Hello, happy to join the family

Well I have had my new 2008 5-door Galaxy Gray Mazda 3 Grand Touring for about three weeks and love it. The more I drive it the more I find what a special car it is.  I live in Southern California and plan to take it down the PCH when the weather get a little better to do some true zoom-zoom fun. I have added tint all the way around and a parrot bluetooth hands free system to the car. Look forward to chatting with everyone in the future.

Let me be the first to welcome you. We have a great Forum here. Any help that you need, you can just post & you will be helped.

Well, then let me be the second to welcome you Silversrtshadow!!  WELCOME!!!    

And MazMart Trini is quite correct.  We have a great little group going for oursleves here... the lesser known Mazda Forum. Smaller is better, imo.  We all feel that in some way we know something of our fellow members.

Congrats on the new ride too.  A GT!!  Nice!!!

WE NEED PICS!!!      

Thanks Guys!
 
Yes I need to take pictures and post them.  I have not even had the chance to take any for my own use since the past few weeks have been wet around here.
 
I have been to one of the other forums for Mazda and did not find it as helpful as this one. 
 
In case you are wondering about the screen name this is from my other car that I own, 2006 Chrysler 300 SRT-8 a 425HP 6.1L Beast.
 
 

 
And to think, I thought you'd converted from an SRT-4.
 
 

lol everytime you hit the pump. you probably keep thinking its reading wrong. then you loo kat your mazda3 and your like OHHHHHHHHHHHHH ITS NOT THE 300. haha lol. but welcome to the forum. we do enjoy the littleness of this group plus that we got a good bunch of people who can help you out with anything. but as he said WE NEED PICTURES HAHA. btw dont do the zoom zoom thing in ontario. 50km/hr and over car is gone for a week. gahh haha

Jaimie,
You are right about taking a double look at the pump when I gas up.  I still can drive about the same distance in the 2 cars just that I use about 5-6 more gallons of gas in the 300.  On the open road I average 23 MPG in the 300 and 28MPG in the 3. 
 
I will have to keep your advice in mind the next time I go to Toronto about speeding.  But not like you can get goinging to fast on the queens anyways with all the traffic.

dont be too sure about htat. my buddy got one on the QEW almost at the gardiner. but this was before this law. 65 over . you probably pay half the gas price you used to in the 300. waiit do you still have the 300 or just the 3 now?

Nice sentiments but I have had over a hundred people read my question about a mechanical problem I'm having with my Miata and have received "0" help from this forum. It may be because I didn't get on and just say "hello" first... Bad manners on my part. Or maybe because my Miata is an older one... Sorry, but not everyone can afford a "new" car. I don't know. What I've done to deserve the "cold shoulder" is beyond me. Are you not supposed to ask mechanical questions? This was my first experience with an online forum like this. I'm finding it pretty useless... except for exchanging pleasantries.

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Nice sentiments but I have had over a hundred people read my question about a mechanical problem I'm having with my Miata and have received "0" help from this forum. It may be because I didn't get on and just say "hello" first... Bad manners on my part. Or maybe because my Miata is an older one... Sorry, but not everyone can afford a "new" car. I don't know. What I've done to deserve the "cold shoulder" is beyond me. Are you not supposed to ask mechanical questions? This was my first experience with an online forum like this. I'm finding it pretty useless... except for exchanging pleasantries.

It sound like this Forum may not be for you. If anyone here knew how to solve your problem, they would have tried to help you. It does not make sense to crap on a new members thread. I myself would be glad if my thread was even looked at. I would like to apologize on behalf of everyone on this Forum if you feel that you were treated unfair.

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ORIGINAL: oneshot onekill

Nice sentiments but I have had over a hundred people read my question about a mechanical problem I'm having with my Miata and have received "0" help from this forum. It may be because I didn't get on and just say "hello" first... Bad manners on my part. Or maybe because my Miata is an older one... Sorry, but not everyone can afford a "new" car. I don't know. What I've done to deserve the "cold shoulder" is beyond me. Are you not supposed to ask mechanical questions? This was my first experience with an online forum like this. I'm finding it pretty useless... except for exchanging pleasantries.

It sound like this Forum may not be for you. If anyone here knew how to solve your problem, they would have tried to help you. It does not make sense to crap on a new members thread. I myself would be glad if my thread was even looked at. I would like to apologize on behalf of everyone on this Forum if you feel that you were treated unfair.

 
I would like to second Mazmart Trini's statements, especially the apology and add that it's not about owning a new car. 
I seem to remember seeing briefly your post and not knowing how to answer it.  I own a 3 not a Miata and know that car better than the Miata. 
MT is correct, we have a very helpful and friendly group on here and had someone had an idea that saw your post, you would've gotten a reply.
I must also apologize, cause I a new mod on this site and one of the few on regularly, so I've been looking around and learning, and basically just trying to clean up the dead threads and useless posts. This has taken much of my time here, that and keeping up with the threads I am already involved in. I have unintentionally skipped over a few new posts in hopes of simply trimming down the forum as it is now.  I'm sorry you feel left out and that I have not done anything to this point about that.
That goes for you too Mazmart Trini. I'm sure that was unintentional on any one's part.
 
 
 
 
 

here are pictures of my new ride.
 
 


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Carbon Gray?  And a hatch?  AND a GT??
Ooooo, Jaimie is gonna cream in his jeans.  Look out, silver, here it comes.    
 
No, seriously, nice.  I would've gotten the 5-sp, but nice.
 
 
 

Yeah but the wife can't drive and is not willing to drive a standard.  Plus kind of hard to find here in California. Plus this was the only GT they had on the lot good thing it was the color I wanted. I would have bought the Speed3 in cosmic blue if she was willing.