Lets see what everyone drove before getting the MS3

[dan1101]

Here are my past rides.

I'm surprised we don't see more WRX wagons in this thread, I wanted one but didn't want to shell out $24k for it.

So of course a few years later I shelled out $24k for a MS3.

Did you like yours?

 

[htwo0rider]

past rides

I'm surprised we don't see more WRX wagons in this thread, I wanted one but didn't want to shell out $24k for it.

So of course a few years later I shelled out $24k for a MS3.

Did you like yours?

Yeah, the wrx was a very nice car. It was a 2002 with better wheels, and a re-flash on the chip with catback. I miss the awd, although even with the mild mods it wasn't as quick as my speed3 with cai.

I think the Mazda is a better looking car also.

 

[MS3077]

Yeah, the wrx was a very nice car. It was a 2002 with better wheels, and a re-flash on the chip with catback. I miss the awd, although even with the mild mods it wasn't as quick as my speed3 with cai.

I think the Mazda is a better looking car also.

The WRX definitely looks more wagonish but looks nice.

 

[C.A.T.A.P]

gsx 600, ford focus (2 of them) and my cx7 but i want a new bike (r6)

 

[07SilverSpeed6]

I have had a few vehicles, but never been this happy with one.
1981 Hot Wheels Big Wheel
1984 Ford Mustang SVO (2.3L turbo...hmm...rings a bell)
1986 Ford Bronco
1994 Ford F150 4x4
1998 Ford Explorer
2004 Nissan Maxima SE
2006 Scion tC
2007 Mazdaspeed6 GT (now wife's car)

 

[Barney]

73 Mercury Montego station wagon, moms old car
70 Nova SS with a 283. I put a lot of engines in that car. My engine stand always had something on it I was messing with.
73 Impala 2 door, NC car. Perfect body. Put about 6 different engines in it. Including a 70 LS5 454 bored to 468, ported and polished small port open chambered heads. The ultimate sleeper.
73 Impala beater car. Spent it's last days having a blast "Field Bombing"
70 Buick GSX Stage 1 455, bored and head work. Kick me for selling it.
84 Honda Nighthawk S, put 60000 miles on it.
86 Grand National, purchased new. Kick me again for selling it.
Tons of problems with it. But still loved it. Beautiful car.
87 Integra, purchased for the wife.
88 Integra. Put 272000 miles on it. Loved that car. Guttless, but was a blast to drive on a good road.
94 Z/28 6 speed now with 182000 miles. Modded with 340 RWHP. Still on the original shortblock and can't kill it. I've tried.
96 Kawasaki ZX-11, nuff said. It was fast.
07 Mazdaspeed3, pushing 30000 miles.

 

[absolutamente]

In order:

93 honda civic dx 4 door
85 Jaguar XJS v12
93 Geo prism lsi
85 Toyota Supra
88 Oldsmobile Cutlass calais
91 Honda CRX si
85 Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme (just sold this)
01 Jeep Cherokee Sport
95 Honda civic DX hatch (still have this one)
85 Dodge ram
82 Dodge ram 3/4 ton
85 Ford Bronco
87 Ford Bronco
07 Honda Fit Sport
07 Mazdaspeed 3

It has been a strange collection and has had its ups and downs for sure. My favorites being the Jaguar, the supra and the CRX. The speed 3 has been a lot of fun too, but I had the other cars when I was a teenager so they seemed way more bad ass than they probably really were.

 

[mazpro]

this is what i traded in for the MS3

 

[paulms308]

 

[jbiird317]

this is what i traded in for the MS3

i went from 2000 pro to the ms3 too! quite the upgrade eh?

 

[mazpro]

i went from 2000 pro to the ms3 too! quite the upgrade eh?

tell me about it, night and day!

 

[CBMrocket]

Ok, so I found some pics of the last car I drove before the speed3 while going through a backup on an external drive. This was my college "i just need it to run for 4 years without a single problem and then trash it" car. By the time I went to trade it in on the speed after graduation, this thing was falling apart (check engine light always on, burned oil like crazy, collapsed lifter, exhaust falling off, synchros in 2nd and reverse going bad, etc). Remembering it makes owning the speed that much more satisfying.

 

[jmacmx6gt]

1990 Nissan 240sx - sold
1992 Mazda mx6 gt - sold
2007 Mazdaspeed3 - highway killer!

 

[gapman]

1991 Boxster - I wrecked it when I wiped out cornering too tightly. My Speed3 is much faster, but my Boxster was prettier.

 

[DKo5]

Really the only car before the MS3 that was *mine* (everything else has been shared car w/ the wife) was an '82 Subaru BRAT. White, rusted out, seats knifed out of the back, exhaust falling off, blue smoke when I turned her on... so amazing. I miss that cruck so bad. Looked very similar to this:

 

[79_Limited]

Drove alot of cars, but lets start with the important ones:

88 GMC Jimmy, winter beater, material carrier, dog hauler
98 Pontiac Grand Prix GT, first love
07 Chevy HHR, drove and looked like a milk truck, traded in
08.5 Mazda MS3, new and second love

(alright)

I don't know. I kinda like the look of the HHR. I like the spaciousness of the interior. I have not seen an SS yet.

 

[redheaddstpch1d]

Previously owned:

1984 Nissan/Datsun Sentra
1996 Geo Metro
2000 Toyota Corolla

and I traded this for the Speed 3

 

[Moxhair]

2004 Dodge Neon SRT-4
Stage 3R
11.989 @114.66 Quarter mile.

other cars
1998 Dodge Neon Sport
1999 Dodge Neon R/T
1984 Toyota Supra
1989 Chevy S-10
1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4
2003 Dodge Neon R/T

yea.. I was a Neon guy.

 

[GCubes]

1987 brown VW Jetta
1991 silver Mazda 323
2000 Ford Focus ZX3

 

[oaklandopen]

1991 Boxster - I wrecked it when I wiped out cornering too tightly. My Speed3 is much faster, but my Boxster was prettier.

ummm....don't think they made that in 1991. and that one in the pic is definatley not a porsche from 1991