anyone else nervous about the car?

[intak3_bLkMs3]

it seems everywhere i turn everyone is parting out the ms3 and selling to get something else. it seems all the blowing up story's have scared people out of wanting the car. i am actually in the same boat. im considering selling it for a 350z next spring... anyone else in the same situation? anyone else willing to put there 2 cents in to prevent me from selling it? i love the car but im scared that even with minor mods im gonna throw a rod =(

 

[eg6motion]

Well, small piece of advice is that you have to remember that nobody creates a thread saying "I have X amount of mods, X amount of miles, and my engine runs great!". Goes with any forum or board. The number of people out there with perfectly fine MS3's is far greater. There's also a large number of them that will never visit an MS3 board, and still have mods.

 

[GoFast]

Well, small piece of advice is that you have to remember that nobody creates a thread saying "I have X amount of mods, X amount of miles, and my engine runs great!". Goes with any forum or board. The number of people out there with perfectly fine MS3's is far greater. There's also a large number of them that will never visit an MS3 board, and still have mods.

ed zachery!

i think this paranoid thing is ridiculous. You are on a forum where people mod the hell out of their car and when something breaks they post up. people dont come on forums to talk about how wonderful there car is. if that was the case each person would have 5 posts not 800, 1000, 2000, etc...

if you want to feel better about your car get off the forums and quit getting all scared about every little thing.

like i said in the other thread that this thread obviously is stemming from. if you want to ditch the MS3 because of your ridiculous paranoia, fine. one less paranoid MS3 owner as far as I am concerned. but if you buy a 350z or any other car, stay off the forums because you will get all paranoid about that car too.(dark)

 

[mordant80]

Man, you just can't be paranoid about this stuff. If it happens it happens. I saw somewhere that there were quite a few of the new WRX's having problems with spun bearings at very low miles. All cars have their problems, sure some more than others. I've seen in magazines our car getting very good reliability ratings. Just enjoy the car man, motors let go occasionally, this is with any car. Give ya an example, I have a buddy with a 99 suburu imprezza RS.. It's on it's third motor, less than 200k on the car, then another guy I know has another 99 imprezza RS, car has over 300k miles on the original motor. Both are pretty hard on the cars and autocross.

Basically all i'm saying is don't let yourself be paranoid, it's not worth it. s*** happens, ya know?

 

[AutoXRacer]

I feel the same way... Every time I drive my car and see the stupid KR alert flashing, I cringe and ask myself "now?", is it going to blow now?

I really like this car, other than the whole KR issue, suspension crapping out at 25K, and that its FWD.

I've had numerous thoughts of trading it in for something else... But whats out there thats under $25K, 4 doors, with 300WHP? Nothing...

So I guess I'll stick with it as long as I can... I don't think I'll keep it as long as I did my previous car (Mazda Miata w/240K miles) though.

And I agree, there is a small percentage of "blown engines" compared to the vast number of MS3 overall...
Plus we don't really know how the "blown engine" cars were treated...what kind of maintenance was performed and what quality/grade of oil was used, quality of mods, etc...

I race mine 3-4 times a month, drive it to work every day, and go on road trips on none race days... Yeah, my suspension is crapped out at 31K miles, but other than that...its been great!!

 

[Alexsered]

I'm going to be buying the 370z next year, has nothing to do with my mazdaspeed3. It already has 47,000 miles on it and nothing is wrong.

 

[DaleNixon]

My car has been rock solid and I plan on driving it for 100,000+ miles with simple bolt on mods... nothing extreme.

The paranoia thread I started is simply about me being worried about my intake. I'm going to remedy that by replacing it with a better-researched intake... not the entire car.

 

[wisniaPl]

i just bought txs fmic and side mounts

 

[GoFast]

My car has been rock solid and I plan on driving it for 100,000+ miles with simple bolt on mods... nothing extreme.

The paranoia thread I started is simply about me being worried about my intake. I'm going to remedy that by replacing it with a better-researched intake... not the entire car.

I dont think that your thread is the one that bred this ridiculous thread.

 

[DaleNixon]

Gotcha. I just wanted to add that I don't want my thread being construed as one that inspired this one.

 

[intak3_bLkMs3]

thanks guys i guess i have alot to consider.. maybe my coming hks bov will lighten me up a bit yay=)

 

[GoFast]

thanks guys i guess i have alot to consider.. maybe my coming hks bov will lighten me up a bit yay=)

lmgdao thats the way to feel less paranoid about your car breaking....mod it!!! brilliant!(uhm)

 

[PCspeed3]

Just do what I am doing, do Cobb's modifications and be done with it. They have done the reaserch and know whats up. When you get poeple cranking up the boost and trying to get bigger fuel pumps and all that jazz, thats when s*** starts knocking and blowing up. Im no expert but I do know that Cobb has dyno'd thier MS3 anywhere from 500-1000 times and they track the s*** out of it and it has yet to blow up or weaken, thats all on stock internals as well, and its because they know the cars limits and how to keep it safely within that range. All these poeple that are running Catless DP and FMIC's cranking up the boost without tunes (or bad tunes) should almost expect their engine to blow. The bottom line is that the DISI injection system is fairly new to tuners and we need to give them awhile to figure it out before we go mod crazy. Just my small rant. Let the flaming begin!

 

[SPEED3TYPE2]

I feel the same way... Every time I drive my car and see the stupid KR alert flashing, I cringe and ask myself "now?", is it going to blow now?

I really like this car, other than the whole KR issue, suspension crapping out at 25K, and that its FWD.

I've had numerous thoughts of trading it in for something else... But whats out there thats under $25K, 4 doors, with 300WHP? Nothing...

So I guess I'll stick with it as long as I can... I don't think I'll keep it as long as I did my previous car (Mazda Miata w/240K miles) though.

And I agree, there is a small percentage of "blown engines" compared to the vast number of MS3 overall...
Plus we don't really know how the "blown engine" cars were treated...what kind of maintenance was performed and what quality/grade of oil was used, quality of mods, etc...

I race mine 3-4 times a month, drive it to work every day, and go on road trips on none race days... Yeah, my suspension is crapped out at 31K miles, but other than that...its been great!!

(hand) You Autox race all the time you can't expect your suspension to be like new. I have almost 50,000miles and my suspension is perfect.. Not to mention I have had no issues with my car its perfect..

 

[mo08ms3]

but if you buy a 350z or any other car, stay off the forums because you will get all paranoid about that car too.(dark)

I totally agree with this. Its so true

 

[robin2660]

Well, small piece of advice is that you have to remember that nobody creates a thread saying "I have X amount of mods, X amount of miles, and my engine runs great!". Goes with any forum or board. The number of people out there with perfectly fine MS3's is far greater. There's also a large number of them that will never visit an MS3 board, and still have mods.

Me first: I've got 19K on my '07 and have had no problems other than the cowl rattle and the end-link problem in the rear. Then again, I'm completely stock save side molding and "mazdaspeed3" emblem delete.

 

[Bonafide_Spd3]

I'm not worried about my car blowing up, the only thing I'm worried about is the stock motor mount breaking. I think my car runs better than the day I bought it

 

[zim]

the one reason I absolutely love honda's is this reason. I never felt nervous about my civic breaking because if something broke it would be so cheap to fix and I could probably do it myself. I'm honestly nervous about the ms3 reliability but I'm still going to drive the balls off it until my warranty. if it's going to break (what I mean by break is catastrophic engine failure of some sort) it's going to be before 75,000 hopefully. it's pretty pathetic though that mazda would not do forged internals on a damn turbo car, it makes no sense unless they were trying to save money. it's also pathetic that some stock ms3's are blowing up for stupid reasons.

I'm definitely not going to dump much money into this car though, just simple bolt-ons. it's going to cost too much money to yield anything decent and I'm happy with the way it is now. it's enough for the street.

if I want speed I'll get a bike, which I'm planning on doing.

 

[240ka]

if i sell my MS3 it will prolly be for the Genesis Coupe but the MS3 isnt going anywhere anytime soon

 

[///M Compact]

In 26,000 miles my dead stock MS3 has needed a new turbo and a new LF strut. I was planning on using it as my daily driver and track rat for five or more years, but at this point I'm about 99% sure that I don't want to take the chance. I'm not nervous, but I have very little confidence in the long term reliability of this car- and as a result I doubt that I'll keep it much longer.