passed 30k miles......still a happy camper!

[ZooZoom]

My odometer showed 30,003 miles when I parked it last night.

Probably the best first 30k miles that I've ever enjoyed in a car.

Still a MS3 Fanboi here! (breakn)

[clos561]

dam dude, alot of miles. good news tho

[ZooZoom]

yeah, it's my only wheels. bought it 1-year ago next week.

and those 30k miles include five track events last year!

heading back to Willowsprings Big Track in three weeks (drive2)

[clos561]

i guess im pretty conservative, i bought mine 06 nov and i have 13.5 k (wrc)

[SPEED305]

excellent news ZooZoom!

[SeminoleMan]

Wow, I have 5-year old P5 that just rolled 40K this week. You do alot of driving!!!

[Gonga]

I am getting ready to hit 36K this week if I dont park it and take the wifes car due to snow storms :P

[SwampAss]

I'm going to roll 20k this week. Still love it.

[BlackCherry06]

Damn...I'm on track to put around 7600 to 7700 miles on my car for it's 1 year anniversary. You guys are some serious road warriors (compared to me).

[Pondo]

holy crap son, you really put out a lot of miles in one year.

[bbychvz]

Damn and I thought my 10100 miles was a lot...
well it kinda is consicering 1 year in May 19.

[Conso]

ill have 20k in about a week, and i will hit my 1 year anny at the end of feb, just pilling on some miles and enjoying every minute of it until mazda brings out the 45th anny rotary rx-? =P

[Sacrilicious]

god i wish i lived in so cal like you and could run summer tires all year round! :'(

[Powerslave]

im at 28k , my freind had 37k on his last october he got one of the first ones a year before that in october. then he totalled it by driving like a mainiac...

[happy and angry]

Anyone with a lot of miles do a lot of track days or drag racing? I'm curious to know how well it holds up over time through hard use. Still pushing just under 6 second 0-60? Still in the low 14s high 13s in the 1/4?

[Sacrilicious]

im at 28k , my freind had 37k on his last october he got one of the first ones a year before that in october. then he totalled it by driving like a mainiac...

he was ok, right? sux...the speeds are droppin like flies left and right...:(

[MS3077]

im at 28k , my freind had 37k on his last october he got one of the first ones a year before that in october. then he totalled it by driving like a mainiac...

What do you mean by driving like a mainiac? Did he crash it or did he total it by driving it like a tool, etc..?

[boost_me]

i have 13,503 as of this morning... makes a yr. next month, daily driven like i stole it...

[MS3077]

I have almost 10k miles on mine and I drive the shyt out of it on a daily basis. I went thru the stock tires in just 3k miles...(drive2)

[ZooZoom]

Anyone with a lot of miles do a lot of track days or drag racing? I'm curious to know how well it holds up over time through hard use. Still pushing just under 6 second 0-60? Still in the low 14s high 13s in the 1/4?

you just described me to a T. over 32k miles now (since I started this thread).

just came back last night from my 6th full-course race track event within 1 year.

Willowsprings Big Track in CA. I ran four hard sessions, each about 15-20 minutes of non-stop, balls-out, hard and fast as she could do.

Absolutely zero problems in 6 track events. This engine, tranny/clutch, drivetrain and brake package is fabulous. And I say that coming from a Subaru background. Although I loved my Subie, I must say this little Mazda is showing a much greater willingness to dish it out without a hint of harm.

Sure, I'm on my 3rd set of aftermarket brake pads, but not because the others were chewed to the bone. I simply like the confidence of knowing my brakes have limitless abuse tolerance without worrying about premature brake fade or God-forbid...brake failure on the track.

I'm uploading a nice 15 min. video right now.....if Goggle video lets me post up a 81 MB file size. (evil)

[ZooZoom]

Mazdaspeed3 in-car Willow Big Track 2/2/08
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2082243466757732325&pr=goog-sl
15 min 56 sec
Description: In-car camera, MazdaSpeed3

hope link works. crappy quality after the vid compression to fit under 100MB

[MS3077]

Awesome video!! Thanks for posting this, it's good to know that our cars can take some serious abuse (drive2)

[Ebruess]

Whoa! I have had my car since Oct 27 and I just rolled 8k this passed weekend.

[astraelraen]

That bmw's spoiler was ridiculous lol. Cool video though. How are those events? Do you get people that really try race you around, or is it mostly just a bunch of random people out having fun? Or a little bit of both.