Hi guys,
Thought I'd introduce my self, my name is Alex and I am a very proud new owner of a 06 MPS 3 in True Red. I live in the south easter suburs of Melbourne, I had the intention of joining the forums a while back since I was doing a bit of research on the 3 MPS, before taking the plunge which I'm now happy I did![]()
I've owned the car now for two weeks, it was purchased from Brighton Mazda with 71,xxxkms and in very tip top condition. I originally come from the Nissan brigade with my hobby/project car being a 75 datsun 180B which I was building for the track and hill clibs, my missus is actually a Mazda owner and drives a MX-5 SE, I had been looking for a new car to replace my 00 MK4 Golf and had contemplated other Nissans, and even the MPS arch rival, the Golf GTi but finally settled for this one.
I love the power and the way it handles is great, I'm surprised how fast it accellerates, and funny enough the other reason why I purchased a 3 MPS is that my older brother owned one back in 2006 and has always said they're a great car!!!
I already have some plans for it, this weekend I will be replacing the stock Xenon globes with some 6000K D2S globes together with LED T10s for parkers and lisence plate, but I hope to follow this up with some Coilovers, fatter wheels, rear spoiler extension, front lip, side lips and I also looking at replacing the TMIC, perhaps a Turbo back exhaust (though I like the Jet like sound they make), Intake, short shifter and of course some dyno tuning. Though this will be a slow process since I have limited time to work on cars now days and also paying a mortgage and other stuff makes it hard, but like they say "all in due time"...![]()
I'd love to meet you all some time, specially fellow Vic members and go for a cruise!!!
Thought I'd also add some photos of my car, these are from the dealer's online advert...
Thanks for having a look and hope to chat with yall soon!
Alex