Is Mazda rice?

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***aznxthug
I am actually looking at some 300zxs from 1990-91, didn't know that there are problems with those. Do you know what kind of problems by any chance?! I know someone who had a 1988 Z and he claims it was a very reliable vehicle but that's not the same car...

But yeah I meant there is already a wing on the car i was looking at, it does make the Z look better IMO(!) and no I do not race.

[aznxthuggie]

Originally Posted by rexload

***aznxthug
I am actually looking at some 300zxs from 1990-91, didn't know that there are problems with those. Do you know what kind of problems by any chance?! I know someone who had a 1988 Z and he claims it was a very reliable vehicle but that's not the same car...

But yeah I meant there is already a wing on the car i was looking at, it does make the Z look better IMO(!) and no I do not race.

http://auto.consumerguide.com/Auto/U...ewreliability/
take a look at that, if you were getting one of those years, i'd look to see if the previous owner had them fixed. If the previous owner doesn't even know about those then don't bother. If they know about and already fixed those problems, then go for it. When you ask him/her, try to be discreet to see if they really know there were problems.

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Okay, here is an update from me. I just came across this post and felt like writing this.
First of all, I decided to keep my car. Im still in love with 300zx but I dont think I could ever be happy with an under20mpg daily driver.
I was looking for an exhaust system for my car that wouldn't be as loud as the muffler i put on it because everyone was laughing at me. After doing some research I realized that every aftermarket exhaust for my Mazda 3 would be almost just as loud and make it sound even more RICEy.
Sick of being made fun of with my fart cannon muffler, I had someone put the stock muffler back on. (note: I had a fart cannon for about 8months and forgot how it sounded stock). So we put everything together and started the car. That is when I remembered what it used to sound like stock. There was no sound at all! A minute later I got in to drive it back home and had no idea whether the engine was running or not. I looked at the tach (that is positioned in the worst place possible) and the rpms were at 500. It is running. WOW. The next day my girlfriend and I went to visit our friends who lived about 35minutes away. It was so hard to drive with the radio on and we don't even listen to loud music. I would be in 5th gear going 50-55 and then slow down A LITTLE because of the car ahead of me or even slow down going uphill not realizing it and start lugging the engine. I would look at the speedo... ahhh!shift down! Or pulling out on a steep hill(a lot of those in pittsburgh area) - I'm like rolling the window down and sticking my ear out. You might say I am just a bad driver. I may be but I never had any problems when I could hear my engine. Disappoined again...I think I will keep it quiet though and try to get used to it.

[drunken monkey]

tell me, why do you need to hear your engine to determine what the car is doing again?

can you not feel the difference in pulling ability? can you not see/perceive the accelleration (or reduction of)?
are you not aware of other cars on the orad to the extent that you don't notice you are gaining on them and thus going faster than them?
can you not read or see the speedometer or do you just not look at it while driving?
slow down going uphill for what? lugging the engine? you mean you can't feel the engine not pulling?

yes, i am going to call you a bad driver.

and while i'm at it, i'm going to lock this because I don't think anything will be gained by leaving it opened.

PM me if you have a problem with this.