Talked to Callaway today

[chwood]

When I took my MSP in to the dealer about the stumble, one of the service techs thought it might be the brand of gas I was using...hmmm yeah...my head hurt after he said that. Then he called Mazda and found out that there is a hesitation problem.
Maybe he should have called Mazda first before giving his brilliant hypothesis.

LOL

I got this too.

"...try using only the additive free brands..."

<sigh>

 

[liftmycurse]

LOL

I got this too.

"...try using only the additive free brands..."

<sigh> [/QUOTE

hahahahahaha!!!!! I think i'm going to say screw it and buy something that runs right.

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

my mazda tech told me that is the normal characteristic of the car!!! HUH wtf ? Where in the hell did he get his mechanics license, my wife can feel the hesitation sitting in the passenger seat!

 

[mspracer21]

stumbling/hesitation

what is up with stumbling. hesitation come from when does it usually happen......:wtf:

 

[blynzoo]

i think we shuold all send emails to SCC (so it gets done) to have a new section created


like their new sports car buyer's guide, which picks a car, supra, rx7, 300zx, mr2 and takls about buynig one, they should have a section called "the chronic" or something neat which discusses chronic problems with certain cars.

With some cars its probably a gear that doesnt work, others a door that never shuts right, maybe a suspension clunk, excessive turbo lag, some hesitation, fuses shorting out, whatever.

Feature a car and its problem in each issue. They research the problem themselves, ask the manufacturer abuot the problem, and then do their own tests on reader's rides, then maybe go back to the manufactuer and publish their results. THAT is the kind of attention that copmanies would want to aviod. And if someone came in and said "we are with a magazine doing an article about the MP3 clunk........what are you doing to fix it?"
"we are doing this"
"well this car has had that done and it did not fix it, what now?"

SCC goes to racing beat for input and tests solutions consumers have had to come up with on their own






id love to see a section like that

Now that is an idea. Do a quick form letter write up, I will clean it up, and we can all send it in....

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

I second the notion!

 

[Swerny]

Where do i sign ???

MS MSP #143

 

[boostisgood]

Guys, calm down on the letter thingy. I already talked to someone at a very popular auto magazine, and he is interested in this issue we have. I have posted a poll, to see how many MSP have this issue on this thread. This information will be passed onto him, and he will get the ball rolling for an "advisment" about the MSP issue.

 

[TURBO3WAGON]

Now that's using your head.

Good move.

 

[JPBlackMP5]

Count me in. I voted YES to this issue.

Whoops! was that another thread??

 

[boostisgood]

Call has been made. Info has been emailed with the links to al lt he thread that are about our issue.

 

[Newf]

boost rulez!

....you know what I mean

 

[boostisgood]

lmao Newf im teaching my little cousins and nephews to say "Craig Rules" (craig is my real name, my mom is not into cars to name me boostisgood, I couldve only wished though )

 

[1sty]

Wow we have alot of Craigs here.

 

[OrangeAppeal]

my mazda tech told me that is the normal characteristic of the car!!! HUH wtf ? Where in the hell did he get his mechanics license, my wife can feel the hesitation sitting in the passenger seat!

That info isn't coming from the mechanic...it is merely what he is being told from Mazda Corporate/Technical Assistance. I've been told this too, by the District Customer Support Manager...and I say again, SINCE WHEN IS IT A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF ANY "NEW" CAR TO HESITATE/STUMBLE/BOG AND NOT DRIVE PROPERLY?

When I took my MSP in to the dealer about the stumble, one of the service techs thought it might be the brand of gas I was using...hmmm yeah...my head hurt after he said that. Then he called Mazda and found out that there is a hesitation problem.
Maybe he should have called Mazda first before giving his brilliant hypothesis.

Yeah, I've had 3 different Mazda Employees question weather or not I was using "premium" gas (1 guy 3 times, and the two others 1 time)...and each time I replied I had never used anything lower than 93 octane...then one of the guys said, well you should try a different gas station then (I don't go to the same gas station each time:wtf: )

Anyway, it frustrates me to keep talking about this, cause i keep hitting a brick wall with Mazda.

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

Actually the "mazdaspeed tech" told me that when he was riding in the car with me!!!

 

[slug420]

i was srivnig home last night thinking abuot this and.....in this communication with your magazine connection can you suggest a line like:

"With Mazda having so much trouble resolving a simple 3 year old issue with some rubber bushings, which is only a problem because they changed the designs from what they were given by Racing Beat in the first place, how much confidence can we have in their ability to rollout an all new rotary powered car?"

make sure they make some comment like that, some trash talk would spice this article up nicely.

 

[kwiktsi]

Ok Guys and Gals,

I spoke with Callaway's engineer for the MSP project, about the stumbling/hesitation, the same one I emailed about a week agaon. He could not give me specific information, due to contractual agreements, but did state that my email, along with several others, have been passed on to the MSP engineering team, and to the top of MAzda itself. Also, the top of Callaway having direct discussions with the top hats of Mazda in regards to our issues.(made me glad ot hear that. )

What is next is speculation from my conversation, so do not take this as HIS words, but mine. I got the impression that Callaway, beiung named as a co-engineer of the turbo system, is extreemly disapointed, and upset, that this issue has come about. Also, I got the impression that Callaway has "URGED" Mazda to fix the issue, with the guidance of Callaway "HELP"

So there you have it, believe me or not, believe Callaway or not. I do, as Callaway would not wanth thier rep ruined, by having thier name associated with an Import mfr, that did not correct an issue that the MFR caused, and not Callaway.

I could have told you that .. I spoke with Callaway bout 2 months ago .
Joe

 

[kwiktsi]

Well, hell. Let's make a form letter and have everybody send it out to Import2nR, superstreet, and the like. See if we can get it published in one of the mags and let all hell brake loose. Otherwise I think we are mistaken to think mazda is going to call you up one day and say "we have your fix, bring you car on in".

My concern with that is once word is spread- there goes sales/resale and if Mazda decides to pull the model from it's line up due to poor sales, then it will look even worse when we go to sell them- "hey, that's the car that had all those problems, so Mazda stopped making it"... Be careful not to screw yourselves in the long run.
Joe

 

[kwiktsi]

my mazda tech told me that is the normal characteristic of the car!!! HUH wtf ? Where in the hell did he get his mechanics license, my wife can feel the hesitation sitting in the passenger seat!

Haha- my tech said "don't you think Mazda did that for a reason?" and looked at me like I was the idiot ..
Joe