It is basically a kind of solvent, it is also found within the additive pack in the petrol itself.

The purpose is to wash away soot/carbon throughout the fuel system to maintain the performance of injectors and clean the intake valves.

But for direct injected engines, the effect of this additive is pretty minimal on the intake valves other than on the fuel injectors.

You can read more about this issue by googling intake valve carbon/carbonisation.

Not rumour, confirm that the skyactiv-x will debut on the mazda3; not turbocharged, but mild superchargerd

This is so disappointing....would rather that they start with sacking the suspension mounting supplier from their vendor list. Waste so much after service resources on lower arm and strut top mount. Best part still.....also cannot resolve, just kick the can down the road to resurface months later...

As the unofficial thread owner of the civic saying this :

if say supercharged, nanti konon expectation like the jaguar R series, floored every segment competition....

ok la....got your point on the plant...but just kind of disappointed as the mazda3 is the defining model of the brand like how the civic is to honda and camry is to toyota....

After all, profits rule the world....

Where got say you civic thread owner, cuma UNofficial mah

I not prophet, no insider knowledge either, just read info around the net only....you seem to know more rumours than what i know, share what you know leh

Small price hike is definite, the exchange rate already quite a difference between the time facelifted mazda3 was launched here and the exchange rate now. Unless suddenly malaysia found a huge oil field or gold mine, the exchange rate won't get any better in the short to medium term. Further, all these trade war thing going on, the supply chain disruption will incur some costs as well....take your guess....

I mean in the whole context of the mazda range worldwide, but CX5 maybe in recent history. But could continue to be in the future if they focus and refined the future CX5 generations the right way.

I think not really don't want to entertain CKD, but more like want to free up the production line so can produce more CX5 locally. If really that unprofitable, long ago ditch the mazda3 CKD and end the line before the facelift.

Could be infrastructure constrains as locally also assembly CX5 for some regional countries. If mazda assembly operation can go independent away from HICOM/Inokom, the production operation could expand further. But again still depending on market demand....

Who knows, maybe got some sort of a weird SKD loophole method that the korean brands can manage to secure. After all, the korean assembly operation and mazda is under HICOM/Inokom facilities.

If only tried both CKD and CBU version back to back, if not really don't know where are the differences.

No way JIT on the local scale. IF really JIT, no need so big stock yard, almost push out the car straight out of assembly and can for certain know almost to the exact day when the car ordered will arrive at the dealership. Instead, what we now have is a guestimate of when the car will arrive or already sitting in the dealer yard as excess order.

Care to elaborate more on the difference you felt (if your memory still serves you right)?

From somewhere i read a long time ago on some foreign country's mazda3 forum, it is some cabling related issue within the dash board, not the fuse box.

It has been the mazda dealers policy to not give discount, so as to not bring down the car brand value unnecessarily and buyers go dealer/SA shopping (just like what happens to VW). Not a consistent customer service experience to begin with.

The volume for mazda3 really low, so the production line likely taken over by cx5 for the time being.

Best selling for current mazda range is cx5, and seems to be only cx5.

Other models all eat dust....

Mostly are the non facelifted version...that was the time when the price was more palatable.

After pricing adjustment, volume flow become a crawl, you'll realised very hard to find those with more recent plate numbers (on my side, not sure whether the condition on your end is different).

But does seemed like there are more mazda6 sold overall than mazda3.

At least your SA wasn't shitting you, thumbs up to him/her.

For coating, if you really want to maintain/improve the surface lustre, go for it. If you do it for the sake of protection, it is an absolute waste of money as it requires "maintenance" (baffling....)

Save the money and swap for light weight rims, the original set is heavy (even more so for those before facelift, facelifted version should be a little lighter as the spokes are thinner).

You don't need japan made rims, proper taiwan brand like advanti can be considered :
https://www.mudah.my/New+18+Advanti+Storm+S...HR-69981008.htm

Or proper thailand manufacturer like lenso :
https://www.mudah.my/New+Ori+18+Lenso+Venom...RV-72344613.htm

Or else good condition second hand japan rims ;
https://www.mudah.my/Rim+ORIGINAL+ADVAN+RG2...+3-69754276.htm
https://www.mudah.my/18A+Rays+Gram+Lights+5...ie-71080142.htm
https://www.mudah.my/Rays+gram+lights+18x7+...48-67456114.htm
https://www.mudah.my/Ori+18a+Enkei+PF01+Ori...AN-72379020.htm

A word of caution, the front overhang of this car is a little long, can scratch/bang the bottom easily it easily. If you add further skirting, you can expect a lot of cold sweat moments.

SUV also had long and big front bonnet, i think you just need to get used to the lowered height and reduced field of vision.

I would say you drive the car for at least a year so you can get a hang of it and the places you frequently go. By then you can better judge whether the skirting is worth a try. But i scratched the bottom part of the front part a few times already due to the overhang.

This mazda3 a little odd for the front partly due to the design (looks best if view from the rear 3 quarter angle) and engineering wise as the exhaust extractor design is longer than the average. The plus side is the added responsiveness and efficiency of the engine.

My car is stock top to bottom, so no skirting. Maybe partly due to my driving not that skilled la

But i remembered i don't have much of such issue with the old skol vios on the same areas....

No, the only thing that is not stock are the engine oil and tyres

All else remain the same.

Hahaha....have to adjust your "road flexibility expectations". But this mazda 3 is no slouch when comes to some off roading trip as long as within limits. I managed to wade through a swampy plantation field for 2 hours when other cars around me were 4x4 or trucks.

I also want to change rims la, they are so damn heavy....but $$$ not sufficient

Once you tasted the high end stuff, OEM stock stuff no oomph.....Further, the NVH for mazda3 is not it's strengths, so i guess you'll likely change the ICE someday in the future soon

It is at mudah.my website, just type in the search column and you have it. my.carousell.com also have some.

But firstly, you have to know what to search/what you want. I know about certain brands, so i just type in the brand name and sort by price. if you see those they write "ori design" or "design", those are replicas made by unknown manufacturers.

Since you're into ICE, i guess you should know a bunch of car kakis. You can ask for their help for first hand clarification.

Replica ones won't suddenly bent on normal driving. The risks comes when you hit something hard or a deep pothole. Some replicas undeniably can last throughout the lifetime of the car, but the risk is there for the owner to consider (provided the owner knows that it is a replica, some shops do cheat unknowing people).

Can try Lenso Venom :
https://www.mudah.my/Malaysia/New+Ori+18+Le...RV-72344613.htm

or sparco assetto gara (i remembered sometime ago this seller also sell the pcd fit for mazda, may need to check though) :
https://www.mudah.my/Sparco+assetto+gara+18...6142.htm?last=1

or if you fancy a little different, prodrive gc010e (this one forged by rays; 2nd hand though, super rare) :
https://www.mudah.my/Rays+japan+rim+17+prod...1658.htm?last=1

or my personal favourite, enkei nt03rr (not black but gunmetal grey) :
https://www.mudah.my/Enkei+NT03RR+18+8jj+of...AN-59111490.htm

Of course , cannot forget the venerable advan rs/rz series, expensive though whether new or used.

Anyway, congrats to your new ride, welcome to this family of mazda3 owners

Exciting days ahead for you!

This post has been edited by wkc5657: Jan 24 2019, 08:11 PM