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anyone else test drove the mazda speed 3

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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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anyone else test drove the mazda speed 3 (copy)

so i test drove one because im good with one of the dealers at the dealership.. and all i can say is wow with the POWER... that lil thing goes..
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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My wife was looking at these... might have to go check one out for her!
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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One of my buddies got his about a month ago. Nothing can beat it for the price! It's has the nice stuff that the Evo doesn't have, rides a bit softer but the body is still very well controlled, and it has less lag than the Evo. Makes for a great daily driver, but not as good of a track car though. If I hadn't gotten a deal on my Evo, I would've picked up a MS3.
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 09:27 AM
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lol trying to go today with my friend
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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i believe it to be the next srt4, for the upcoming years. its going to be a best bang for your buck car.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by donmeca2020
i believe it to be the next srt4, for the upcoming years. its going to be a best bang for your buck car.
what about the new srt-4 that's coming out probably by the end of the year? 300hp is quite a lot of bang.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 10:02 AM
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^ But it's also in a Caliber . . . not that a Neon is the world's coolest base, but they did a pretty good job with what they had. But, it'll be interesting to see what they do with it.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 10:05 AM
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how's the traction in the MS3? does it have a front LSD to help out or open diff?
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 10:18 AM
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^ But it's also in a Caliber . . . not that a Neon is the world's coolest base, but they did a pretty good job with what they had. But, it'll be interesting to see what they do with it.
oh i know it, and i would take a speed3 over a caliber any day of the week. the caliber is one butt ugly car. really, truly, revolting and disgusting. the neon wasn't a looker, but at least it still looked like a car. i'm guessing they'll have a caliber replacement in 3 years time.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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That was the worst review EVER.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 11:17 AM
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I saw a review on car and driver magazine and they were saying while the straight line performance is good, the fwd is an issue since any sort of power in the corners will result in understeer.
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 07:01 AM
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I rode along in one.
I like it alright, but boost + FWD for the LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!1111111
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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so I drove one again last night.. again i have nothing 2 say i beat the **** out of it for about a good 20min.... yeah it does have lsd.. it also has the DSC control... you can very vell tell that first gear has just a good amount of power so it doesnt spin, then second has a lil more power and then 3rd gear has the full power, I like that system that the mazda did with the front wheel drive, looks like they were cranking up the boost tru out gears, i doubt it has 15psi in first but u can very well notice it 3rd n 4th gear, that is a good way to put the power to the ground so it has traction not like the other fwd cars, all around car is nice, i cant complain.. Go out and test drive a nice daily driver....
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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o and on top of all things i love the gearing
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