Hi guys!! It is good be back after 1 week w/o internet connection!!

Just wanna share with you guys, i just came back from KB - KL last night, planned to use Gua Musang road but had to divert to Grik instead due to massive congestions on the main road going out of Kelantan. Went through the curvy roads of Banjaran Titiwangsa, i have to say My M3 as superb!! Superb handling, superb acceleration, superb break response, tapau most of the T&H cars on the road. There was one time a Vios and Altis tried to cucuk me on the corners, with a push of "Down" button on my pedal shift, those 2 kene tinggal liao, but the roads have many potholes, alignment sudah lari.... Traveled with my boot full of cargo and with 2 passengers at the back, with normal height of 160cm - 165 cm (gurls), they were saying they were sitting very comfortably and even sleeping while doing the corners the whole time. So quite ok with the rear legroom space.

Pumped R 97, managed to travel 520 - 550 km with semi synthetic engine oil for my 1st 1k service. The only thing that was bugging me is the position of the accelarator pedal and brake pedal seems to be quite off and my right leg felt soar during / after the journey. No pedals vibration detected during the journey.

OTW out from Kuala Kangsar to PLUS highway, went trough a very congested road, opposite traffic kept flashing their headlights, seems something wrong on the road upfront, thought it was JPJ / Police roadblocks, but went through a horrific accident, a Harrier was badly damaged at the front part (hood and engine hancur) and a viva crushed into half from the original length, spotted a leg hanging out from the co-driver's seat. Triggered me to drive defensively and safely for the rest of the journey.

Took off from KB at approx 1130 am, reached home at 11 pm, almost 12 hrs of driving. Massive jams along PLUS highway, every exits, and every R&R pun sesak, electronic board stated R&R sesak.... hahahah, it was funny though.... spotted a few m3s and m6s, but did not manage to jot down plate number.

In conclusion, no conclusion, just wanna share my driving experience...hehehehe....

This post has been edited by effie_woo: Feb 7 2011, 06:45 PM

They should put this efforts on black smoke commercial vehicle, noisy exhaust sound or etc which able to annoys others drivers on the road.

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Added on February 7, 2011, 9:47 amMy lil add on of mine, hope you don't mine.

From the Cheras to Klang direction,
2 cars were broke down on the third lane and right after the corner, this is dam wicked! Everyone were jammed braking.
Luckily the ABS had safe me and my wife at this corner before reaching the Sri Petaling exit.

The only thing that concern me during the utmost situation were the driver behind my car,
I was so freaking worried he ran into my @ss.

This post has been edited by ariesto: Feb 7 2011, 09:47 AM

effie,

Your M3 1.6 or 2.0 ?

2.0 ..cause got paddle shift le

That's why I ask. If refer to first page effie's M3 is 1.6 not 2.0

Ahhh....me didnt notice that...
to me the paddles is quite fun on the M3. But a bit weird..cause usually left is for down and right is for up.
M3 punya paddles for down and button for up... a bit redundunt having 2 sets at wheel. And the paddles kinda a bit slow also...sometimes when push to D you flick the paddles..the gears wont change. Somekind of overwrite I think. Only when pushed to manual shift the paddles will response exactly as how you wish to change the gears. Any other ppl have same problems or mine is a "special" case..

Not redundant. This is the type of paddle shift that I want. Not those city paddle shift.

Same here. Using d the autochanging not smooth. Everytime need overwrite

Owh yeah, i think mr ssaturn mistakenly put me as 1.6 instead of 2.0, no worries bout that.

I'm not sure bout that, but i did experience one time that when the gear was in the D, i pushed the down paddle shift button and tried to overtake a vehicle in front of me, suddenly rpm went up quickly but the gear did not change to lower gear, maybe the similar situation you experienced before. Quite surprised with that kind of gear response and i think it is better to shift the gear to manual modes every time you want to play with the paddle shifts. Gives you the power to accelerate.

Did anyone of you installed the product below, looks better than the Phillips one;

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this one nice

but is it really fully white or blueish a bit?

haha.. I think demon eye better and nice.. haha....
but still under warranty .. so...

+1 on that

anywhere i can view the ambient lighting in M3 at nite ah? anyone who wants to take pic and proudly present it here?

i still have to wait to get mine... currently driving a myvi only.... and stuck in miri...

Yeah, i have to agree the Demon eyes do look awesome!!!

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Added on February 8, 2011, 11:19 pmYou will know once you get your ride... Have to say the ambient lighting looks very good at night, even my colleagues impressed with the features. Looks like you are in the cockpit and there are many switches in front you to play with...

This post has been edited by effie_woo: Feb 8 2011, 11:19 PM

i'm interested in getting mazda 3 1.6 sedan/hatchback..

i noticed features in 1.6 hatchback is better than sedan..but is it really worth to sacrifice space for hatchback?

how is the FC?maintenance?

Hmm why hatch? other than its rare..1.6 hatch not worth the money mate (no offence to any 1.6 hatch owners out there).

better top up abit get the 2.0 sedan. The diff betwen 1.6 and 2.0 is alot. Some main diff eg

Bi-xenon lights
6 air bags
5 speed auto with paddles
17 inch rims
diff rear suspension (this I am abit skeptical but thats what Mazda's website says)
and a lot more extras..

To me its worth the extra 15k or so. But its up to you..

p.s FC is ok..2.0 can about 8.5l/100km. maintainence is free..for 3 years


This post has been edited by gladfly: Feb 9 2011, 11:29 AM

2.0 can get 8.5 l/100km???
City driving i only get 12-14 l/100km.
Highway i went Ipoh the fc drop to 11 l/100km.
Is that normal?

[quote=joekhoo,Feb 9 2011, 11:32 AM]
2.0 can get 8.5 l/100km???
City driving i only get 12-14 l/100km.
Highway i went Ipoh the fc drop to 11 l/100km.
Is that normal?

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Well thats what the MID says.
I'm light footed. and my missus drives mostly highways to work.

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Highway i went Ipoh the fc drop to 11 l/100km.

Wow..thats kinda of high actually. Yours 2.0 or 1.6? 2.0 have an extra gear..
Highway cruising i can get about 7.5/100km..constant 110km. Switch Cruise control on NP.
Or it could be your car still new ehh.. when new FC higher..mine is about 20k.

mine 2.0

highway 8.3L/100km
city 8.5L/100km

Got mine since Christmas.
Mileage 3k+ only.
So normal? Or Shld get sc to check?