Mazda3 v Honda Civic (2006) [Merged]

[boglish]

Civic 06 is now available.. anybody here who has one already? feedback

[Bravoexo]

He he he... may sariling thread po ang FD Civic (8th Gen)

[odell]

sa edmunds.. mas mazda3 sila.... hmmmm.. dame na kase mz3 ngayon... nakakasawa... pero feeling ko dadame din ang civics.. hehehe

[Bravoexo]

At least dalawang klase, sedan at hatch... he he he

[odell]

pag ikaw bravoexo.. pagpapalit mo ba mz3 mo sa civic? :D

[Bravoexo]

Di kasya laptop ko sa glovebox ng civic, buti pa sa mz3 ko. ha ha ha.....joke.

[mackieboy]

Di kasya laptop ko sa glovebox ng civic, buti pa sa mz3 ko. ha ha ha.....joke.

hehehe

[miLes]

haha pero ang laki nga ng glove compartment ng 3, pwede ka magtago ata ng infant dun hehe

[number001]

One thing I dont like about the "3" is that its 1.6 engine cannot seem to take higher octane rating fuel like Shell's Velocity, Petron's XCS, Caltex's Blaze, etc.... Use only regular unleaded fuel.

[Bravoexo]

haha pero ang laki nga ng glove compartment ng 3, pwede ka magtago ata ng infant dun hehe

Wag naman...ha ha ha...

The stock HU actually fits inside, with room to spare.

[Bravoexo]

One thing I dont like about the "3" is that its 1.6 engine cannot seem to take higher octane rating fuel like Shell's Velocity, Petron's XCS, Caltex's Blaze, etc.... Use only regular unleaded fuel.

Caltex's Blaze? I am not using Caltex for a while now, pero akala ko Petron ang Blaze...baka nagkakamali ako.

All mz3 engines aren't recommended to use our country's above 93 Octane unleaded gas. (Per the Asian and EU Manual, not the NAmerican manual)(Some clubmazda3 members are on Velocity, I believe.) But it's not the case outside our country.

[number001]

Caltex's Blaze? I am not using Caltex for a while now, pero akala ko Petron ang Blaze...baka nagkakamali ako.

All mz3 engines aren't recommended to use our country's above 93 Octane unleaded gas. (Per the Asian and EU Manual, not the NAmerican manual)(Some clubmazda3 members are on Velocity, I believe.) But it's not the case outside our country.

You're right its Petron Blaze, my bad. The SA even mentioned that Petron XCS is not compatible also. He said simply pick the unleaded fuel of any brand would be fine.

[jg2003]

di ba mas ok nga if ganun ang case for mz3 coz mas mura unleaded? :=)

[Bravoexo]

You're right its Petron Blaze, my bad. The SA even mentioned that Petron XCS is not compatible also. He said simply pick the unleaded fuel of any brand would be fine.

This probably is probably due to two things... 1 is that the manual recommends only up to 93. And the other is that incident where a mz3 owner's engine was full of crud from using XCS...because of all that additive in XCS that makes it the preferred fuel alternative to the older engines that came out before unleaded fuels came out. (technically, all our fuels are unleaded already...they differ in octane and additives present.)

Sa US, the mazda3 drag car uses 100 Octane, and most boosted 3's there use 100 Octane when they dyno above 20psi.

[number001]

Btw, the fuel restrictions are for the Mazda 1.6li only. The 2.0li "R" can handle all types of fuel octane.

[parakitoJDM]

di ba mas ok nga if ganun ang case for mz3 coz mas mura unleaded? :=)

i believe you are right, it means the engine is optimized for Lower Octane gas. and pumping in Higher Octane gas won't have the added benefit of higher power so that's why they probably don't recommend it.

[yujiboy]

[Bravoexo]

eh?

[yuichi]

just saw both parked quite close to each other in hk last sat.....at a glance mas malkas dating ng 3...mas sporty sya...peo habang tumatagal mas nagugustuhan ko si vic...lalo interior...ewan ko lng sa ride at handling.

[finchy18]

Same lng cla.. gusto ko cla dalawa.. haha