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Car is still under warranty so I want to take it to the dealer. I think something is starting to wear in the front end somewhere. You hear the sound from 0-50 or 50-0 mph when accelerating or slowing down normally. It basically sounds like I've got 4WD off road tires on my car. Kind of a hum or...

Called the dealer today for an appointment to get a front end noise checked out and thought I would have them do the 30K service also. Service Manager said the service would be about $600 which shocked me. I checked the owners manual before I called and it shows on the chart for the 24 month/30K...

Went to see family in Grand Junction, Colorado, it's right at 1,000 miles each way from my house in Clyde, California (SF Bay Area). Worst MPG I got was 25.2 mpg doing 79 mph in a bad head wind with the A/C on, on my way back home. That was from Elko, Nevada to Reno, Nevada, about 290 miles...

Taking a vacation on July 17th with my wife and son, visiting the Big Apple for the first time. Going to the Yankees game to see the house that Ruth built but I've got a problem. I bought bleachers seats to see the game on the 18th when the A's are in town (from SF bay area and we're A's fans)...

I'm pleased since the window sticker said hwy mpg was estimated at 26, 18 for city. Just filled up and put in 9.07 gallons and went 248.8 miles, that's 27.43 MPG with 224 of those miles being freeway driving and some spirited driving on the freeway on ramps. Jim

Why is the tip on my exhaust black inside? I had the new tip installed on Friday and now it's completely back inside. Even the water dripping out seems black. How rich do the MS3's run? Jim

Anyone esle have what sounds like a rattle from the gauge cluster? I feel like mine is the speedometer rattling or I should say making the noise. The noise starts about 10 mph but it doesn't change in pitch or intensity, same low rattle right from the gauge cluster. Makes me think something in...

Didn't like the stock 4" round exhaust tip so I replaced it. The new tip is also 4" round but it's an angle cut, dual walled with a beveled end and it's stainless. I put the same one on my 07 MZ3 but it was 3.5". I got them off of Ebay for $29.95 plus shipping, I like it better. The first pic is...

I'm new to the import performance world so this may be a stupid question but why don't companies like Superchips or Hypertech make a tuner for the 3 or Speed 3? I still have my Hemi Ram and two Silverados before it. Hypertech and Superchips worked their butts off to get a tuner out for each new...

I know we've all seen them but this one's special because it's mine as I'm sure we all feel our car is special. It's an 08 Comic Blue Mice Speed 3 sport, only option is the auto dimming mirror. Just after it's first wash and wax. Jim

I did a search and found one other post asking this question so I'm going to ask it again. Why does the AC come on when I use the auto mode? I even turned up my air temp setting to 75* when my outside air thermometer said it was 55* this morning and the AC light never went off. The air being...

Just got home with a new 08 Cosmic Blue Speed 3. My god! What a power difference over the 3 Hatchback with an automatic I traded in. Even in 6th gear on the freeway, you just barely press on the gas and it goes. Will definitely have to get use to the new power and driving a stick again. Haven't...

It seems like my MPG has gone down since I bought a K&N drop in filter for the stock airbox. My first two tanks were about 25 mpg with mostly in town driving, my normal pattern. Then I got the K&N and my MPG has been about 23 MPG since with the same driving pattern. This morning I put the stock...

I know this is going to sound strange but my 07 3 is having brain farts or it's haunted. This has happened more than once so I know I can't be bumping them by mistake. I drive the car, no AC & RECIRC is off. I get out of the car to go to work, store or whatever. I get back in the car to drive...

I have an 07 3 Hatchback with an auto trans, I think the brake pedal is to big and to close to the gas pedal. I've seen pics of the manual brake pedal and it's about 1/2 the size of the one they put in the automatic cars. Can a manual pedal be put into an automatic car? How are the brake pedals...

Well, I did it! I had the stock oval muffler removed and a straight pipe installed. My 07 Hatchback has a cat, another cat, a resonator, a muffler and another resonator in the exhaust system. It was WAY to quiet so I had the muffler removed. I was really worried it would be to loud for me...

I don't really like the stock antenna on my 07 Hatchback, I assume it's bouncing around when I'm driving because it's pretty flexible. I did a search and read a bunch of old post about shorter antenna's. One had some pics of the CX-7 antenna on a 3 sedan and it looked very good. Ron Tonkin...

For anyone who's thought about installing them, here's some pics. I got them today and they took all of 10-15 minutes to install. I wiped down the top of the bumper with a wet towel and then dried it well. Then wiped it all down with alchohol and let that dry. The kit comes with spacers which...

I had a different exhaust tip intalled on my 07 Mazda3 today so I looked under the car while it was on the lift. No wonder the car is so quiet! Two cats, Two resonators and one muffler. I asked Mike (muffler shop owner) about replacing what looks like a conventional oval muffler with a Magnaflow...

Didn't like the stock exhaust tip so I bought a 3.5" double wall angle cut stainless tip and had it installed tdoay. I personally think it looks alot better than the stocker. Jim