Got a new Speed 3!!

[PCspeed3]

Hey everybody, just thought I would introduce myself and show off the new ride a little. Iam very pleased with the car so far and have only had it two days. Its a Pearl White 2009 Grand Touring model. I got the windows tinted today. Here are some pictures i snapped, its not a great camera but Iam getting a nice one soon. Questions, comments, feedback, suggestions, criticism are greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking! (wiggle)

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http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj265/huntercall/

 

[Hyun]

i like that one picture where guy is staring at his wrecked audi.

 

[EMPIRE]

i like that one picture where guy is staring at his wrecked audi.

Yeah, that guy is an idiot.

 

[PCspeed3]

Yeah thats my buddy, he was pissed that his girlfriend broke up with him and he basically took out his agression by driving fast and thats what happened. I would never buy my 17 year old son a $65K car lol. Anything to say about my car? haha

 

[marffeus]

Hey everybody, just thought I would introduce myself and show off the new ride a little. Iam very pleased with the car so far and have only had it two days. Its a Pearl White 2009 Grand Touring model. I got the windows tinted today. Here are some pictures i snapped, its not a great camera but Iam getting a nice one soon. Questions, comments, feedback, suggestions, criticism are greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking! (wiggle)

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http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj265/huntercall/

typo? or are the 09's already hit dealer lots? Interesting...

My dealer has one on order but is saying it won't be delivered until at LEAST mid September.

 

[PureDrive]

Nice car, nice pics. So is it actually an 09...?

 

[MikeHTally]

Or 2008 1/2 rounded up?

 

[Shiroi_ms3]

grats on the new car, the same one I bought and I couldn't be happier with it.

 

[PCspeed3]

Or 2008 1/2 rounded up?

Yeah its a legit 2009, this was one of the two on the lot in Salt Lake. By the way, how do you like your Cobb rear sway bar? I was thinking about going down to their shop (in Salt Lake) and looking into a short throw and sway bars, then intake when its broken in.

 

[controlo]

^ whatever you do, i wouldn't get both sway bars. just the rear.

 

[PCspeed3]

^ whatever you do, i wouldn't get both sway bars. just the rear.

Why do you say this? Does the front not make much difference?

 

[60181]

Congrats! Looks awfully familiar (burnout)
http://www.pbase.com/pdqgp/20085_mazda_speed_3

 

[amnestia]

dont meant to thread jack but, i'm also curious why not both sway bars?

 

[crazykid3437]

take some interior shots, so what do you think so far? is this the car you knew you wanted , or did you consider others?

 

[Snyeed]

Hey welcome to the forums, I hate you for getting white but it will be good to see another MS3 around.

 

[kneedragger241]

White FTW!
I couldn't wait, so I ended up with red.

 

[controlo]

Why do you say this? Does the front not make much difference?

dont meant to thread jack but, i'm also curious why not both sway bars?

it'd take a while to explain and it's late...

basically, on a FWD car, you want to stiffen up the rear. stiffening the front would negatively affect anything positive that would come from adding a rear sway.

i play on getting a rear sway and rear strut/floor bar.

 

[saranya]

how much was the price (before TTL)? was curious if it was more than the invoice for 2008.

 

[happy and angry]

it'd take a while to explain and it's late...

basically, on a FWD car, you want to stiffen up the rear. stiffening the front would negatively affect anything positive that would come from adding a rear sway.

i play on getting a rear sway and rear strut/floor bar.

Cobb's sways were designed pretty well to work together. The rear is still much stiffer than the front, especially if you put it on the stiffer of the two settings. Stiffening up the front is not inherently bad, and you need to get proper balance. I'm willing to bet that while the rear sway alone makes the ride a bit more fun in the twisties, running both the front and rear bar will provide more neutral and balanced handling for track applications.

 

[controlo]

Cobb's sways were designed pretty well to work together. The rear is still much stiffer than the front, especially if you put it on the stiffer of the two settings. Stiffening up the front is not inherently bad, and you need to get proper balance. I'm willing to bet that while the rear sway alone makes the ride a bit more fun in the twisties, running both the front and rear bar will provide more neutral and balanced handling for track applications.

well, another thing that i forgot to touch on...

it's a good idea to get both sways if you plan to autox it or something. you're right. adding both sways will stiffen the overall feel of the car.

typically, though, for a FWD car, you want to stiffen the rear suspension more than the front. especially if you're doing 1/4 runs more than twisties.

i myself would just go with the rear sway bar. but that's just me.

there are a lot of people that don't understand suspension at all. people with hondas that put in front sway bars and strut bars because they think they'll run a faster time at the track.