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    Posted: 23 February 2009 at 10:23am
Erin bought herself a new car yesterday. She got the Mazda 3 Sport hatchback. She almost bought the Mazdaspeed 3 Touring hatchback, but thought the extra $20/mo wasn't worth the extra 100hp. Girls are silly like that I guess. Anyway, it's a nice car, especially for $16,995.00USD ($1,000,000.00CAN). It keeps her payment under $300/mo which is what she wanted and it's still pretty fun to drive. I'll post pics when she gets back from work.
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Pretty nice car.  I was driving behing one of those for a while yesterday.

Now get her a giant wing and some decals for her birthday.   :)

 
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Throw some D's on it.
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dont you drive a mazda 3 as well?

also, did she get the 2.0 or the 2.3?


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Neons, cat-back exhaust, CAI, New Rims, Tints and a 15 inch sub woofer will have her styling while she rolls.  
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why waste money on a CAI?  it doesnt make it sound or look any faster.
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Originally posted by Eville Eville wrote:

why waste money on a CAI?  it doesnt make it sound or look any faster.

So after she wins a race, she can pop the hood and said "Yeah, even my engine looks better than your car."
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she just needs to get some colored wires
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For us non-techy car people - what is a CAI and why do I want one?
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cold air intake.  instead of taking in hot air with less oxygen by volume, it takes in cold air with more oxygen by volume which alows you to use more fuel per cycle which creates more power.  it does that by moving the intake location from under the hood to typically inside the wheel well or somewhere else away from the engine.  they are also usually insulated to keep the air cold.


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Aha.  Thank you.  Although your explanation seems inconsistent with the posts of eville and cdacadacadd.
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Originally posted by Rambino Rambino wrote:

Aha.  Thank you.  Although your explanation seems inconsistent with the posts of eville and cdacadacadd.


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Originally posted by tallen702 tallen702 wrote:

Erin bought herself a new car yesterday. She got the Mazda 3 Sport hatchback. She almost bought the Mazdaspeed 3 Touring hatchback, but thought the extra $20/mo wasn't worth the extra 100hp. Girls are silly like that I guess. Anyway, it's a nice car, especially for $16,995.00USD ($1,000,000.00CAN). It keeps her payment under $300/mo which is what she wanted and it's still pretty fun to drive. I'll post pics when she gets back from work.


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Eville - sorry, lost track of who I was replying to.
 
This is the exchange on my mind:
 
Originally posted by cdacda13 cdacda13 wrote:

Originally posted by Eville Eville wrote:

why waste money on a CAI?  it doesnt make it sound or look any faster.

So after she wins a race, she can pop the hood and said "Yeah, even my engine looks better than your car."
 
But it sounds like you are saying that a CAI does add HP?
 
Me = confused about teh CAI.
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it does add HP.  I was just saying that because all the things he listed were aesthetics that people commonly put on their car to make it look fast, ricers, if you will.  the CAI adds horsepower but is located under the hood so no one can see it.  His bit about the engine looking better is probably because CAIs are often chrome and colored, making the engine pretty.  
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Tint it and put in a nice system.

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Originally posted by Skillet42565 Skillet42565 wrote:

Throw some D's on it.

Word.

Also, congrats on the new car.
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In before female driver jokes.

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She got the 2.3L They don't make the hatchback in the 2.0 configuration. Minimum trim-line you can get with the hatchback is the 2.3s Sport Edition which is essentially power everything, the 2.3l engine, 17" 5 spoke alloy wheels, a nice stereo, bucket seats, etc. etc.

It's a nice car but doesn't stack up to the Mazda 6s Hatchback that I have. Of course, mine's got a 3L V6 in it.
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the 2.3l duratech is a good engine, same one thats in my focus.  nice cars those 3s are.
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