Recent content by kbrennan

I'm guessing its #1 to. Still looking for confirmation though.

Hi All, I'm pretty much set on the MS3 pending test drive. However, one thing the local dealer said has me wondering... "We don't sell the speed line because the owner doesn't want to support them" -Salesman This leads me to three conclusions: 1. The service center has to have a MazdaSpeed...

In my quest for a fun commuter car I test drove the Cobalt SS. Performance wise its all its cracked up to be particularly with the launch control. If I was after something that was strictly a fun car and didn't have to serve as my daily driver, it would probably be my choice. With that said...

Thanks for the replies all. I think I'm going to have to make that 70 mile drive and testdrive one next week to get my own true opinion. Launching isn't the most important thing in my life. It was just a kick to do it with a WRX. With that said, I drove the Cobalt SS yesterday, and I...

Hello all, I'm seriously considering an 09 WRX or an 09 Speed3. I was able to test drive the WRX (awesome launches!) but unfortunately the local dealer doesn't carry the speed3 for some odd reason. Nearest speed3 is 70 miles away. My driving consists of mostly highway driving.. of that a...

7k Miles on a GT. Love the love my CX-7 but I have noticed a couple things: 1. Rattling coming from the metal trim strip on the driver and passenger doors. 2. Been back to Mazda twice of the nebulous "Gas Cap" CEL. 3. I have encountered either intercooler Heat Soak 4 times. All 4 times...

Keep the rpm's below 2500 and you get great gas mileage. Its sucks to drive at that point, but you can really get sticker mileage out of it if you behave. We testdrove the 6 cylinder rav4 before we testdrove the CX-7. The comments here are all correct. I honestly they the rav4 had a lil...

Got 4500 miles on my CX-7. Its been in twice so far for a 455. 3 Clicks is BS. The gas cap works on the same principle as a Torque wrench, it pops when a certain ammount of torque is exceeded. Click it 100 times. It won't make a noticeable difference.

Ooh.. I'll happily take a MS3 with some body damage at the "Salvage" rate. ;)

Got my first CEL at 2500 miles. It was for a loose gas cap.. But it wasn't loose... Go figure.

We got our CX-7 GT on 6/9 from Irvine Mazda. We went through their internet sales dept and got $1400 off from sticker. The local dealer here in Bakersfield wanted a 3k markup too. I offered them sticker for it, and was told "No!".. So next day I drove down to Irvine and saved $1400. Their...

On a trip from Bakersfield to Los Angeles and back I got 23.9 MPG. This was using the cruise control and setting it +5 the speed limit. So average speed was somewhere in the neighborhood of 72 MPH. I was being very easy on the gas pedal during acceleration as I was trying for high mileage.