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Souls
04-20-2010, 06:44 PM
Hello eveyone,

I 've been lurking around here hardcore for the last couple days. I'll be picking up my 06 GTSport from Ajax Mazda tomorrow or Friday (Yay!) I'm a Dubber, and have owned 3 in the last 10yrs I know VR6 inside and out. Lemmie say this will be hard goin' from a VERY torquey 2.8 6cyl to the 2.3/4. I decided to leave that brand as I don't like where the design is going + need something reliable. So after a long hunt I finally got out last Wed, I stopped at Whitby Mazda first, parked my beast right in front the window, walked the 06's 3's and 6s on the lot for 10mins. no one came out.. losers. ended up at Ajax, drove a burgundy-ish GT, felt right and the door had enough "thunk" LOL... I was worried the 3 was a popcan, that it is NOT.

So a Titianium 06 GT was sittin' there mounted on GY Eagle GT brand new, I asked, the price was less with 133,000kms and it had literally just come in that morning. Since I hadn't decided, the rep asked if I wanted to take it home... I did on the friday and loved it.

so here I am. I'm in the North 'shwa, east if UOIT, or P'Oshawa as I've heard last year.

I don't find the search works well. I type in CAI and it finds nothing, and I KNOW that's just not true. I've already memorized the HID install. I'm purging my VW junk outta my garage, so I'll hopefully be doin' that by summer (as long as the wife doesn't' find out ;-D ) 100bucks? hell'yah. I'll also have to spray the belly with bedliner... not doin' the $700 dealerspray.

Is there anything major I need to know about the 3's? ie: when the timing belt needs to be done? My VR uses dual chains, so even though she's at 310,000kms, I've never worried about it. Oh and how far are you all gettin' on a full tank. I work downtown, so 21 days of the month and do 165 round trip. I'm hoping to get 5 days of drive on a tank. so about 700kms?

darn, I wrote a novel! :chuckle

Soulsen

Souls
04-20-2010, 07:24 PM
ah! found the search issue on CAI
"LED is a 3 letter word, the search recognizes 4+ letter words as addressed here "

PearlM3
04-20-2010, 11:37 PM
Welcome..i bought my 3 at Whitby mazda, will never deal with them again. I'm in oshawa, Thornton and Hway 2.

mazidane
04-21-2010, 12:02 AM
Nice.........welcome to the forums, I know you'll enjoy the car, especially after getting a CAI installed! As for fuel mileage, its all depends on how heavy your right foot is, I'd probably say the average is between 500 and 550 kms per tank for the 2.3 litre, thats how much I seem to get anyways on my 06 GT......

J_man
04-21-2010, 11:03 AM
:welcome smiley Can't wait to hear what other mods you got planned!

poke65
04-21-2010, 01:33 PM
Welcome aboard

gretzky
04-21-2010, 03:06 PM
welcome:)

strakz
04-21-2010, 03:32 PM
Welcome, see ya around!

Skippy
04-21-2010, 05:53 PM
Welcome to TM3. Congrats on the purchase, you'll love it:)

DualSoul
04-22-2010, 02:16 AM
:welcome smiley

Souls
04-22-2010, 08:02 PM
Welcome..i bought my 3 at Whitby mazda, will never deal with them again. I'm in oshawa, Thornton and Hway 2.

I'm up at Kerdon Park, just below the golfcourse. as for mods, first I have to get my subs in her, what is everyone using to trigger their amps? I was thinking of using the "acc" wire, anyone know what colour it is? next will be grounding the block that I've read about in here, then HIDs & x-pel or lamin-x (what's thicker?) and yellow highs (it's way more nocticeable for flashing left lane hogs - did it to the Jetta). Then I'll toy with interior glow. I have a whack of left over LEDs from previous VDub project that I cancelled. Once I get my VR6 sold and 2 sets of rims/tires sold, I'd like to tint it. BTW is it me or does the GT have darker OEM glass? I guess I'll findout tomorrow! :D

anyone know a local tinter? Ajax offered $350 LOL

Souls
04-22-2010, 08:04 PM
forgot to add... mine's Titanium.. what that code I saw in here, 29Y?

PearlM3
04-22-2010, 11:33 PM
Go to Audio heaven in toronto, they are a sponser on here. Or Protint in Whitby, that where i had mine done $200.

Souls
04-23-2010, 04:40 PM
Go to Audio heaven in toronto, they are a sponser on here. Or Protint in Whitby, that where i had mine done $200.

WOW, I checked out their site - that's impressive the 'virtual demo' tint on your car! I'm techy, and that's slick. I'll go there, the price is right and they've got 9 brands to choose from... now what brand to choose? LOL... it goes on and on....

zakman
04-23-2010, 07:31 PM
welcome to TM3

dhlwtu
04-26-2010, 02:32 PM
Another warm welcome Soulsen. This is a great place 2 be!

Souls
05-03-2010, 12:41 AM
out with the old and in with the new(er)
http://img132.imageshack.us/i/oldnew.png/

shhh, she's sleeping....
http://img12.imageshack.us/i/sleepingy.png/

iGOzoom
05-03-2010, 01:31 AM
:welcome smiley

gad84
05-03-2010, 03:56 PM
Welcome to TM3!!

Souls
05-06-2010, 05:36 AM
so I've modded already :D
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?43997-Drink-Holder-glow-with-pics

Ren
05-06-2010, 09:03 AM
Welcome..i bought my 3 at Whitby mazda, will never deal with them again. I'm in oshawa, Thornton and Hway 2.

I'm with you there...I just picked up my second one in 9 months (1st one was written off) and the second time around was worse than the first experience.

cwp_sedan
05-06-2010, 09:06 AM
so I've modded already :D
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?43997-Drink-Holder-glow-with-pics

Definitely not wasting any time!

Welcome to TM3! :)

mazdaskit
05-06-2010, 09:10 AM
Welcome:)

dhlwtu
05-08-2010, 06:35 PM
welcome ;-)

mazda_gurl
05-09-2010, 11:15 AM
I grabbed my hatch from Ajax Mazda - had a great experience buying from them

Welcome to TM3 :)

dimsumboi05
05-11-2010, 12:01 AM
welcome to TM3!