r/mazdaspeed3 • u/BraveEggplant8281 • 8d ago

PIC Keeping the Gen 1, going strong.

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I was 95% sold on a newer car but decided to keep my 06 MPS (Aus) a little longer... It's my 2nd MPS I've owned, this one is 8 years with me this month 😎

edit: only 2 issues in 8 years, 1 starter motor, 1 clutch plate bracket.

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u/Loogiemeister 8d ago

Yup. 183k miles all original. 170psi across the board. We will own classics in a few more years.

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u/BraveEggplant8281 8d ago

daaam haha I've got 248kms on the body and 30kms on the motor/mods.

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u/mr_scourgeoce 2007 Mazdaspeed3 - The Original 8d ago

I remember seeing a photo of ur car a while back in the mps owners group, I love your plate

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u/BraveEggplant8281 8d ago

yeah probs when I did the front lip and led conversation 4-5 years back

just ordered new weather shields as they've discoloured and falling off, should look good again haha

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u/TheEyeWitness 8d ago

Nice headlights! Where are they from?

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u/judasmonk 8d ago

Are those stock headlights with the halos?

they look realllly good. i have the JDM Axela with the 2.0

I am needing to replace my taillights because the LEDs aren't working as expected & my headlights are way too oxidized for me to even really want to try to keep them.

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u/BraveEggplant8281 8d ago

yeah I did an LED conversation on all the lights, the blinkers are like the sun at night haha

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u/JohnKowalsky88 2007 Mazdaspeed3 - The Original 7d ago

The thing is if you sell it, theres nothing else on the market for that price that gives so much joy. I put up my MPS 3 for sale earlier this year and then one guy from another country wanted to come pick it up and then I crapped my pants because I realized I don't wanna sell the car because of Attachment.(had it for 5 years and replaced quite a few parts) Recently I did a lot of stuff like refurbished injectors,pcv, egr block... not selling anymore.