I was given 190$ extra this week in the end + I love my Mazda dealership.

"RotaryLover" (rotarylover) 12/04/2013 at 17:05 • Filed to: Mazdalopnik

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Not my car in the picture btw!

The broker gave me 160 instead of 150$ for the great work I did in the cold morning yesterday. And then I got 30$ for free in the mailbox because of a lawsuit against Danone. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

I gave an oil change to the Mazda 3 right after and it's now running with Motorcraft synthetic 5w20 and a Motorcraft FL910s filter. The engine is running smoooooootthhhh and silent! Tomorrow I have to do the big service on it at the dealership + the power steering fluid change as well. I also ordered a speaker for the rear passenger door (only 30$) as it was blown and surprisingly, the parts guy which is a good friend, told me that they ordered 17 of theses this year as they blow all the time (keep that in mind if you have a Mazda 3 2010+). Then I talked about my key hole for the trunk that felt like there was something stuck in it which made my key unable to go all the way inside despite lube. He knows I'm a mechanic and knows I can do DIY stuff since they saw my Miata from day one. He told me to remove it and send it to a locksmith and that it will cost me 20$ while keeping the same key. This is why I love my Mazda Dealership. They wont say shit like, dude you have to replace this with no explanation, they WILL try to find the best solution that will cost the less for a DIY guy like me and will print plans of the car to help me. Also I always get 10% less or more when the guy feels like it on parts. He even told me a good secret about the carpets they have, "The carpets cost 5-10$ but we sell them for 30-50$...so if you ever wanna get carpets for cheap, you know who to talk to hahahaha.". I don't know how other dealerships treat you guys, but I love this one. I'm staying with Mazda all the way because of that.

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:13

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The local Chevrolet Dealers love me, I'm always in there picking their brains.

They discount my parts, they ask about the car and why the hell I did all that work on a Cobalt. lol

190e30-Now with COSWORTH > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:16

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That's yours in the picture?

Looks ridiculously awesome.

Crocket Bernet > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:16

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Is that your Mazda? Its beautiful.

RotaryLover > Crocket Bernet 12/04/2013 at 17:23

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Sadly no, but I wish!

RotaryLover > 190e30-Now with COSWORTH 12/04/2013 at 17:23

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Sadly no, I wish though!

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 17:29

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Hahahaha they did the same with me and at first when I wanted to pour a lot on my slushbox Mazda 3.

Post some pictures of yours! I wanna see it.

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:37

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I love when my car breaks <3

When I was pulling the old engine out.

Mods

2012 Opel Astra OPC engine

High compression (for a boosted car) 9.5:1

Custom charge piping big front mount intercooler custom intake

Catless Downpipe with a muffler delete

Custom tune estimated 312whp and 400+wtq

Stage 5 Kevlar solid disc clutch

Lots of mods to come.

Can not wait til I have money again to get back to the car, it is my daily driver as well. Which is that much more impressive.

Tom McParland > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:38

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I kinda want those rims...

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 17:45

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Jesus, how much did the engine alone cost??

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:47

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Enough... lololololol

I had gotten money back off of student loans and scholarships so I used it towards the engine. All in all I spent around 5500+ in a weekend prepping for the engine. And getting the engine.

RotaryLover > Tom McParland 12/04/2013 at 17:47

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You and I both. Enkei Raijin.

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 17:48

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damnnnnn!

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 17:51

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It's a fun car, its my daily driver, my project, pretty much my heart is in this car.

It's a fun little thing. Peppy as fuck

I make peak tq at around 2500rpm or so

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 17:59

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I wish I would find a car that gave me the same spark. I'm still looking though! Continue the project! It's looking really good :D

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 18:03

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Thanks haha

Do what I did, drive around to dealerships looking at cars til one just draws you in

Or go to scrap yards, 3 or 4 of my projects were scrap yard specials.

94 Corolla on coilovers, high compression build, mild cam, actually a fast natrually aspirated car lol

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 18:11

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So far, that's the one that I really wanna get, even though I hated the way it drives.

But it has everything I need look wise. All I'll need to work on is the suspension and the engine.

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 18:13

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I've had two. Both were first gens, one was supercharged and pretty much track prepped.

The other had a cage and was lowered.

I wish I took pics of them, but I owned them for such a short time it didn't really matter. Fun little cars

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 18:18

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I have a first gen myself, but I trashed it bad (too fun) and it was my first manual car ever + it was already in bad shape before I bought it.

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 18:19

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Both mine were in mint condition, I sold them for more than I paid. I was a happy camper

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 18:27

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I wish I could get the same...amount that I pay for it.

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 18:35

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what did you pay for yours? If you don't mind me asking

I paid 2500$ for the pair of them

No rust, no rot, no issues.

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 18:42

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4000$ with all the tax. I have no rust and it had been repainted. But the exhaust system, the engine (for one with less mileage), the transmission (might as well add it) needs to be replaced. The interior is in bad shape.

imadeaburner > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 18:44

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I sold the white one for 3500$ i tihnk and the green supercharged one for around 4.5k.

Both ran like champs

And no one around here was really hopping on them lol

RotaryLover > imadeaburner 12/04/2013 at 18:56

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Here they wont jump on it unless I sell it for 2000$...

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > RotaryLover 12/04/2013 at 19:44

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Daddies are proud of you, Helmut. :)