brother jim...

ive done a few  research today..and ive officially fall in love with M3 HB...haha..

done a few calculation on budget..and seems like semua mcm just nice..

wondering.. for the skyactiv engine will it only be in the 2012 version.. or its already on the market..

got Road Show at OU this weekend eh? illl drop by lah if thats the way.. so can get the feel..

hi everyone

im looking to change my tyres soon, next week i think. how much price for stock tyres M3? or anyone recommend other brand?

thanks in advance 

so far, N6000 and GY Asy1 in the list. anyone know the price for these both tyres? 

just install my hb type led 3rd brake light by myself. 

Dear sifus,

I'm on the verge of getting a Mazda 3 2.0 CBU July 2009 model, with mileage abt 40k km.

If the car is well maintained so far, i.e: service on time, etc;

may i check:

What to expect from such 2.5 years car?

1) Especially, In terms of the things/parts/cost to be replaced due to tear n wear.

2) Anything in specific for a M3 2.0 CBU to look out for in respect of item 1)?

Pictures pictures!!

Going over bumps/humps still OK?

Bro, sure kena high bumps/humps one... I believe once you planned to install these things, then you are going to be prepared to get scratch. You gotta be extra careful while going over bumps, most of them you will clear without problem.

Some of them, you see their heights also you know that they are not avoidable... and you will slowly get use to the scratching

...
heres a stupid question...does the M3 CBU 2.0 have alarm?...cos i havent heard mine since i bought it =.= lock/unlock also no sound.

hows the fuel consumption like for a 2.0?

Anyone out there know if the hatchback 2.0 year 2011 still have last stock? Been asking around but everyone also said no more. They said now waiting for the 2012 batch to come in during chinese new year which will increase RM5k minimum. Haiyoo...scary lah the price

Should have bought the car earlier. Sad! Sad!

tried pick up with my 2.0 with a civic 1.8 ... civic are so fast ... any sifu here can teach me how to smoked those 1.8 ?

hmmmm...anyone can confirm this?

also what to look out for when getting a new ride, M3 2.0?

thanks

is a rm 500+ tint good enough?

Hi,

New M3 owner here I've been driving the car for 2 weeks now and trying to hit the first 1K mark service so that I can send in the car for checking for a very bad knocking sound coming from the rear right hand side. It just terrible for such a new car to develop this noise on the collection day. I collected the car from Bermaz Glenmarie showroom where the salesman explained the features and took the the road for the nearest gas station for petrol. The funny thing is that, there was no knocking sound during that whole time when I was in KL. The knocking sound was so loud and only developed after I enter the highway heading back towards my home city later that day. The knocking from the rear is more apparent when I apply the brakes or when doing a left turn. At other times, its just knocking even at low speed (25-50kmph) on normal road. Knocking is not heard during higher cruising speed.
So, two weeks have passed and I have done some googling...it seems this is a common problem for Mazda3's? Just wanna get some sharing and experience from Mazda 3 owners here bout this.

Other forums have suggested it could be the rear sway bar linkage that has come loose. Some say that its d rear suspension bushing and some say its the suspension itself that is faulty.

not much talk about servicing.

Anyone has experience with other service centers in PJ/KL besides the one at Lot 219 (besides Fed Hgway)?

My past 2 experiences (for my 1st and 2nd service) with them is not too fantastic. The super slowness and the tidak-apaness of their customers is one of the major concerns. Besides my own experience, from my observation while waiting, most of the time, if you enquire whether the car is ready, they will have to 'hunt' for it in the service area.

As for my own experience, I was told that my car was at the wash area and it will be ready soon (as told by the SA). After waiting for almost 20 minutes, then only I realised (when I overheard another SA telling another customer) that the SA that had attended to me earlier had gone on break and didnt bother to hand over my case to another SA. So I had to harass another SA to find out where my car was. A good 20 mins later, he told me my car was ready. FYI, I went to collect my car at 1245 and left the service center at 215. I saw that on the job sheet that my car was done at 1pm.

Perhaps I would try another center next time. Someone who may be looking at this and working or have links with the said center, please bring this up to the service manager (I will also send off an email to Mazda). Keep your team effective and efficient! Perhaps make a trip to other service centers of other makes to find out how they handle their customers instead of giving me an impression of headless chickens trying to locate where our cars are.

If anybody wants to provide feedback to me, please PM me so that I can compile a list of negative or positive feedback to Mazda.