Oppo imbue me with your 1st Gen MS3 knowledge for reasons....

"SlickMcRick" (slickmcrick) 03/17/2017 at 10:56 • Filed to: None

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CB > SlickMcRick 03/17/2017 at 10:57

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Alleged torque steer for days.

E90M3 > CB 03/17/2017 at 11:00

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FOR DAAAAYYYYSSSSSS.

Nothing > SlickMcRick 03/17/2017 at 11:10

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“Hey, what’s the white smoke from?”

That one appears to be pretty unmolested. All of the ones around here were owned by 20-somethings and were tuned to the edge until they finally blew up. Then after blowing up turbos, the youngsters moved on to blowing up Subarus. I think after that, they went on to used S4s and started blowing those up. Poor cars.

Takuro Spirit > SlickMcRick 03/17/2017 at 11:38

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Turbos eat seals, trans mounts break (there was a recall for that on the early cars), timing chains stretch (there’s a TSB for that), and then there’s your typical Mazda3 rust and suspension issues, the major one being rear shocks that blow out and mounts that break.

Nerd-Vol > SlickMcRick 03/17/2017 at 11:46

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I had one for 5 years and loved it. I traded it with 109000 because I was starting to get concerned about reliability. Fun car, probably would not own another because of how rough the car feels.

Very fun car though.

briannutter1 > SlickMcRick 03/17/2017 at 19:34

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Bought one new. 2nd gear synchro bad from day one. Weird roll steer effect from back axle that never gave me confidence to in a 80mph sweeper. Electronic throttle lacked aftermarket controls in those days and started to close up. Traded for my C5z when my young son called it a racecar and my ex took pity. Good ex. Never looked back. Later ms3's had shit gearing. Both ms3 and wrx similar rust issues, but trusted the wrx more even with a worse engine.

wafflesnfalafel > SlickMcRick 03/17/2017 at 22:41

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Well... is it that 09 you are looking at? By 09 rust issues were much better and engine mounts were better. Still had rear shock issues, (just like all Mazda 3 5drs.) I believe there is a power steering pump recall on that year.