Hi chums.

New Mazda owner here. Just got a 2009 Mazda 3 so just saying hi, and will now doubt pick your brains at some point.

Cheers

 

Sounds like we're in the same boat there. I just got an '09 Mazda 3 as well. Just got the plate stickers today!

 

Which model? The "i" or the "s"? Which trim level, and which body style?

 

Mine's the 3i Touring Value from what I can tell in the trim comparisons.

 

Nice, I bought that exact car back in late 2008 to use A) as my daily commuter car, and B) to have a car in the house to teach my son how to drive a stick; he ended up taking the car with him to college.

 

Awesome! Hoping to keep my commute going with it and teach my kids how to drive stick as well.

 

Kind of funny, my son has become such a stick-shift bigot (like his parents) he refuses to even consider a car with an autotragic transmission. Since he's been out on his own he's had two Mazda Miata 5-Speeds, a Chevy S10 5-Speed, a Ford F150 5-Speed, and a Toyota MR2 Turbo 5-Speed. He's in the Navy right now and on deployment so he has yet to be home to drive my new (to me) TL 6-Speed, but he's looking forward to the experience.

 

Makes you sorta proud doesn't it? Knowing that your stick shift bigotry has passed to the next generation. I wish more people drove stick so it wasn't so hard finding a new one.

PaulWrightyThen - sorry for stealing your thread!

 

We have one as well and really like it, and also bought it to help our daughter learn stick! Got a fantastic deal on it, because no one in Atlanta really wants to buy stick shifts because of the traffic. Great car. I want another one.

 

No! My thread was stolen! Just kidding, I haven't checked in for a while so its cool. Its your thread now