have to work to keep up through twisting or slower turns. Good thing I enjoy my work.

 

[pluto316]

Now for roll racing, MS3 FTW!!!

(yawn)(yawn)(yawn)(yawn)(yawn)

 

[MicaSp33d]

Friends: Can I drive it?
Me: Sure!

- Ugh, this is why I don't own a FWD car.
- Wow, where's the power go past 5k RPMs?
- All that money and it's only this fast?
- The seats are nice.

Most of my friends ask why on Earth I would own a FWD car and I agree. (The MS3 is for sale. )

lol its funnie because you also owned a protege which is fwd. Its not like you didn't know what you where getting into with another fwd. Torque steer is only apparent in straight line which your not interested in right?

drive it harder and you can appreciate that this is a great fwd car. I own rwd car before and yes, i love rwd, but this is the best bang for your buck and it can handle as good or better as some rwd cars. My first choice was an 08 mx-5, but being 6' and 225lbs, its uncomfortable.

+1 on the bars and tires ... with a rsb, it gets rid of most of the understeer.

 

[pluto316]

I am not going to thread jack any more but I bought the MS3 because my MSP's diff blew and I needed a new car. I almost bought an STi but I couldn't find one in time.

Anyway, the MS3 is a great car but not for me. I want out of it.

 

[DaleNixon]

compliment: An expression of praise, congratulation or encouragement.

I'm sorry you don't like the MS3... maybe you should start a "Most common disses" thread.

 

[SwampAss]

I get the occasional thumbs up after a few closed course runs. I had a guy in an STI with the same bolts ons and a cobb flash tell me my car runs very well after I matched him all the way through 3rd. We were a dead heat.

I got a thumbs up from an older guy driving a stock C5 after he put the hammer down in 2nd and I inched by him.

I presume it was stock. Didn't make any unstock sounds.

 

[pluto316]

compliment: An expression of praise, congratulation or encouragement.

I'm sorry you don't like the MS3... maybe you should start a "Most common disses" thread.

Ban all users joined after 2004.

 

[ericrapp]

Wait not me I am very enthusiastic,

 

[Moultese]

FWD is for teh lose, but I'd say the MS3 is very well set up for a FWD. But that's an entire other topic that I'm sure has been beaten to death on here and else where.

 

[DaleNixon]

I think FWD is fine for a daily driver and occasional track car. If I were into serious competitive tracking, I'd definitely have a RWD or AWD instead.

I've been to the track a total of 0 times in my life. (boom02)

 

[ericrapp]

Front wheel drivers are a different style of driving, in that you can not just throttle out of turns or create oversteer with the go pedal. You need to stay smmooth through turns and pick the best lines to maintain speed. It has taken me forever to get reasonable at it. I still want to punch the gas and it just does not work. Front drive takes strong self discipline and patience on a road course but can be very rewarding for sure. And the quarter mile is the same rules but the big slicks and skinnies are reversed. For the loss? I say no. When the swampster can outrun the vette! Power and traction to ground, regardless of front, mid, rear mount motors. All, front, rear wheel drive will get you there with a well balanced chassis. Advantages and disadvantages to all for sure though.

 

[jeffjett]

what compliments do you get on your speed 3 the most? mine is on the exhaust. ive had a few people ask me what kinda exhaust i have on my car. even the guy at discount tire asked me a couple of weeks ago, "your car only has 1,000 miles on it and you already have an aftermarket exhaust?" and i was like "no, its all stock."

People rarely even notice my MS3. They do not recognize what it is. Looks like a million other Mazda 3's