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Old 06-24-2010, 12:59 AM   #11
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The speed 3 is tight for anything bigger than a teen boy.
I'm 5'10", ~190 and it's not that tight for me.
Granted, there are a good few teenage boys bigger than me.
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Old 06-25-2010, 04:19 AM   #12
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Five foot, ten 225 and it was cutting off the circulation in my legs and squeezing my ribs uncomfortably and the console felt as if it was pushing me out the door...even the wife, the car was for her, was not comfortable, at all.
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Old 06-25-2010, 09:42 AM   #13
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split into new thread... you jacking bastards
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Old 06-25-2010, 10:53 AM   #14
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Five foot, ten 225 and it was cutting off the circulation in my legs and squeezing my ribs uncomfortably and the console felt as if it was pushing me out the door...even the wife, the car was for her, was not comfortable, at all.
Adjust the seat

Seriously though, some reviewers did say it wasn't all that comfortable, but I've yet to have a problem with it.
My only sort-of issue is simply one of technique... relearning the art of the smooth launch and seamless upshift.


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Old 06-25-2010, 04:06 PM   #15
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It launched wonderfully, smooth shifts and cornered like a kart, just a tight cabin to us.
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Old 06-25-2010, 04:12 PM   #16
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Yep and made down the street from my place.
Hey is it made down from your place?
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Old 06-25-2010, 09:08 PM   #17
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Hey is it made down from your place?
I think it might be made just down the street from my humble abboad
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Old 06-25-2010, 10:10 PM   #18
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The 2010 Mazda3 and Mazdaspeed3 intended for North American sales are built in Hofu City, Yamaguchi, Japan. The Hofu plant is Mazda’s flagship facility where the automaker builds transmissions and the Mazda3, Mazdaspeed3 and Mazda6, however, Mazda6s that are made for the North American market are manufactured in Michigan.

By June 2008, the Hofu plant had produced more than 8 million vehicles and 27 million transmissions since starting operations in 1981.
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Old 06-28-2010, 01:59 AM   #19
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Nice bang for the buck, but that's a lot of power for wrong wheel drive. I'd look @ the WRX, the driving experience would be so much better w/ awd.
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Nice bang for the buck, but that's a lot of power for wrong wheel drive. I'd look @ the WRX, the driving experience would be so much better w/ awd.
Thought about it, but I'd have had to get the base model WRX to get the price I was looking for.

FWD behavior aside, I've been really happy with the Speed3 so far.
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