You know you drive a Mazda 3 when...

[Olestra]

You know you're driving a Mazda3 when half the time you can't shift from 2nd to 3rd until you "try again".

 

[Alex/adub]

You know you're driving a Mazda3 when...

people ask you what do you drive and you say Mazda3 and they say "oh thats the one with the turbo right?"

its happened to me alot haha

 

[06zoomzoom]

You know you're driving a Mazda3 when...

people ask you what do you drive and you say Mazda3 and they say "oh thats the one with the turbo right?"

its happened to me alot haha

Haha, that's happened to me twice from what I remember. Once I say Mazda 3, they say, "Cool! It's that Speed model right. the one with the turbo?"

 

[sunrun176]

You know you're driving a Mazda3 when...

people ask you what do you drive and you say Mazda3 and they say "oh thats the one with the turbo right?"

its happened to me alot haha

Haha, that's happened to me twice from what I remember. Once I say Mazda 3, they say, "Cool! It's that Speed model right. the one with the turbo?"

Hehe.. I expected it from my insurance agent, just not from everybody. (lol2) (headshake

 

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

(bump)

 

[sunrun176]

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when:
...you get vanity plates that suggest your car is slower than it really is. (drive2)

...it really pisses you off that the dealer not only installed the factory-supplied front license plate mount (in states where front plates are required) but also neglected to pre-drill the holes as suggested in the instructions so that the bumper plastic surrounding the screws didn't deform outward. (pissed)

...you paid less than $25K for your car and yet you buy a dedicated winter wheel/tire set so your factory wheels don't get screwed up by the snow, ice and road salt... and so you can actually drive in snow without spinning out and crashing 'cuz the factory tires suck so much on anything that isn't both warm AND dry.(headshake

...your family and friends roll their eyes and look at you funny when you freak out about them closing the hatch by touching the paint instead of using the perfectly serviceable hand hold. (gah) (boom03)

 

[SuperProtege5]

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when...

... you have to extend the MAF wires just to install an intake properly.

 

[mjstew]

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when:
...you get vanity plates that suggest your car is slower than it really is. (drive2)

...it really pisses you off that the dealer not only installed the factory-supplied front license plate mount (in states where front plates are required) but also neglected to pre-drill the holes as suggested in the instructions so that the bumper plastic surrounding the screws didn't deform outward. (pissed)

...you paid less than $25K for your car and yet you buy a dedicated winter wheel/tire set so your factory wheels don't get screwed up by the snow, ice and road salt... and so you can actually drive in snow without spinning out and crashing 'cuz the factory tires suck so much on anything that isn't both warm AND dry.(headshake

...your family and friends roll their eyes and look at you funny when you freak out about them closing the hatch by touching the paint instead of using the perfectly serviceable hand hold. (gah) (boom03)

hahahaha so true...i bought a set of blizzaks in may just because of the anticipation of driving it in the snow... got my borbet wheels with continental tires for the summer, and my stock wheels and blizzaks for winter

 

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

...your family and friends roll their eyes and look at you funny when you freak out about them closing the hatch by touching the paint instead of using the perfectly serviceable hand hold. (gah) (boom03)

my car ainta hatch but i could not agree more! that is so irritating when they look at you like get a life cuz you want them to do something properly instead of riskin jackin up ur car lol

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when...

... you have to extend the MAF wires just to install an intake properly.

BAHAHAHAHAHAH! that could not be more true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have never ever seen another car you had to do that with! intakes are such a pain solely because of that reason! the flippin maf!

 

[MonchieM3S]

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when...

... you have to extend the MAF wires just to install an intake properly.

Damn that's so true!

 

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

you know you drive a Mazda 3 when... you remove the intake resonator and it sounds like your car is way faster than it actually is

 

[AWmustang]

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when:
...your family and friends roll their eyes and look at you funny when you freak out about them closing the hatch by touching the paint instead of using the perfectly serviceable hand hold. (gah) (boom03)

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. Especially here in the North, in Winter, I'm just trying to keep their hands clean.

 

[06zoomzoom]

You know you drive a Mazda 3 when:


...your family and friends roll their eyes and look at you funny when you freak out about them closing the hatch by touching the paint instead of using the perfectly serviceable hand hold. (gah) (boom03)

That is SO TRUE!!! I hate when friends do that!!! I always say, "No no I'll close it..."

 

[squirrelmincer]

At gas stations you have to explain that, no it's N/A, not a turbo. And no it's not AWD(for us hatches).

 

[mjstew]

At gas stations you have to explain that, no it's N/A, not a turbo. And no it's not AWD(for us hatches).

this is true lol...someone once came up to me at a gas station and told me, "you've got to love the all wheel drive on those audis, right?"

It took a few minutes to explain that my car was not german, not an audi, nor did its price come close to $40,000 lol

 

[hat1018]

this is true lol...someone once came up to me at a gas station and told me, "you've got to love the all wheel drive on those audis, right?"

It took a few minutes to explain that my car was not german, not an audi, nor did its price come close to $40,000 lol

And then try to explain to people that your mazda is actually part FORD. When I did my oil change I noticed on my oil pan FO MO CO stamped into it, it was also on the rear shocks. That got me thinking, stock shocks? Or did the previous owner (Bone head)(gun) go to the dealer for replacements 110,000mi. I would hope they have been replaced, she still rides good no leaks and no bounce.

 

[mjstew]

well the mazda 3 really was a collaborative effort. the car was built on a volvo platform, with a ford designed suspension system, with japanese underhood and design components, so ford shocks is not a huge surprise

 

[skipperdz]

You know you own a Mazda when your warranty runs out right before you a/c...lol
...when you have a pretty reliable car but the companies customer service department BLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[infamouszoltan]

...your family and friends roll their eyes and look at you funny when you freak out about them closing the hatch by touching the paint instead of using the perfectly serviceable hand hold. (gah) (boom03)

and when they think the doors NEED to be slammed to be completely shut

 

[sstass]

At gas stations you have to explain that, no it's N/A, not a turbo. And no it's not AWD(for us hatches).

Maybe if ppl stopped making their hatches look like 08-11 WRXs with flaps, wing, and track wheels... Such a thing wouldn't happen. I guess the stock scoop on 2nd gen MS3 doesn't help either