Needed a change and wanted to give Mazda a try. I heard alot of good things about the 3, I can see why. Plenty of pep for the city and 30 mpg still.

Color is called Phantom Blue, goes from a Blue to a Green depending on lighting









And yes I need to learn how to take better pics!!

 

DAMN!



Thats a high school?!??!

 

Looks alot better than my shcool lol

Congratz on the buy, nice car.

 

Grats on the new car!

 

Like those rims...
I was driving behind a Mazdaspeed 3 for a bit today and liked it.

That cannot be a public high school....

 

Yeah, looks like I grew up in the hood after seeing that

 

Congrats on your 3...i'm thinking about picking one of those up when I sell my CL.

 

x2 nice architecture.

 

yeah its huge!! It was just completed last year and there already using temp buildings. The community out here is growing like crazy.

 

Superb car, I still miss my 2004 dearly.

 

You should see College Park in the Woodlands. It's even nicer (looking at least)
gdubb, have you seen college park high??? its crazy. It looks like a university!!





Yea, that's a high school.

 

congrats on the hatch... that was definitely one of the cars on top of my list when I was shopping for a car... but none of the dealers had a Grand Touring in the phantom blue...

 

Very nice! Congrats, loving the color.

 

Looks great, I am currently considering this as well.....I'd be interested to hear what you get for MPG as it seems the real life mileage is all over the place for different people. If it can get ~30mpg on the highway like it's rated it would probably be at the top of my list but I've read it often gets much lower.

 

Congrats from a fellow Mazda nut!

we have a 2005 6i and a 2006 Mazdaspeed 6!

We are getting a 3 hatch in a couple of months.

 

congrats!

 

CONGRATS MAN !! I work for Mazda. Service Writter. Any question or need to know if any bullitins let me know.

 

have you done your 2 recalls (if you fall under this cat) and 1 special service bulletin?

 

Nice car....now that you got the new ride....I see you are trolling for High School chicks

 

Grats on the car!!
Holy hell, that puts the high schools in my area to shame!

 

Congrats on the new car! That color reminds me a lot of my 95 240SX. It went from Blue to Green to Purple depending on angle/lighting. Very niiiiiiice!

 

Congrats... Looks like you'll have to change you sig now...

 

Congrats! I test drove an '07 and really enjoyed it. It's definitely a nimble little car, and I loved the turning radius. I'd highly consider it for myself....I'm just nervous about the poor safety ratings, even moreso because it's a small car. Other than that, I'd probably be all over it.

 

which mazda dealership, and if you get any kickback's from a sale of a speed3 let me know cause Im in the market for something new within the next 3-4 months...

 

Did the original reflash, clutch fix have not gone in for the emissions stuff. They are voluntary...no?

 

This was the only Phatnom Blue within several hundred miles, so I am not surprised you cant find one. For 08.5 models the discontinued the color

On the two tanks I have gone through I have gotten 28 and 29 mpg through mixed city/hwy driving. Also its an auto



didnt know about the poor ratings, hope I wont have to worry about it



Thanks everyone, I am enjoying the car very much