mazdaspeed wannabees

[oaklandopen]

saw one today, it was a 2.3 hatch (that weird purplish-grayish color) and it had the "mazdaspeed" chrome emblem under the "2.3"s up front, and on the right side of the hatch opposite "mazda3".

i stopped right next to her and i wonder what she was thinking when she looked right at me, and then eyed over my car.

i wish i coulda taken a picture but the stop was quick and i ddin't get next to her again. has anyone had any similar sightings?

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Nothing that drastic. I have been chased down by modded mz3's either wanting to just look at my car and 1 or two wanting to play. None with Speed badging though.

 

[tiagotiago]

Not with the chrome emblem, but shortly before I got my car I do remember seeing a newish red mazda3 sedan, with some small (and well made, in all honesty) white Mazdaspeed vinil logos. It had one on each side and in the trunk, placed in a similar way to the one you describe.

Now, as I mention, I still didn't have my car, but I was already in the final stages of buying, and I knew well enough a ms3 sedan was just out of the question.

Had I already owned my speed, I would have liked to see what his reaction was to seeing a real one.

 

[Kain]

I think the important question is: was she hot?

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

LOL, no kidding and should you have been offering her a ride in a real speed? You can get nice mazdaspeed stickers from the dealership or the Mazda website. There are also a couple vinyl guys on the forum that will make you some for cheep.

 

[daonly1around]

just remember that their are aftermarket mazdaspeed stuff for the regular three

 

[AutoXRacer]

I had Mazdaspeed all over my Miata...and it wasn't the Mazdaspeed version.

Mazdaspeed pays contigency money if you plaster your car with Mazdaspeed vinyl...though you have to buy their vinyl kit and badge the car according to their requirements.

But I assume any "street" car with a chrome Mazdaspeed badge on their 2.3L EFI is a poser!!!!

Mazdaspeed vinyls on a regular (non-Mazdaspeed) Mazda vehicle is OK.

 

[ProtoType5]

It's like putting a NISMO sticker on a Nissan...yes, they probably wish they owned a MS3, but it also is just the motorsports division of the company, not model specific, or factory Mazdaspeed specific...I don't see it as "wannabee" just promoting the motorsports division of the brand you love...

If they put that lame "turbo" sticker on the 2.3 N/A, then I would have a problem...

 

[AutoXRacer]

It's like putting a NISMO sticker on a Nissan...yes, they probably wish they owned a MS3, but it also is just the motorsports division of the company, not model specific, or factory Mazdaspeed specific...I don't see it as "wannabee" just promoting the motorsports division of the brand you love...

If they put that lame "turbo" sticker on the 2.3 N/A, then I would have a problem...

Unless you put on a chrome Mazdaspeed emblem on your regular 3...
Or a Mazdaspeed emblem on your regular Protege...
(lol2)

 

[SPEED3TYPE2]

you can have mazdaspeed mods to your reg 3 without beign a poser..

 

[ProtoType5]

I guess the emblem is different than stickers...

I've got Mazdaspeed floormats....therefore I am a total posuer.

 

[ProtoType5]

you can have mazdaspeed mods to your reg 3 without beign a poser..

talking about the mazdaspeed badging...not parts/stickers.

and is it any different to be putting Axela/Atenza badges on a USDM 3/6???

really whos the posuer now...we all are...get used to it..

 

[SPEED3TYPE2]

talking about the mazdaspeed badging...not parts/stickers.

and is it any different to be putting Axela/Atenza badges on a USDM 3/6???

really whos the posuer now...we all are...get used to it..

I really don't think its a poser thing to do.. It means you like are into the mazdaspeed brand..

 

[VermZ06]

I don't think there's anything wrong with putting mazdaspeed badges on a mazda, but I do remember the guy who put Ferrari badges all over his RX-8...(screwy)

 

[CWPspeed3]

I don't think there's anything wrong with putting mazdaspeed badges on a mazda, but I do remember the guy who put Ferrari badges all over his RX-8...(screwy)

Haha I saw that, funny stuff.

Hell I wouldnt mind putting more mazdaspeed badges on my car if they would pay sponsorship or give a great discount on their parts, oh wait they dont make anything for the ms3...

 

[AutoXRacer]

Haha I saw that, funny stuff.

Hell I wouldnt mind putting more mazdaspeed badges on my car if they would pay sponsorship or give a great discount on their parts, oh wait they dont make anything for the ms3...

They make an intake, CBE, and suspension...

 

[CWPspeed3]

The CAI has been on a stop sale since late March. I was just being a bit bitter because I bought mine as soon as they stopped selling the cai and just wish they would sell some more parts. I think they do a short shifter too? Their prices are just too damn high.

 

[AutoXRacer]

The CAI has been on a stop sale since late March. I was just being a bit bitter because I bought mine as soon as they stopped selling the cai and just wish they would sell some more parts. I think they do a short shifter too? Their prices are just too damn high.

True...

 

[oaklandopen]

I think the important question is: was she hot?

she was about as hot as jabba the hut was athletic, or maybe she was the hut

Unless you put on a chrome Mazdaspeed emblem on your regular 3...
Or a Mazdaspeed emblem on your regular Protege...
(lol2)

they were the same badges that are on the real mazdaspeed3's

I don't think there's anything wrong with putting mazdaspeed badges on a mazda, but I do remember the guy who put Ferrari badges all over his RX-8...(screwy)

it's really the non-subtlety of it that makes it so bad. if one replaced the "mazda3" with the "mazdaspeed" on the back hatch it would be subtle and most ppl shy of enthusiasts may not notice the difference. but the fact that "mazdaspeed" was on the right side of the hatch, and under both "2.3"s in the front was just rediculous. try to imaging any other car with that many redundant chrome emblems from the factory

 

[thaikim]

Unless you have a factory Mazdaspeed the only justifiable cause for putting a badge is if you have the "speed" to back it up... Other wise its just stupid, advertising that your car is fast when its really not...