I am new to the Mazda/MazdaSpeed life, as I have been a Speed3 owner for about a week now, after purchasing @speed3bob 's red gen 1 after he posted it for sale here on the forums. I had her shipped down from MA to LA using Auto Movers USA, which was a pretty smooth and painless process, and got plates on her the next day.
My primary reason for buying an MS3 was to replace my current DD (R53 MINI Cooper S); as it was getting too small for family needs, and I wanted something fun with 4+ doors to drive daily, that I could slowly mod over time. Will primarily be smaller bolt-on and cosmetics upgrades for 6-12 months before doing any big performance mods, but will post anything significant here.
Immediate plans:
My primary reason for buying an MS3 was to replace my current DD (R53 MINI Cooper S); as it was getting too small for family needs, and I wanted something fun with 4+ doors to drive daily, that I could slowly mod over time. Will primarily be smaller bolt-on and cosmetics upgrades for 6-12 months before doing any big performance mods, but will post anything significant here.
Immediate plans:
- Just swooped a CPE RMM from their clearance sale - will install that soon.
- Cobb shifter weight to replace the heavy stock weight
- Remove side moldings
- Some tints to keep out the LA heat
- Sexy shiftknob from @Maisonvi
- Upgrading whatever @JohnnyTightlips breaks when he drives it next month
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