New Car Mazda 3 MPS - Cisco's Micra Files

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 19 Nov 2008 03:19:11 PM
	Hi all Aint posted here for a while. (long time) but thoguth id let you's know i got myself a new car. purchased a New Mazda 3 mps in Aurora Blue, got the sprtspack. i pick it up next thursday. ill put up a couple of pics then. But i am realy looking forward to getting it and am already tracking down a new bolt on cat back exhaust and CAI. Brendon

tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 19 Nov 2008 03:20:57 PM
	fuck yeh! i love those! gotta let me know how it goes! keen to see pics! does anyone upgrade em at all? maybe bigger turbo or anything like that? i heard they go pretty hard as is.

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 19 Nov 2008 03:23:54 PM
	well i test drove couple of times and is a hell of a lot of fun. 3rd gear is fantastic!! from what i have read put a cat back exhaust and CAI alone will give you an extra 20-30hp. ECUTEK or someone like that has been developing a ecu flash for them and that alone will give an extra 30-40kw with ecu flash, more timing, boost, fuel and so on. there a fair few that modfy them. but dont need to do much to them. they can run 6sec and below 0-100 and around 14.1sec 1/4mile run factory. if only they were AWD

tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 19 Nov 2008 03:38:30 PM
	yeh i know ay. thats what the 6 has on the 3! AWD.... ahh well apparently they have very little torque steer and actualy grip well with the front wheels. have fun mate!!

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Thu 20 Nov 2008 09:32:47 PM
	They grip at the front wheels like all other fwd turbo cars. Terribly. I'm wishing I'd splurged and gone the R32. Slower but so much nicer with real traction. alternatively just not bought a fast car because seriously I'm suprised I havent lost any points.

Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 05:14:56 PM
	The ford xr5 turbo is one of the best fwd turbo cars around.

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 07:04:59 PM
	Yeh ignoring the rubbish quality interior for the price tag. :)

turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 07:16:47 PM
	Micra_King WROTE: "The ford xr5 turbo is one of the best fwd turbo cars around." please don't use ford and best in the same sentence please lol.

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 07:47:28 PM
	the engine isn't even a ford, they had to go and get a Volvo engine to make it any good. (not much love for the focus xr5t here....only thing which is awesome about it is the engine and gearbox which certainly aren't from ford)

Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 09:28:05 PM
	Nar the euro fords are great and so are the new FG falcons. Im not a brand snob like you lot.

micrat » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 10:05:40 PM
	Micra_King WROTE: "The ford xr5 turbo is one of the best fwd turbo cars around." YOU HAVE TO BE JOKING OR DELUDED! it is a ten year old volvo 850r engine detuned by about 30 kilowatts. Good one ya ford!! Keep'n up with times as usual. FWD factory turbo MAZDA 3 MPS all the way!

turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 10:31:01 PM
	volvo + ford.. now that's a fuckin lethal combination. +1 for mazda.. allthough at the end of the day i'd still buy a gti.. heaps classier car then a mazda imo.

Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 21 Nov 2008 11:57:34 PM
	pfft 10 years who gives a shit. Funny how road testers love the engine and the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXr50LNJfM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgEBzTTVV2w

smidge » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Sat 22 Nov 2008 12:28:16 AM
	+1 for GTI or get the proper version and get an S3, now we're just talking stupid money or buy a micra with money you can save in a month or less :D

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Sat 22 Nov 2008 11:31:45 AM
	Micra_King WROTE: "pfft 10 years who gives a shit. Funny how road testers love the engine and the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXr50LNJfM href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXr50LNJfM" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXr50LNJfM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgEBzTTVV2w href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgEBzTTVV2w" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgEBzTTVV2w" the engine is fantastic. Who could ever say it is bad? But the car itself is arse.

Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Sat 22 Nov 2008 02:59:52 PM
	How can you say the car is rubbish when it gets such good reviews for the way it drives and so on. I guess its the ford badge that makes people like you say its rubbish. I dont care what brand a car is if its good and the xr5 is good. The mps is a great car too so im not knocking it at all and I watched a clip with a white hatch/wagon? one with black mags on the dyno and it looked mad.

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 24 Nov 2008 04:02:09 PM
	i looked at the gti. but to get it to where i would want it the extra money wasnt worth it. by that i mean sunroof and leather seats etc. The 3 didnt have a sunroof but it answered all my other requests. ITs great fun! FORD= poor quality. the xr5 suffers from worse torque steer than the mps does. i looked at it but couldnt bring myself to get one. i imagined it braking quickly like every other ford does.

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 24 Nov 2008 08:05:52 PM
	Ford can make quality cars. But the Focus is a cut price econobox thats been given a bodykit and a sweet engine. The Mazda 3 is a cheap econobox too but at least it starts out in life feeling like a decent sort of car with an interior thats not made of recyled ice cream containers. Neither the Focus or the Maz 3 can actually handle their power outputs effectively. Golf feels like it does it better BUT it doesn't have as much and it delivers its power what I feel to be a different way (at least with the DSG anyway) so thats possibly why they feel more tame.

Campbell » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 24 Nov 2008 09:41:55 PM
	haha im glad all of us over here on the east coast get along so well!

tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 24 Nov 2008 09:59:21 PM
	HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAAH

Marshal » CMF Member albury Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 24 Nov 2008 10:58:01 PM
	haha this thread is entertaining

Tony » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 24 Nov 2008 11:19:05 PM
	I'm sorry Brendon, I'm very happy for you getting what you wanted. Just want to say I drive a turboed Super S which in most peoples opions is a big fucken waste of money. I don't care because i like it and thats the only thing that counts. Everyday I hear workmates bitch and moan about this guy that drives a ford or that guy that drives a volvo or what ever. If we all drove the same cars how borring would life be. All cars can't be as reliable as each other and no one can really say what attracts us to the cars we drive, Could be looks only which seems to be a big one these days or performance, size, make/model what ever. Does it really matter! And if your option is different to the next guys who really cares.

DeepFraught » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 02:15:37 AM
	So where is the next Perth meet, I'll be sure to bring the camera :)

tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 04:00:07 PM
	anyway hows the car bendon?? got some pics?

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 04:39:36 PM
	not yet. pick it up on wednesday. ill put up a pic or two when i get it.

daily_ricer » CMF Member Adelaide Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 04:58:28 PM
	I miss the good ol' days of Cisco, Aaron, Mighty, "2", Dave/WhiteKnight/FamilyHack etc, when opinions were opionions and they were valued and respected by all, even if not in agreement. Brendon, who and where are the moderators? Lol, having said that, micrat as the main capslock offender:
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tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 05:09:08 PM
	mm i wish i was around for those days.... theres not too much goin on now days.. a few people who are trying with turbo conversions but never make it, a few people with track cars... nothing like what the old days sound like with 5 or so turbo micras and people very interested in whats happening...sigh...

deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 05:22:48 PM
	There's plenty going on, just people aren't posting up their cars as much these days ;) ---dens

tris » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 07:46:09 PM
	ok.. im guna start a new post pics of your micra thread again!! except a pist pics and explain thread.

Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 25 Nov 2008 08:36:39 PM
	I got mod powers! Bubye lame posts! I too miss the old days.. Brendo, give me a call and we'll go for a train/spin in it.

Sean » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 26 Nov 2008 05:50:55 PM
	Micrat - I left all your posts that didn't have derogatory comments, if you'd care to contact me to discuss the deleted posts in more detail, please do so via PM. Otherwise please let it be. Both of your (numerous) posts that involved derogatory comments, however childish, have been removed, so I'm playing no favourites. Gone are the days where this type of moderation was not needed, I didn't expect this from the Micra guys. Sean

cisco » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Thu 27 Nov 2008 01:28:04 PM
	When someone announces their new car, they've obviously bought it for a reason, and carefully thought about it, particularly being a car enthusiast already who has been on this site for years, owned many cars, including a turbo/AWD model.. Its EXTREMELY LAME, RUDE, FOUL-MANNERED for people to bag it out and offer their retarded opinions about how its a bad choice and he should have got something better. He's already bought it, you're just being nasty by saying its a bad choice. Most of these duds haven't even driven one to know, its all just opinion based. Grow up. If I seriously had more time I would get back on here and delete a whole pile of accounts. I used to be very aggressive in this years ago, which is why the site was usually very clean and well-mannered. If I detected that someone had an IQ<100, I would just delete their account. The mazda 3 MPS is an awesome car, some of you are jealous, shut your mouths and either say "well done" or don't bother coming to this site.

deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Thu 27 Nov 2008 05:12:08 PM
	cisco WROTE: "If I seriously had more time I would get back on here and delete a whole pile of accounts. I used to be very aggressive in this years ago, which is why the site was usually very clean and well-mannered. If I detected that someone had an IQ<100, I would just delete their account." That's hardly fair :P An IQ isn't an indication of how obnoxious someone can be. Someone might be terrible at an IQ test but be a wealth of information about something, like maybe about Micras :P Just saying ;) Can understand what you meant though. Edit: Oh, and congrats on the car Brendon. I've seen a couple of them at motorkhanas down here and they look like a lot of fun :) ---dens

LonePhantom » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 28 Nov 2008 11:36:53 AM
	This is hilarious, I can't believe it's still going! Between the name calling, the threats of going to someones house to teach them a lesson, then being warned about bad behaviour and to stop, you guys are still taking shots. Get over it!

Mickb » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 28 Nov 2008 06:23:17 PM
	BACK ON TOPIC.. Brendon.. u picked it up wednesday yeh? I wana see some pics with smoke curling off the tyres mate =)

nsm » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 28 Nov 2008 06:35:12 PM
	hey.... dont knock "spare parts guys"....

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 01 Dec 2008 04:17:12 PM
	heres a pic, its great fun to drive.
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Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 01 Dec 2008 04:17:38 PM
	side back shot
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Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 01 Dec 2008 04:18:29 PM
	pics arent the best, but thats all i got for now. for those who think its a bad choice i suggest you test drive one. youll be pleasantly surprised.

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 01 Dec 2008 07:00:46 PM
	i love blue cars. dont know why. remind me of my k11 i think.

Tony » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 01 Dec 2008 08:08:20 PM
	If you don't mind me asking mate, Is it comparable to the GTIR in out right performance? I love how these things look so under rated but go like a shower of shit.

turbo march-rolling shell » CMF Member brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Mon 01 Dec 2008 11:16:01 PM
	obviously i've missed something in this thread lol.. at the end of the day i thought this was a micra site. last i checked a mazda 3 had nothing to do with a micra lol. saw a 3 the other day do a big launch from a set of lights thou... dont know if it was stock, but fuck me took of like a rocket... and changed about 3 lanes worth of torque steer at the same time lol.

smidge » CMF Member Sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 12:13:18 AM
	yeah got destroyed by one of those off the lights not long ago... still the 930cc little white shitbox showed up a accord euro not long after

LonePhantom » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 07:20:04 AM
	Awesome ride, congratulations! :) Which car wash is that?

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 10:04:45 AM
	Tony WROTE: "If you don't mind me asking mate, Is it comparable to the GTIR in out right performance? I love how these things look so under rated but go like a shower of shit." i think it would be close with a stock gtir. the way i had mine in the end the gtir i owned was a lot quicker. the mps handles a lot better and stops really well. brakes are better than expected. still performance the mps is really good. the amount of torque is amazing, 5th gear pulls just as hard as 4th and even 6th accelerates really well. turbo march-rolling shell WROTE: "obviously i've missed something in this thread lol.. at the end of the day i thought this was a micra site. last i checked a mazda 3 had nothing to do with a micra lol. saw a 3 the other day do a big launch from a set of lights thou... dont know if it was stock, but fuck me took of like a rocket... and changed about 3 lanes worth of torque steer at the same time lol." the reason why i posted it here is because i used to be on this site lots. i was the 75th member to join the site, was a mod, been on lots of cruises and participated heaps back in the day. i put it up so for those who knew me then could see. not that theres many left.

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 10:05:23 AM
	car wash was the one in gordon, at lanyon shops.

LonePhantom » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 11:25:59 AM
	Ah thought so, looked familiar. :)

cisco » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 12:49:43 PM
	turbo march-rolling shell WROTE: "obviously i've missed something in this thread lol.. at the end of the day i thought this was a micra site. last i checked a mazda 3 had nothing to do with a micra lol. saw a 3 the other day do a big launch from a set of lights thou... dont know if it was stock, but fuck me took of like a rocket... and changed about 3 lanes worth of torque steer at the same time lol." Yeah you missed something dude.. Brendon was coming on here almost 10 years ago..

fred » CMF Member Murwillumbah Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 02:55:18 PM
	I remember the days you guys(brendan and cisco) where chuffing on about how fast cars could go through round-a-bouts....alwys jealous.. some of us have to move on, its interesting to see what people move into... good luck with it, brendon!

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Tue 02 Dec 2008 07:03:26 PM
	i still like going bonkers through roundabouts. Its a bit harder with a bigger car which I worry about practically all the time lol but its fantastic. Has alot more grip than the micra too. Roundabout entry speed is about the same as the micra but the exit speed is, well, hugely improved. Reality is though all these FWD hot hatches just have too many horsies going to the front wheels and they really can't get the power to the ground effectively. Its a shame.

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 03 Dec 2008 10:01:20 AM
	hmmm. with traction control so far havent lost much grip due to wheels spin. threw it through some roundabouts last nigth to test it all out, got the tyres screeching but held together, deffinately need some uprated swaybars or maybe coilovers (warranty issues?) to fix that problem. might start with the swaybars first. apparently the new mps which comes out in 2010 has some new chasis which puts power to the ground much more effectively.

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 03 Dec 2008 10:06:41 PM
	I hope you have better luck with your car than I am with mine. I've got just over a page of faults listed which I need VW to rectify with my Golf

Micra_King » CMF Member Perth Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Wed 03 Dec 2008 11:56:41 PM
	What type of problems you had with the golf Yom?

Yom » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Thu 04 Dec 2008 07:54:34 PM
	nothing major. it just tries to kill me every so often courtesy of the DSG and a few other faults no doubt caused by the carpark prang it was involved in.

cisco » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 05 Dec 2008 09:35:35 AM
	Does the MPS have an LSD Brendon? Is the traction control basically the same as the colts where the ABS sensors detect wheel slip and it just modulates the power output etc? The colt's traction control is pretty basic and raw, but kind of works. Its a lot smoother than the old traction control on the old AU Fairmont - that was super jerky and like a massive sudden power kill. It could leave you stuck in the middle of intersections without any power until the ECU woke the engine back up... The colt's doesn't have a mechanical feel to it, it feels like a computer trying to clean up the mess afterwards, and so it can only do so much.. At the end of the day, the colt is still a FWD and you have to drive it accordingly. I usually prefer the traction control to be switched off and just modulate the power delivery myself. I've got ~1 year left on my lease, not sure what I'm going to do after that..

cisco » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 05 Dec 2008 09:35:56 AM
	Love that the MPS has 6 gears. That's pretty hellacool.

Brendon » CMF Member Canberra Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 05 Dec 2008 02:09:04 PM
	not sure how it works. the stability control and traction work together. YEs has a front LSD. Have only got the traction control light on once so far. havent turned it off yet and driven with it off. i will after its first service. see if its any better. 6 gears is good. i think first mods will be springs and swaybars, and/or coilovers. depending on warranty issues and rules associated with them. otherwise will jsut lower with springs.

deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 05 Dec 2008 03:55:55 PM
	I might ask a mate of mine who chucked some coilovers on his normal Mazda 3 in regards to issues with warranty and servicing - Seems like the kinda thing that might but I haven't heard anything about that from him - it might just be that they won't honour the warranty if the part was found to be at fault. You could call up the dealership and ask :) ---dens

sportsclassic » CMF Member sydney Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 05 Dec 2008 04:06:00 PM
	cisco WROTE: "Does the MPS have an LSD Brendon? Is the traction control basically the same as the colts where the ABS sensors detect wheel slip and it just modulates the power output etc? The colt's traction control is pretty basic and raw, but kind of works. Its a lot smoother than the old traction control on the old AU Fairmont - that was super jerky and like a massive sudden power kill. It could leave you stuck in the middle of intersections without any power until the ECU woke the engine back up... The colt's doesn't have a mechanical feel to it, it feels like a computer trying to clean up the mess afterwards, and so it can only do so much.. At the end of the day, the colt is still a FWD and you have to drive it accordingly. I usually prefer the traction control to be switched off and just modulate the power delivery myself. I've got ~1 year left on my lease, not sure what I'm going to do after that.." Build another micra...

deNs » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts:	Re: New Car Mazda 3 MPS	Fri 05 Dec 2008 08:19:27 PM
	sportsclassic WROTE: "Build another micra..." Seconded. ---dens