Every morning at 9:00, Winding Road editors Brandon Turkus and John Beltz Snyder have a little chat online about the weather (snowy), how we’re feeling (could use a coffee), and about the cars we’re driving. These conversations can sometimes be pretty revealing about our weekly loans. One such...
Does the leftover boost pressure vent into the intake, exhaust, or into the atmosphere? If not into the intake, does the computer subtract it from the intake charge? The mechanics at the Mazda dont even know so maybe someone else will...
A weird thing happened the other day. We were messing around and looking at car discounts and deals online, when we stumbled upon the AOL Autos Best Deal tool. (No, AOL didn’t pay us to write this part; we just genuinely think they’ve got a cool thing going here.) The online tool allows you to...
I want to make my car look nice but not too much. I love cars. And definitely love my ms3. I want to make it look like this picture right here. Please take a look at the bottom of the front bumper on this ms3. It's black. Is that just a paint job or a lip or something? I want to do this to mine...
Looking to buy a 2008.5-2009 Mazdaspeed3. There's one that's going for 15k with 50k miles on it. Pretty good deal, but the miles are what worries me. I was kind of hoping to find with with less than 35k. Should I hold out? Or you don't think it matters?
I'm looking into buying a car but I want to make sure I've got everything right. I've gotten a lot of good reviews on the Mazdaspeed3 but then I saw the Subaru Impreza WRX 5-door model.
Mazda
$23k
2.3L DISI
263hp
280lb-ft torque
26/18mpg
Subaru
$25k
2.5L DOHC
265hp
244lb-ft torque
25/18mpg...
So, I've always had my eye on the Mazdaspeed3 but the RX-8 is more expensive... it has lower horsepower and a smaller engine.
So... is there something I'm missing? I know the RX-8 looks better but that doesn't really affect my purchase.