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Monday, January 07, 2008
Just another Mazdaspeed3 day...
I'm still in the honeymoon phase. One the second tank of gas. Not noticing the pulling as much these days, but, I'll give it another week.
:-)
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Day 7 - Cold as heck! Rattles & Clicks & first fillup
Picked up the Mazda yesterday from Brandywine Mazda service. Still not convinced that they experienced the same thing I do. They cleaned up the wheels for me. Whatever...
Anyway, I've read forums about the the Speed 3 and even the 3's having a nasty click/squeak in the windshield/cowling area. Due to the cold weather we are having yesterday and today I started hearing it. It isn't that big of a deal right now. I can see how it might bug some people, but, I'm kinda used to that coming from an '83 RX-7 and 93' Accord. I also noticed some kinda clunky rattle in the back today too. I'll have to investigate that some more.
Filled up the gas tank with premium for the first time today. I assume that the dealership put 87 in it. We'll see if it makes any difference in power and I'll take my first mileage reading at the next fill up.
Overall, I'm very happy.
- walk out and look at the black mica each morning :-)
- start it up & listen to the low growl
- jack in my ipod
- buckle in and hit the road
- my commute is pretty short so I don't get too much time in the Speed 3
At the end of the day...
- walk out and see my new Speed 3 just waiting there
- start it up, jack in the ipod
- take the long way home
I'm really enjoying this car :-)
Still getting used to...
- close gated six speed (am I in 1st or 3rd?, what gear am I in?)
- lighting of the instrument panel (just tinkering with it a bit)
- starting in 1st and 2nd without spinning (especially when there's a little gravel)
- pulling to the left a bit, if this is still bothering me in a couple weeks I'll have to take it down to Brandywine again
Zoom Zoom Zoom!
Back to the RX-7 tomorrow 'cause we're putting the Odyssey in the shop to be inspected and get some injector work done. My wife will drive the Speed 3 and I'll drive the 7. Not a bad compromise I guess ;-)
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Speed 3 Pulling to the left...Brandywine Mazda says no...
Yeah, not really happy about that. They said that these cars have performance tires and they go with contour of the road. Yeah, I know I have an RX-7 with 6.5 inch wide tires. The problem is that when I'm on a concrete road going 65 it still pulls to the left. Very frustrating. Well, now I have to decide whether or not to get it aligned someplace else or just let the tires wear and fight the steering wheel when I'm cruising on the highway.
Sheesh. I'm not crazy here. It is pulling to the left. You know the woman on the phone said it was the "performance" tires too. Sounds too me like they think I'm stupid. Whatever.
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