What have you done to your MS3 today?
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I had 235/40 in Eagle GT's. Yes, they are great all-purpose tires. I just felt I needed to go back to OEM size, due to some shredding on the tread blocks. I know that you can roll the fenders, but I didn't want to do that. IDK, call me crazy.
Soooo...
I got 0, zip, zero, nada, calls on my newspaper ad today. Ya know what I think contributed quite a bit to this?
This is the ad I paid for. The paper actually sends you a confirmation email with a picture of what your ad's going to look like printed.
This is an actual picture of the newspaper of my ad printed.
Right across from my ad? Big giant advertisement:
2011 Mazda3, 5,320 miles, $21,000
So people are thinking why the heck would I buy this dingleberries 2009 Mazda3 with 21k for $20,000 when I can get a 2011 with 5k for 1 grand more?
Needless to say the paper WILL be reprinting my ad for free this next week. You know how much that useless ad cost me? $25!
/rant
I got 0, zip, zero, nada, calls on my newspaper ad today. Ya know what I think contributed quite a bit to this?
This is the ad I paid for. The paper actually sends you a confirmation email with a picture of what your ad's going to look like printed.
This is an actual picture of the newspaper of my ad printed.
Right across from my ad? Big giant advertisement:
2011 Mazda3, 5,320 miles, $21,000
So people are thinking why the heck would I buy this dingleberries 2009 Mazda3 with 21k for $20,000 when I can get a 2011 with 5k for 1 grand more?
Needless to say the paper WILL be reprinting my ad for free this next week. You know how much that useless ad cost me? $25!
/rant
oaklandopen
Member
did all the maintenance i wanted to do today....to include changing oil, cleaning air filter, and seafoam induction
for the oil change i had to replace the housing that holds the filter...due to this:
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you may notice the cracks occuring around the base of the threading. this, to me, seemed like eventually it was going to break off. well, i can't just get that drain plug from mazda, i have to get the entire filter housing:
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total s*** from a bull
also did the mscai filter as per directions provided with the cleaning solution. this is the second time ive done it. still wish i could grab a k&n for it, but that's a one time probably $60 compaired to $15 every 20k miles or so.
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so i did the seafoam too. wasn't as impressive as i was hoping. the car has over 50k miles, and i believe the last time i did the induction cleaning was about 20k ago. i poured what i thought was half the can in the gas tank first, then used the rest through the brake booster vacuum line. let it sit for somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes, came back and did this:
and that was that. once again i have a smooth idle.
for the oil change i had to replace the housing that holds the filter...due to this:
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you may notice the cracks occuring around the base of the threading. this, to me, seemed like eventually it was going to break off. well, i can't just get that drain plug from mazda, i have to get the entire filter housing:
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
total s*** from a bull
also did the mscai filter as per directions provided with the cleaning solution. this is the second time ive done it. still wish i could grab a k&n for it, but that's a one time probably $60 compaired to $15 every 20k miles or so.
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so i did the seafoam too. wasn't as impressive as i was hoping. the car has over 50k miles, and i believe the last time i did the induction cleaning was about 20k ago. i poured what i thought was half the can in the gas tank first, then used the rest through the brake booster vacuum line. let it sit for somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes, came back and did this:
and that was that. once again i have a smooth idle.
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- 2002 Honda S2000
^ is your exhaust stock? it actually sounds really good in the video.
oaklandopen
Member
that's from my new phone...i got a "sweet exhaust" app for it. i can make a 3cyl geo sound like a ferrari f40
oaklandopen
Member
but seriously it's stock. the only actual mods i have on my car is the mscai and hypertech tune. i really wish i could have more but [insert list of excuses here]
Soooo...
I got 0, zip, zero, nada, calls on my newspaper ad today. Ya know what I think contributed quite a bit to this?
This is the ad I paid for. The paper actually sends you a confirmation email with a picture of what your ad's going to look like printed.
This is an actual picture of the newspaper of my ad printed.
Right across from my ad? Big giant advertisement:
2011 Mazda3, 5,320 miles, $21,000
So people are thinking why the heck would I buy this dingleberries 2009 Mazda3 with 21k for $20,000 when I can get a 2011 with 5k for 1 grand more?
Needless to say the paper WILL be reprinting my ad for free this next week. You know how much that useless ad cost me? $25!
/rant
It's because you're asking too much.
This is also a different market. Used cars are selling for exorbitant prices now. I paid $19,000 for my 2008.5 MS3 with 3,500 miles. Now at 21,000 miles I can get in the neighborhood of $20,000-21,500 (the highest being a 2009 with 23k miles for $23,995) according to KBB and the prices of similarly equipped used cars in my area.
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- 06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)
I paid 15,250 with 35.5K
I can't believe I have a car I could sell for more than I owe
snoopy happy dance
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- 06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)
right on, I have rx-8's as well
did you need to mess with the front at all?
oaklandopen
Member
They dont baragin....but id say around 13-14
