Fixed the Mazda3

"way2blu does a rev update" (way2blu) 11/27/2018 at 20:19 • Filed to: Mazda

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If Mazda doesn’t offer pillar badges, then the aftermarket will. Calling it today.

MM54 > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 20:25

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I mean... I guess you’ve got to have something to occupy that acre of sheetmetal.

way2blu does a rev update > MM54 11/27/2018 at 20:28

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It’s the perfect solution. Mazda gets to maintain the aggressive proportions of the concept, while also getting to spice up the daylight opening with a retro badge. Maybe it can say “SPCCI” or something to indicate the Skyactiv-X models too.

MM54 > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 20:30

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Can I get windows there so one can actually see out of the back of it?

way2blu does a rev update > MM54 11/27/2018 at 20:33

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In my experience, it’s not the C-pillar that gets you, it’s the B-pillar.

I learned to drive on a Fiat 500 Abarth, which had a B-pillar that blocked the driver’s-side quarter window completely. Look over your left shoulder and stare into... nothing. Complete blind spot on the left.

I have a feeling the Mazda won’t have that problem.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MM54 11/27/2018 at 20:44

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This.

MM54 > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 20:44

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I’ve had the chance to spend a decent amount of time behind the wheel of many varieties of modern cars (rentals for work travel) and, while the B pillar is brutal on “look over the left shoulder” I’ve found what’s behind there is just as bad, especially when the rearview mirror looks like it’s going down a tunnel with a pinpoint of window at the back (like a new Camaro). This will have that.

I don’t even want to imagine trying to see to back out of a parking space with that C pillar.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 20:47

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There. I fixed it. I am sure someone with more time and skills can do better than my MSpaint hack job,

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 20:53

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Alternatively, fake vents. Or rockets.

Or better yet...bring back landau.

way2blu does a rev update > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 11/27/2018 at 20:56

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That doesn’t solve any visibility issues though. Mazda would just have a black-painted “window” that’s actually just C-pillar.

Like a Camry.

Not okay. #fakewindows

way2blu does a rev update > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/27/2018 at 20:57

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The badge could pop out for maneuvering rockets like on the next-gen Tesla Roadster... Zoom-Zoom indeed!

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 20:58

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wut?

I meant to show those should have been real windows. Why would I go through that effort to suggest they be the fake ones?

Future Heap Owner > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 21:01

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So, how long until the side windows are just gone?

way2blu does a rev update > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 11/27/2018 at 21:02

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With the 3's packaging, it’s probably impossible to fit any meaningful daylight opening in that small of a space. Most cars just have the “Floating Roof” now.

Good luck seeing anything through that little window after the C-pillar...

The better option for visibility is a wagon:

way2blu does a rev update > Future Heap Owner 11/27/2018 at 21:04

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Several months.

It’ll be just a giant retro Mazda badge across the whole side of the car.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 21:08

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A Mazda 3 Wagon? AHAHAHAH like THAT’s going to happen.

OK I guess we just have to hope their Blind Spot system is real good now.

AestheticsInMotion > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 22:43

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The better option is lower door sills

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > way2blu does a rev update 11/27/2018 at 23:07

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And blind spot monitoring will be a $7,000 option

AdverseMartyr > MM54 11/28/2018 at 06:58

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Why not have a camera hidden in the badge that projects the view onto an OLED screen on the other side of the pillar. You get to see, they get to charge an ungodly amount extra, and cool concept  structural integrity stays intact.

AdverseMartyr > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/28/2018 at 06:59

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Dammit! I thought that was my idea. I’m always too late.

Khalbali > way2blu does a rev update 11/28/2018 at 12:03

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I like that you used the old school emblem.

MM54 > AdverseMartyr 11/28/2018 at 18:44

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Because a window will still work in 5 years.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > way2blu does a rev update 11/28/2018 at 23:01

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I actually really like the looks of the X2. Especially in this blue that I saw parked in the local mall the other day.

AdverseMartyr > MM54 11/29/2018 at 04:47

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Yeah, the cost of repairing it was part of what I was thinking with the “charge an ungodly amount extra” portion of the comment.