My Mazda 3/5dr should be here next week. Full GT package, 5 speed, everything but the navigation system and body accessories like spoilers and air dams.
whee!
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we looked at this car, the toyota matrix, a honda Fit, quick look at a versa and a Prius.Sweet!
I might have my wife sold on the 5 door. We are looking at it this weekend.
Nice! Leather, HID, Climate control, rain sensing wipers... the works!
cool car, and congrats. the Prius has been really reliable so far, tho, so i think your buddy is smoking the wrong dope... (plus has an 8 year/100k mile warranty on the hybrid bits 'n pieces)we looked at this car, the toyota matrix, a honda Fit, quick look at a versa and a Prius.
Although you can't ever go wrong with a Toyota, about the only thing other than the Toyota reputation that a Matrix has is the bluetooth option. Toyota told me you can get leather, but I didn't see it in any of the documentation. Plus the toyota would be prolly 2-3 K more. The prius just didn't speak to us, and our mechcani who has been trough lots of hybrid training confirms our suspicions that maystill be issues with some of the technology.
The heated leather would be a bonus for her for sure. We haven't looked at too many because she was looking at crossovers and smaller SUV's before now.we looked at this car, the toyota matrix, a honda Fit, quick look at a versa and a Prius.
I would've skipped the leather seats and gone for the Speed3 instead, but congrats, and let us know how you like it!
Be sure you get the door lock recall done!
Ask Da Peach....his '04 was just broken into last week. Apparently if you hit the door just right, the locks pop open.
Well on the 3 the whole GT package is only $1470.
It happened 11 hours after he officially insured it in BC.WTF..reminds me of the pen/kryptonite fiasco...D
I have to question you on this. I did a search and I found nothing on a recall for door locks. The only thing I could find was an airbag sensor in 2004-5. Plus, when I was shopping for a car last year the 3 was on my list so I got an insurance quote for it. It was one of the lowest of any I was looking at. The Corolla, Civic, Impreza... were all much higher (the highest was Hyundai. I have no idea why.). Theft is a big red flag for insurance companies. If the 3 has a high theft rate it would show up in high premiums. Besides, any thief can open any door in seconds with a screw driver.
A rash of Mazda 3 owners have fell victim to a sneaky method of forced entry to their “zoom zooms”.
When returning to their vehicles the passenger side door has a dent and all of the items once in their cars, are now gone. No glass smashed, no door locks jimmied, just a side blow to the door will grant entry to the thief.
According to a Mazda dealership that wishes to remain anonymous, it works by someone creating a large blow in just the right place on the door panel.
It will leave a dent in the door of course, but this dent goes past the door frame, to the lock assembly mechanism and activates the linkage also tricking the computer into thinking that it was legitimately unlocked by your key or remote.
Mazda hasn’t determined whether they will upgrade vehicles that have not been broken into.
That seems pretty lame to me. They know there is a vulnerability and they don’t know if a recall will be done to correct this?
I think it’s time to get a mass email blast going to the Corporate offices for Mazda.
If you are concerned with your vehicle, a supplemental after market alarm system may be a solution and obviously do not leave any valuables in clear view and plain site.
A motion sensor tied into the factory alarm would cover you in both instances. It sounds like the factory system is fooled into thinking the doors were legitimately unlocked by the activation of the lock mechanism. A motion sensor would go off when the door was struck to activate the linkage. Of course, every asshat on a harley will set off your alarm too.Any word on whether the broken into cars were equiped with the factory option anti theft system?
For me bikes on top will be more of an issue than anything inside.
She'd better hurry up and enjoy it before it gets stolen....with those faulty door locks and all.....car could be gone already....I bet it is.... already on container bound for Saudi Arabia...Let her enjoy her new car will ya?
Wow, some people.
no kidding, but I just cannot handle a sedan for any number of reasons.Hey GG, did you look at the Civic Hybrid? You said you looked at the Prius and the Honda Fit, but what about the Civic?
I was looking at the stats of 40/45 mpg real world numbers and it looks a little better.
who me?if you dont mind me asking, how much were the mazdaspeed 3's going for?
red.meep-meep! Congrats. You'll dig it.
If you ever need any info regarding just about anything you could ever want to know, you can find way too much of it on mazda3forums.com. Came in really handy when I upgraded my stereo and did a few minor mods.
What color didja get btw?
Speed 3 is quite a bit more.......that extra 100 hp makes all the diff.........The Sport is $22,340k. The GT is $24,055.
I hope that is including tax and license, otherwise I am getting a very good price.The Sport is $22,340k. The GT is $24,055.