Mazda3

[King12]

if the stock oil is fully syn (w/c i assume is), change it after 10k kms.
i think its either 10k km or 6months, whichever comes first.

that makes sense, thank you.. I will double check on this... What is standard oil being used by Mazda3... I bought my car from Mazda Makati last May...

[cardo]

for fully syn oils, castrol magnatec is used in mazda alabang. i got a free audio cd(castrol) as well when I upgrade to us fully syn oil

[pdc2]

It's 99% cosmetic. My cousin owns an old Mazda3 and says he prefers the old one better, as some of the new plastics and materials are kinda so-so (at medyo makapal daw ang leather steering wheel for him... kinda like BMW's new fatty steering wheels). He also says that the ride is softer (he prefers the stiffer ride of the older Mazda3).

Still looks really good inside... and I agree... sobrang cute ang Sublime Green...

:question: is there a difference in the suspension of the old and new Mazda3? I thought aesthetics lang ang updates...

[pdc2]

anyone here using velocity or blaze on their mazda 3? i read in a thread somewhere before that high rated octane gas is not good for mazda's engine...

[alanregin]

anyone here using velocity or blaze on their mazda 3? i read in a thread somewhere before that high rated octane gas is not good for mazda's engine...

I've never tried blaze or velocity, my SA said to me to use only 93% octane rating unleaded gas. pero parang minsan bitin yun hatak.

[a4Tech]

I've never tried blaze or velocity, my SA said to me to use only 93% octane rating unleaded gas. pero parang minsan bitin yun hatak.

If you are using shell unleaded bitin talaga sa hatak. Experience ko yan sa 2.0 R na daily drive ko.

Ako whenever possible petron xtra.

[niky]

:question: is there a difference in the suspension of the old and new Mazda3? I thought aesthetics lang ang updates...

Mazda changed a few things here and there under the body. Supposedly, the Mazda3 is now somewhat stiffer and they've retuned the suspension to take advantage of it.

Seems they tuned the shocks softer to take advantage of the stiffening... it still feels planted and body control and handling are still at the top of the class, but there seems to be more body movement over undulations than before.

A good contrast is the Focus... while the Focus received a slight cosmetic update, the suspension is unchanged... which means it now actually feels a bit stiffer than the Mazda3 (at least on the same 205/55R16 tires... I don't know about the new Mazda3 2.0R).

[docchris]

ive tried all 3 gasoline, caltex gold, petron blaze, and shell vpower...the best yung blaze, macocompare mo talaga sa regular unleaded dahil hindi hirap...parang bagong labas sa casa yung auto...pero eversince may nabasa nga ako na bad for the car yung higher octane, regular na lang din gamit ko and masyado na din mahal premium unleaded sa panahon ngayon...

[cardo]

i thought 93 ang octane rating na dapat gamitin? isnt blaze is 95 or 97 ata?

guys... anyone know where is the cheapest led taillights sold for mazda3?

[niky]

High octane shouldn't hurt an engine.

The only way you can incur engine damage from gasoline is from using ethanol-blends on a non-ethanol compatible engine or by using a gasoline with too little octane for your engine's compression and timing presets.

All that BS service advisers spout about high octane hurting your engine (like with that one lemon Optra unit a few years ago) is pure crap. Unless it's high octane because there's toulene in it or it's race gas... then it's perfectly safe.

[docchris]

i had my led tailights placed last january...13500 pa nun e...tho medyo ngyn ung isang side not as bright na...and im not sure if my replace ment para dun sa bulbs lang...6 thou ata score ko dun sa led light sa gitna...forgot what those are called.....

may nabasa nga ko na bawal...pero that was after i was using blaze and all...since then i stopped...ok na rin kasi nga mhal n mga high octane ngyn...presyo ng regualar unleaded ngyn ung presyo ng high octane noon...hehe

[docchris]

who knows how much the aero grills are? gs2 ko sana e..and saan pala...sanalang hindi sa starbright..hehe...grabe gnawa nila sa auto nung kada ko...

[Lucius]

Atoy ka na lang dami dun. Or join us * www.clubmazda3.org

Di ko kasi kabisado mga name name ng unleaded, so wherever gas station I go I simply ask for the "pinaka-normal" na unleaded hehehehe

Sarap talaga Mazda3, head turner. Mas lalo na pag wala na door mouldings!

[docchris]

Atoy ka na lang dami dun. Or join us * www.clubmazda3.org

Di ko kasi kabisado mga name name ng unleaded, so wherever gas station I go I simply ask for the "pinaka-normal" na unleaded hehehehe

Sarap talaga Mazda3, head turner. Mas lalo na pag wala na door mouldings!

mga how much sa atoy...definitely hinid na sa starbright? hehe...how do i join ba? do i get free aero grills for joining? hahaha

wow...pinaka normal...masabi nga yun sa gas station...masubukan...wag sana ko bigyan diesel..hehe

onga e...sarap nga drive e...hehe...worth every penny... i mean piso

[docchris]

ano yung door mouldings? hehe...pano mawawala...alam ko ung door but not mouldings...hehehe sorry...

[redshift]

2009 Mazda 3:

[jerichoh2000]

if the stock oil is fully syn (w/c i assume is), change it after 10k kms.
i think its either 10k km or 6months, whichever comes first.

hi sir..newbie here...i actually own a 2005 mazda 1.6V... you mentioned in a previous thread that you added aux, audio in..pano po ginawa yun? sa casa? magkano po ang damage?

next question po is...anong oil brand po ba ang ginagamit nyo sa change oil? castrol fla rs 10w50 yun nakalagay sakin....lastly po... kapag nag oxidize yun headlights..mejo malabo..sa casa lang po ba pinapaayos yun or ok na sa banawe? salamat ng marami!

[PareKoy]

Hi,

Does anyone here know if the model they are selling in the dealer now is 2007 or 2008 model? Balak po kasi namin bumili ng mazda3. From the posts here, it looks like they are still selling the 2007-released model. Advisable po ba bumili neto or should i wait until they release a newly-facelifted model? Also, anung mga freebies should i insist that they give me? All I could squeeze out of my SA is the 65k discount and the free LTO registration. May nakakuha po ba dito ng free insurance? Or baka may contacts kayo jan ng Mazda SA na makakabigay nung free insurance, pa PM naman.

Thanks in advance.

[niky]

It's not just a facelift... it's more along the lines of Honda's midmodel change... it features minor mechanical revisions to the powertrain and suspension.

It's probably worth getting... there might be no more mechanical revisions for the next facelift... not until the next Mazda3 gets released.

[PareKoy]

Thanks niky.

I was able to get another 20k discount from my SA. That brings my total discount to P85k + free LTO registration. Hmmm, the only problem now is what color to choose. I'm leaning towards choosing the white. Anyone have any input regarding the color?