CubbyNINJA
06-05-2016, 03:40 PM
Hey, little back story. I had a Mazda Protoge 5 for a week. Got it from my uncle in-law a year ago as a wedding gift. Turned out it had a rotted frame. Ended up buying a 2000 Honda Accord and banged that around for about 1 year.
About a week ago, my in-laws decided to go to Barrie for a car auction to buy a Pickup truck. They picked up a 2007 Mazda 3 GX for 950 bucks instead and gave it to us.
Its pretty well stock at the moment. I don't plan on doing many performance mods to it since its not a 5 speed and it has a 380000Km on it. But i do plan on keeping the car looking nice and doing modifications to the body and visuals.
That being said, i do have 1 HUGE pet peeve about the car. when I'm in Triptronic mode (manumatic?) it up shifts no problem, nice and smooth, when i downshift (to say pass someone) it works without an issue. BUT if i let my RPMS get low it will auto downshift. not all the time, just often enough to make me look dumb.
IE
1) In the parking lot, ill be in 2nd gear cause 1st is really short and kinda aggressive for a parking lot. but it will put me into first when at a stop sign, and then i launch myself as if i was going for world record time through the intersection.
2) coming up to a stop light in the street, ill be downshifting, and just as im about to go from 3rd to 2nd, it will do it for me, and ill end up going 2nd to 1st and everyone lunges forward from the engine breaking.
HOW DO I TURN OFF the "assisted Shifting"? Its the only thing i can think to call it.
other than that, really fun car :D
About a week ago, my in-laws decided to go to Barrie for a car auction to buy a Pickup truck. They picked up a 2007 Mazda 3 GX for 950 bucks instead and gave it to us.
Its pretty well stock at the moment. I don't plan on doing many performance mods to it since its not a 5 speed and it has a 380000Km on it. But i do plan on keeping the car looking nice and doing modifications to the body and visuals.
That being said, i do have 1 HUGE pet peeve about the car. when I'm in Triptronic mode (manumatic?) it up shifts no problem, nice and smooth, when i downshift (to say pass someone) it works without an issue. BUT if i let my RPMS get low it will auto downshift. not all the time, just often enough to make me look dumb.
IE
1) In the parking lot, ill be in 2nd gear cause 1st is really short and kinda aggressive for a parking lot. but it will put me into first when at a stop sign, and then i launch myself as if i was going for world record time through the intersection.
2) coming up to a stop light in the street, ill be downshifting, and just as im about to go from 3rd to 2nd, it will do it for me, and ill end up going 2nd to 1st and everyone lunges forward from the engine breaking.
HOW DO I TURN OFF the "assisted Shifting"? Its the only thing i can think to call it.
other than that, really fun car :D