what would you change about your car?
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what would you change about your car? - 2/25/2007 11:02:11 AM
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pairof3s
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not in terms of upgrades but things you would have done different if you designed the car. personally i would have tried to get rid of the very noticeable drive line lash in our 04 2.3M and would put the gas pedal and brake about 3/4 of an inch closer. other than that i like the car for the most part. not crazy about the evil looking dash but oh well
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RE: what would you change about your car? - 2/25/2007 12:05:00 PM
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UrbanmanUSA
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I own a 2007 3i touring edition, with a 2.0.
1. I was aware of it when I bought it, and I thought it would not bug me at all, but the fact that they keyfob does not have a trunk release button is an ongoing minor annoyance. I don't think any Mazda has a trunk release - a friend has a very pricey CX7 with a turbo engine, and it does not have a key fob trunk release - which seems weird, since all other auto makers seem to have it.
2. Considering mine is called a "touring edition" for it to not have variable intermittent wipers seems wrong. Six speaker stereo, cruise control, alloy wheels, etc .... but no variable intermittent wipers? I know it comes with the so-called higher end models, but I don't think in 2007 variable intermittent wipers should be something that only comes if you go all the way to the top of the model line.
3. I wish the storage box located between the front seats was just a little bigger - like 2 inches longer. My zippered CD storage folder is a very tight squeeze.
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RE: what would you change about your car? - 2/25/2007 2:34:53 PM
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Draconius
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I have an '07 MS3.
Exterior Design wise, the bumper portion just off the rear hatch needs to have a slight angle to it. Currently it is a flat surface and water/dirt builds up on the lip.
Wish there was a trunk release pull next to the gas cap release as well.
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RE: what would you change about your car? - 2/25/2007 2:54:24 PM
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dentinger
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whats a keyfob??
cuz my mazda has a small handle to pull to release the trunk... its in front of the gas cap release...right to the left of my driver's seat
1) i probably would change the orange dash lights to blue.
blue just looks nicer.
2) i also would put a pocket behind the driver's seat as well, so that passengers can put things in there. cuz right now only the passenger's front seat has one.
3) the exhaust system. it makes it terrible for adding after market headers, cuz the first cat is right at the exhaust.
4) under the steering wheel, i wish there could be about an extra 2 inches under the coloum.
cuz when i have the steering wheel and seat were everything is comfortable, my knees often hit the coloum when i shift.
because your constantly moving your legs with standard tranny's
5) allow any paint colour on any trim package.
when i ordered my base model 3, every colour i wanted was only available on the higher trim models. then when i found this blueish green colour i liked, there was none in the province with the options i wanted.... so i had to settle with plain old silver.
like, i think the midnite blue, and arctic silver are only available on higher trim packs.
the same goes for interior....
other than that, i love the car.
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RE: what would you change about your car? - 2/25/2007 5:42:24 PM
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MikeMS3
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key fob is your remote for locking and unlocking and panic button. Most cars with a trunk and a keyfob have that button as well. Mazdas don't. Maybe it was over looked in the beggining cause most of the cars use the same fob and it's the same as was on my 03 Protege5 lol. As for the Speed3 and the other hatchback mazdas it's like a door in the latching/release area. Though i can't confirm this i assume a door latch mecha is different set up than a regular trucks latch. So i don't think we'd have one anyway. Posibly leading to none haveing to save money and use the same mass produced key fob for 5 years lol. Who knows really but fact is it's not needed in the hatches due to the tendency to swing down up to a certain point.
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