My msp's gone

[xxxcool21]

The hesitation, smell from the car, clunk and other problems that should never be the result of a brand new car finally got to me....i just traded in my Black Mica MSP for a 02' SVT cobra loved the msp and look foward to seeing you old fellow MSP owners on the road. just wish mazda could have been somewhat logical in dealing with the problems they created.

 

[t3ase]

How much did you loose by trading it in?

 

[xxxcool21]

They took 1500 off what i payed for the car for it now being a used car and the miles on it now 2,800
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[t3ase]

Makes me wonder how much they'd give me for a three month old MSP with 10,500 miles on it..

 

[bruce95fmla]

wow you only have 2800 miles...

anyway you will love that Cobra... those are nice..

 

[unwrittenLaw]

You were only upside down $1500, wow thats pretty good.

 

[2K3 MSP]

That's very good in my opinion...I'm at 10,300 miles in about 6 months(parked for 2 of those months). I figured i'd get hosed on a deal, so I never bothered looking at a trade in. A WRX sure would be nice though

 

[p2-e2]

Wow, that a great price for 2800 miles. I know someone now that wants to sell his orange MSP with 5100 miles. He changed his mind and wants the Mazda RX-8 instead. Anyways, he's asking for $16,000 and still no takers.

 

[bud_d]

so where is the pictures of your new ride?

 

[loj68]

what is it lately with people giving up their MSP's for domestics? First the Neon guy and now a Rustang??? Those Cobra's are almost $35k new........can you say STI, EVO, Boxter, S2000, Z4, 325xi AWD, etc. etc.....a Rustang???? Whatever floats your boat dood...I still see guys driving Z28's too.....I just love when guys show up at Autocrosses with these things.....powersliding cone plowers.

 

[boostisgood]

This makes 2 people that has traded in the MSP because of the hesitation issue. MAZDA GET A CLUE YUO **** TARDS>

 

[No.5]

This makes 2 people that has traded in the MSP because of the hesitation issue.

I'd seriously consider it, but figure I'd get completely hosed doing so. Not to mention that some dealerships may not want to take the car off my hands due to the radical colour.

 

[TURBO3WAGON]

I got rid of mine for that very same reason.

Too bad it did'nt run right, it was a nice car.

 

[kwiktsi]

I got rid of mine for that very same reason.

Too bad it did'nt run right, it was a nice car.

Impatient .. I know it sucks having to tune a factory stock car, but with a little tuning, the cars run fine. I haven't felt a stumble for as long as I can remember with my car .. It just needs some TLC. I actually tried an idea I had a few weeks back the other day, I will keep you guys posted on how it works. If it works the way I think, it should almost eliminate the stumbles altogether for everyone (combined with my FPR kit ) and allow about 2 more psi max without detonating- best of all- it is free for you guys to do .. I will also probably be offering another boost switch setup to cut timing back at high boost to try to squeeze a bit more psi out of pump gas . I'll keep you posted
Joe

 

[MazdaDryvr]

Hurray for Joe P!!!

 

[No.5]

Hurray for Joe P!!!

Ofcourse, he's a Vendor

My MSP has been the best handling car I've ever owned - don't get me wrong. But due to the fact that sooo many things have been happening, and I am patient, but keep getting crap fed to me from Mazda Canada.

So, let me list my problems:
1. Cracked windshield (stress crack - 1st week of ownership)
2. Clunk - need I say more. The replacement D's are starting to fail to BTW.
3. Suspension creeks when cold....I guess I can live with that since it's a "characterictic of a racing suspension says Mazda" :bs:
4. Radio - acted up numerous times....had to perform a manually reset to have my deck function correctly. Tweater has cut out too...then comes back on. So far though, it's been working fine.
5. STALLING - need I say more.....I have spoken directly to Mazda Canada about this safety concern. The car is not reliable to drive which really bothers me.
6. Alarm - even crancked to it's "least sensitive" position, a car passing by, or plane overhead still sets it off. I park underground and needless to say the parking attendents wanted me to do something about fixing it. My fix - don't arm it which defeats the purpose of the friggen alarm to begin with. Too bad this wasn't an option, 'cause I wouldn't of chosen it.

Anyways, too many problems for a brand new vehicle. Yes, all cars have their problems, but the way Mazda is dealing with it by providing us, the consumers, no ETA's for any fixes/updates, ticks me off.

 

[xxxcool21]

yes i know a new cobra is $35k but my best friend works at ford-reason why i bought the msp in the first place....i used his company discount and got frustrated the cobra i bought had 30k miles on it and is in perfect condition regardless i payed as much for the 02' cobra with 30K miles as the MSP with 30 miles cobra is very nice.....hats off to mazda for letting ppl get so frustrated they get rid of their car

 

[No.5]

.....hats off to mazda for letting ppl get so frustrated they get rid of their car

Ah, but these are all "characteristics of the MSP!"

You should be so honered to have driven one...since they are so rare....and were only supposed to come out in 3 colours........oh....but this what I was told and let's see....you can still purchase the Spicy Orange.....and another 2 more colours are coming? :wtf:

 

[loj68]

I guess we are just lucky cuz we don't have any of these problems with the MSP....I love that car and wouldn't THINK of trading it for another car in it's price range......even with the probs you wouldn't get near this much car for the price.......your options are an SE-R and Civic SI, neither of which I'd choose over the MSP. If you're wondering why I didn't list the Focus or the SRT-4...well, yeah....exactly......American cars are not a consideration at any price.

 

[4001]

Ofcourse, he's a Vendor

My MSP has been the best handling car I've ever owned - don't get me wrong. But due to the fact that sooo many things have been happening, and I am patient, but keep getting crap fed to me from Mazda Canada.

So, let me list my problems:
1. Cracked windshield (stress crack - 1st week of ownership)
2. Clunk - need I say more. The replacement D's are starting to fail to BTW.
3. Suspension creeks when cold....I guess I can live with that since it's a "characterictic of a racing suspension says Mazda" :bs:
4. Radio - acted up numerous times....had to perform a manually reset to have my deck function correctly. Tweater has cut out too...then comes back on. So far though, it's been working fine.
5. STALLING - need I say more.....I have spoken directly to Mazda Canada about this safety concern. The car is not reliable to drive which really bothers me.
6. Alarm - even crancked to it's "least sensitive" position, a car passing by, or plane overhead still sets it off. I park underground and needless to say the parking attendents wanted me to do something about fixing it. My fix - don't arm it which defeats the purpose of the friggen alarm to begin with. Too bad this wasn't an option, 'cause I wouldn't of chosen it.

Anyways, too many problems for a brand new vehicle. Yes, all cars have their problems, but the way Mazda is dealing with it by providing us, the consumers, no ETA's for any fixes/updates, ticks me off.

its a first year car, and its the first time Mazda has ever done something like it has to our cars, if i recall right the regular Ford Fuckus has had 9 RECALLS, and it it still gets praised as being a good car, first year cars always have some problems and its usually a general rule of thumb so everyone should have expected a few problems, if ur gonna keeping crying like a b**** then go buy a american car and then i ask u to take a drive on a long highway or interstate and compare how many americans u see left on the side of the road to Japanese cars