Hi every one,
Names Matt. I am real green and new to the Mazda crowd and to the high HP 4cyl crowd too. I am 32 and have owned high powered/custom RWD Fords since I was 15. I just sold off my custom street rod 95 SVT Lightning that was a Summer toy so I could have a quick and reliable daily driver.
I will be picking up my new 2008 Cosmic Blue Mazdaspeed3 on this Friday from the dealer so..........here we go.
Over the past month I have driven a 2008 GTI 2 door 6spd manual, an 2003 20th Anniversary Edition GTI, a 2006 WRX STi, a 2008 WRX 5 speed stick, and the new 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 cars.
I did not like the Subaru cars. The STI had horrible blue all over the interior and it was a lot of $$ I thought for an 06. The 08 WRX drove nice but looked to much like my mothers Honda Accord.
I really liked the 2003 20th Anniversary GTi but it had 35,000 miles on it and I wanted a new car. The 2008 GTi was very nice too but I own a 2007 VW Jetta already (wife's daily driver) and VW doesn't do a real good job at changing up the interiors between their models so.......I felt like I was in the Jetta while driving the 08 GTi.
So I drove a new 08 Mazdaspeed3 Sport yesterday and signed the papers. Real nice car. Very comfortable driving position and man it's quick!! I paid $21,900 for it with 28 miles & free oil changes for the 3 years with rental. I will leave her stock until late March early April. Only thing I will buy VERY soon is a winter tire/rim set up from Tire Rack which brings up my first question.
What would happen if I just ran the wheels and tires with no TPMS sensors in the wheels for the winter? They want $250 for sensors which is more than the dang 4 wheels. I am going with the 16" steel wheels they have and some Winterforce tires. I have owned a good few winter tires and the Winterforce tires are real good in the snow.
OK..Thanks........Matt
Names Matt. I am real green and new to the Mazda crowd and to the high HP 4cyl crowd too. I am 32 and have owned high powered/custom RWD Fords since I was 15. I just sold off my custom street rod 95 SVT Lightning that was a Summer toy so I could have a quick and reliable daily driver.
I will be picking up my new 2008 Cosmic Blue Mazdaspeed3 on this Friday from the dealer so..........here we go.
Over the past month I have driven a 2008 GTI 2 door 6spd manual, an 2003 20th Anniversary Edition GTI, a 2006 WRX STi, a 2008 WRX 5 speed stick, and the new 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 cars.
I did not like the Subaru cars. The STI had horrible blue all over the interior and it was a lot of $$ I thought for an 06. The 08 WRX drove nice but looked to much like my mothers Honda Accord.
I really liked the 2003 20th Anniversary GTi but it had 35,000 miles on it and I wanted a new car. The 2008 GTi was very nice too but I own a 2007 VW Jetta already (wife's daily driver) and VW doesn't do a real good job at changing up the interiors between their models so.......I felt like I was in the Jetta while driving the 08 GTi.
So I drove a new 08 Mazdaspeed3 Sport yesterday and signed the papers. Real nice car. Very comfortable driving position and man it's quick!! I paid $21,900 for it with 28 miles & free oil changes for the 3 years with rental. I will leave her stock until late March early April. Only thing I will buy VERY soon is a winter tire/rim set up from Tire Rack which brings up my first question.
What would happen if I just ran the wheels and tires with no TPMS sensors in the wheels for the winter? They want $250 for sensors which is more than the dang 4 wheels. I am going with the 16" steel wheels they have and some Winterforce tires. I have owned a good few winter tires and the Winterforce tires are real good in the snow.
OK..Thanks........Matt
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