2010 Speed 3 and I keep her basically stock. She has a Cobb SRI and a CP-E rear motor mount. I get some vibrations mostly at idle but nothing on highway speeds. I love this car and have had no major problems for being about 8 years old and me pushing it every day.
As someone who had a 2005 Mazda 3 as my first car and a 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 as my current daily, the stiffer suspension is also another huge thing to deal with. Living in Toronto, Ontario the roads here get pretty bad in the spring so some of the potholes can get pretty rough matched with the oem suspension setup. But I still cant think of any other car that can do what this car can with the fun and practicality.
One thing about the interor, at least in my gen 1 is that the side of the seats are black wholes. If something drops down there I carry a grabber tool just to get my phone out of the abyss.
Same here. I used to drive a Forester and it was so easy to reach under the seats and get something. In my speed if something falls down there I immediately want to scream.
its not as bad as you put it out to be... the clutch is softer than most of the older cars and is actually very comfortable, i get 700km on a tank with highway driving
I feel I have to be so specific with the clutch, if i don’t get it just right shifting or starting in first won’t be smooth. Focus ST clutch is much more forgiving.
The Focus ST, depending on the model, “is more forgiving at shifting because it is has a lesser drivetrain than the Speed3”... that simple. The issue Spee3 owners (at least Gen2) with their transmission is... it requires to gain temperature to shift properly. At least over here in Mexico the transmission lubricant of the transaxle is too heavy and dense at cool temperatures, so even if the engine coolant/oil reach 80 deg Celsius the transmission is still cold and sticky. after a 15 drive it finally feels soft to shift, so racing it prior to these warm temperatures will produce errors and drivers will think its their fault (shift)... when the error was pushing the transmission too early, thermodynamically speaking
Daily driving a lightly modded MS3 Gen2. A couple of drivability/comfort upgrades and it's a respectable daily driver. The Luk clutch is not heavy at all imo for the horsepower it makes. I have no prob in traffic. Big thing I agree with though is the weird biting point. I got used to it within a week or two of driving it. But it makes it hard to switch between a car with a normal bite vs this one haha
When it comes to a MPS/Mazdaspeed 3, about the only items shared with the standard Mazda 3 are the body shell (with substantial stiffening in the case of the MPS/MS3), the headlining and the dash crash pad - Almost everything else is different from the standard Mazda 3. As an ex Mazda tech and owner of many, many Mazda 3's I drive my series 1 MPS daily and it's fine, in fact I love it. It seems your biggest issue is the aftermarket rear motor mount. I didn't even bother with the rear mount, I'm still using the factory mount and it's lasted 120,000klms no worries - Having said that, I enjoy my car, but I'm not really interested in 'launching it'.
@@ColtonRichter My series 1 BK SP23 with lowered progressive springs and upgraded swaybars was a nice car, but it didn't hold a candle to my MPS - The MPS is just so well balanced on the road, I literally love driving it! Yep, the clutch gets bloody heavy in traffic and I wish I had my auto SP23 when I'm just creeping along, but it's a small price to pay for a massive improvement in performance. Try fitting a solid, lightened flywheel in place of the dual mass flywheel and hear the rollover noise at idle! That can get annoying at times, but there's still not many vehicles I'd swap my MPS for. The trick with the MPS if you want to use it for a daily is not to go outright crazy with bolt ons - They're crazy fun from the factory.
I daily my gen 2 speed 3... and its CS turbo, 3.5" intake, BOV, FMIC, Catless downpipe, rmm... i think its a good daily haha. 21-23mpg driving it as a speed should be driven.
I've got the 2010 mazda 3 gt 2.5 basicaly the mazdaspeed without a lsd diff, the 2.3 and a turbo. But my clutch bitting point is also realy weird . Its like you eaither under rev it and the car jerks, or over rev it a bit everytime. Its so hard to get the perfect balance, and I don t know if its the clutch or the gas pedal sensitivity or maybe i'm insane.
Have all three mounts since 2017 and I love it... well the cabin makes more noise than the engine, lol grr ... but the feel of the car, the shifting and how grip is applied to the road changed a lot. Not for the weak at heart... but then again I am a girl, he he.
I have a Mazda 3 S (not the speed sadly) and it's my first manual car. I'm having trouble starting out in first because of how sensitive the throttle is. Even as I barely press it, it goes up to 2000rpm which is too much. How do you guys do it? Anyways nice car man! Wish they'd bring the speed back.
It's all about getting used to it! I can drive my old Mazda 3 fluently, and my Speed 3 but i'll hop in a Speed 6 or MX5 and can't get the hang of it for awhile haha
@@ColtonRichter thanks for the response! That's the thing though, I've been driving it for a few months and it's still getting the best of me. How long did it take you?
@@birdman1200 When I first started driving manual on the Mazda 3 for my first time, for me to be able to fluently nail it each time ALMOST perfectly was about 4 months in when I felt comfortable driving it everywhere. This was also daily driving too, so don't feel bad if it's taking you awhile!
Anyone throwing a p2187 code on a gen1. System too lean at idle. I have had this problem now and its getting expensive. Ive done: Clean MAF 02 sensor replaced Purge valve/solenoid replaced Smoke test for vacuum leak
As an ex Mazda tech and gen 1 MPS owner, I've seen that code on gen 1's where the air box isn't locked down. The cooling fan kicks in and air is forced I to the airbox, bypassing any air filter resulting in a lean running fault code.
People need to understand that the Mazdaspeed 3 basically shares the chassis (with significant stiffening), the dash crash pad, the headlining and the windows with the standard Mazda 3 'family car'. Literally everything else is different from the standard Mazda 3, especially in the case of the gen 1 Mazdaspeed 3/MPS.
Only 400km on a tank? Yikes. The hatchbacks have 60L tanks, too. So that's like 15L/100km, or 16 MPG. Yikes. Oh and the price of gas in BC. Yikes. And it needs premium, too. Yikes.
2010 Speed 3 and I keep her basically stock. She has a Cobb SRI and a CP-E rear motor mount. I get some vibrations mostly at idle but nothing on highway speeds. I love this car and have had no major problems for being about 8 years old and me pushing it every day.
How many miles do you have onto it?
Any updates?
As someone who had a 2005 Mazda 3 as my first car and a 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 as my current daily, the stiffer suspension is also another huge thing to deal with. Living in Toronto, Ontario the roads here get pretty bad in the spring so some of the potholes can get pretty rough matched with the oem suspension setup. But I still cant think of any other car that can do what this car can with the fun and practicality.
100% true, even though in the end with my 3 I went super low 😂
How many miles you got
One thing about the interor, at least in my gen 1 is that the side of the seats are black wholes. If something drops down there I carry a grabber tool just to get my phone out of the abyss.
Same here. I used to drive a Forester and it was so easy to reach under the seats and get something. In my speed if something falls down there I immediately want to scream.
its not as bad as you put it out to be... the clutch is softer than most of the older cars and is actually very comfortable, i get 700km on a tank with highway driving
I feel I have to be so specific with the clutch, if i don’t get it just right shifting or starting in first won’t be smooth. Focus ST clutch is much more forgiving.
Never driven an ST although it would be interesting especially since it's always been considered the Speed competitor
The Focus ST, depending on the model, “is more forgiving at shifting because it is has a lesser drivetrain than the Speed3”... that simple.
The issue Spee3 owners (at least Gen2) with their transmission is... it requires to gain temperature to shift properly.
At least over here in Mexico the transmission lubricant of the transaxle is too heavy and dense at cool temperatures, so even if the engine coolant/oil reach 80 deg Celsius the transmission is still cold and sticky.
after a 15 drive it finally feels soft to shift, so racing it prior to these warm temperatures will produce errors and drivers will think its their fault (shift)... when the error was pushing the transmission too early, thermodynamically speaking
Daily driving a lightly modded MS3 Gen2. A couple of drivability/comfort upgrades and it's a respectable daily driver. The Luk clutch is not heavy at all imo for the horsepower it makes. I have no prob in traffic.
Big thing I agree with though is the weird biting point. I got used to it within a week or two of driving it. But it makes it hard to switch between a car with a normal bite vs this one haha
vtru
I love daily driving my 1st gen, it’s not so bad.
When it comes to a MPS/Mazdaspeed 3, about the only items shared with the standard Mazda 3 are the body shell (with substantial stiffening in the case of the MPS/MS3), the headlining and the dash crash pad - Almost everything else is different from the standard Mazda 3. As an ex Mazda tech and owner of many, many Mazda 3's I drive my series 1 MPS daily and it's fine, in fact I love it. It seems your biggest issue is the aftermarket rear motor mount. I didn't even bother with the rear mount, I'm still using the factory mount and it's lasted 120,000klms no worries - Having said that, I enjoy my car, but I'm not really interested in 'launching it'.
Fair! I have a lot of friends with Stage 2+ MS3's and they would all love to daily a stock one haha
@@ColtonRichter My series 1 BK SP23 with lowered progressive springs and upgraded swaybars was a nice car, but it didn't hold a candle to my MPS - The MPS is just so well balanced on the road, I literally love driving it! Yep, the clutch gets bloody heavy in traffic and I wish I had my auto SP23 when I'm just creeping along, but it's a small price to pay for a massive improvement in performance. Try fitting a solid, lightened flywheel in place of the dual mass flywheel and hear the rollover noise at idle! That can get annoying at times, but there's still not many vehicles I'd swap my MPS for. The trick with the MPS if you want to use it for a daily is not to go outright crazy with bolt ons - They're crazy fun from the factory.
True!
I daily my gen 2 speed 3... and its CS turbo, 3.5" intake, BOV, FMIC, Catless downpipe, rmm... i think its a good daily haha. 21-23mpg driving it as a speed should be driven.
That's a little different cause it's actually FUN xd, in my case it's in the preparation stage so it's annoying 😂
How’s the reliability as a daily?
I've got the 2010 mazda 3 gt 2.5 basicaly the mazdaspeed without a lsd diff, the 2.3 and a turbo. But my clutch bitting point is also realy weird . Its like you eaither under rev it and the car jerks, or over rev it a bit everytime. Its so hard to get the perfect balance, and I don t know if its the clutch or the gas pedal sensitivity or maybe i'm insane.
If you actually look at carcomplaints.com the clutch is the biggest problem with this generation of 3's.
I agree. I'm pretty much used to it by now but I still have to try to get smooth shifts sometimes.
I learned to drive on a manual rav4, I far prefer the speed’s clutch.
Nice video!
@0:11 the OG returns
It'll have a dedicated video soon ;)
@@ColtonRichter post notifications have been on so ill be ready
are you gonna re wrap the red bc its odd having 2 shades of red it doesn't match the shift knob
Yeah it's temporary, thinking of either suede wrapping the door panels and the decoration trim or just sourcing out a red to match
I own a speed3 and the only thing i hate about daily driving it is how finicky the clutch is and i get 18 mpg which it isnt too bad
tru
Do you think Mazda 3 is good for a daily driver ? I own a Mazda 3 2.3L
Yes, theyre pretty good for what it is
I used to daily drive a Mazda 3, even being lowered and loud I still miss daily driving it!
Clutch isn’t that heavy unless you might have a aftermarket clutch?
Its heavier than a Mazda 3 but not that heavy
I really milked how heavy I made it sound, it's not horrible but it's noticeable
Do you regret putting that motor mount in? (Its a RMM right?) I've been thinking about buying one but now you got me scared lmao.
Definitely not, it's done so well for me couldn't even imagine trying to do a pull with the stock RMM 😂
Have all three mounts since 2017 and I love it... well the cabin makes more noise than the engine, lol grr ... but the feel of the car, the shifting and how grip is applied to the road changed a lot.
Not for the weak at heart... but then again I am a girl, he he.
whats insurance like on one of these?
Insurance is same as Mazda 3, under insurnace MazdaSpeed's aren't a thing
I have a Mazda 3 S (not the speed sadly) and it's my first manual car. I'm having trouble starting out in first because of how sensitive the throttle is. Even as I barely press it, it goes up to 2000rpm which is too much. How do you guys do it? Anyways nice car man! Wish they'd bring the speed back.
It's all about getting used to it! I can drive my old Mazda 3 fluently, and my Speed 3 but i'll hop in a Speed 6 or MX5 and can't get the hang of it for awhile haha
@@ColtonRichter thanks for the response! That's the thing though, I've been driving it for a few months and it's still getting the best of me. How long did it take you?
@@birdman1200 When I first started driving manual on the Mazda 3 for my first time, for me to be able to fluently nail it each time ALMOST perfectly was about 4 months in when I felt comfortable driving it everywhere. This was also daily driving too, so don't feel bad if it's taking you awhile!
@@ColtonRichter ohhh alright then thanks man! Really appreciate it.
Didn’t torque the motor mount bolts correct
I've re-torqued and even switched mounts haha, just a Speed thing
Colton Richter fkn Mazda’s
Does a muffler-delete reduce the value of the car?
dont bother just get a catless downpipe or resonator delete
To a soccer Mom, yes
To us, consider it a "custom" exhaust 😂
What's the cheaper route? you're talking to a student on a budget here
Muffler delete baby 😂
I just bought a 2012 speed3 to daily it’s way cheaper and a beaut to drive, than my rx8 or my FD, and definitely cheaper than my truck😂
😆😆😆
I had a gen 1 for a while didnt hate the clutch blew the engine up bought a 2019 wrx rather fixing it lol
😂
How did you blow your engine?
joseph ferreira probably by being a dumbass
What's It Like Daily Driving a MazdaSpeed? For me it is expensive :-D
😂
Mine is expensive just because I can't make myself stop getting into boost every 5 seconds
truth
It was like going to a Prius for me from my FD rx7 😂
Anyone throwing a p2187 code on a gen1. System too lean at idle. I have had this problem now and its getting expensive. Ive done:
Clean MAF
02 sensor replaced
Purge valve/solenoid replaced
Smoke test for vacuum leak
Two Bunz I had that code on my gen1 3 and I bought a new maf sensor and it went away
As an ex Mazda tech and gen 1 MPS owner, I've seen that code on gen 1's where the air box isn't locked down. The cooling fan kicks in and air is forced I to the airbox, bypassing any air filter resulting in a lean running fault code.
People need to understand that the Mazdaspeed 3 basically shares the chassis (with significant stiffening), the dash crash pad, the headlining and the windows with the standard Mazda 3 'family car'. Literally everything else is different from the standard Mazda 3, especially in the case of the gen 1 Mazdaspeed 3/MPS.
How’s the fuel consumption as a daily driver?
I average 9.5-10.5L/100km, which consists of 75% city driving and a ton of boosty fun 😅😂
I avg 30mpg on mostly highway driving
So you got 248.548 miles to the tank with your MS3.🤓
👏👏👏
@@ColtonRichter Thank you. 🤓😊
Turbo the sedan!!!!!
I wish 😂
Colton Richter Haha. I have and thought about doing a supercharger.
Only 400km on a tank? Yikes. The hatchbacks have 60L tanks, too. So that's like 15L/100km, or 16 MPG. Yikes. Oh and the price of gas in BC. Yikes. And it needs premium, too. Yikes.
Can I get yikes reacts only?
=> Buys high performance hatchback => worried about fuel economy => Yikes
*mazda 3 with a turbo and a hoodscoop. yikes
I suppose some could see it as an achievement to get 16 MPG from a 2.3L 4 cylinder engine.
@@logicalnerd1517 i get 9.0 L/100km with my modded speed. its all how you drive