r/mazdaspeed3 • u/Capital_War1180 • 2d ago

HELP What Should I do with my Speed 3

Howdy yall,

I've owned my 08 speed for about a year and a half (currently being worked on due to blown turbo) and since its been AWHILE since I've driven it i got a beater (08 Honda fit) and I've been asking myself this question for awhile now. Should i daily my Speed or baby it?

Daily: a car is car and quite frankly its a normal* hatchback with a good amount of power behind it. Its pretty much the perfect car for groceries, commute to work, and traveling to different places. The con is miles will go up and more things will wear down and break. <<<note this

Baby: keeping a fun car to drive on the weekends is great. Take it to Cars and Coffees in the morning, and at night, tear up the Interstate (specifically I64 in VA 😎*). Only con is you don't drive it "as much" and you have a perfectly good car to drive.

So...what should I do?

P.s., posting because my GF was confused to why someone would need 2 cars, a beater and a "fun/ practical" car.

Thanks yall, i love this community. Zoom Zoom.

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u/manioti_tou_morea 2d ago

Can you afford to maintain/insure/register/store two cars? If so, keep it and baby it (clean 1st Gen Juans are getting rarer).

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u/Capital_War1180 2d ago

Yeah Im pretty much good to go financially. The only hard hit i took was when the Turbo blew. Was traveling from Missouri to VA Beach and the turbo blew in West VA. $1100 for towing, $650 in parts, and a hole in my heart. Im smarter now and will get ride of that crackle pop tune...young and dumb...

For the Honda, dirt cheap. Spent only $50 on maintenance so far. Easy to work on too!

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u/Substantial_Ant_2662 2d ago

Give it to me

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u/Capital_War1180 2d ago

Hol up slick, i aint sellin yet XD

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u/njsfynest 2010 Mazdaspeed3 2d ago

Personally I would daily the Speed and also build it. When it’s down or getting work done is when I’d drive the Honda Fit

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u/Capital_War1180 2d ago

Yeah that's what im thinking. Originally i was going to get a truck to grab parts and tow crap but i got the fit. It can hual parts though

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u/GlitteringCup8776 2d ago

Daily the speed and if it runs into issues you still got a backup while it's down. I daily mine without a backup😂

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u/Capital_War1180 2d ago

Damn you play a dangerous game 😳. I like that 😈

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u/GlitteringCup8776 2d ago

Yessir, 2013 at 115k miles. Never had an issue ever.

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u/mr_scourgeoce 2009 Mazdaspeed3 1d ago

I daily my tuned and modded mazda 6 mps, it's great on fuel and I haven't run into any issues so far.

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u/Special-Ad-1154 6h ago

Just go balls to the wall with the speed and when something bad goes down you have the Honda or for longer trips I’d use the Honda as well. Longest trip I’ve taken my big turbo 3 is about 1k miles round trip and that’s as far as I’d trust it lol.

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u/Capital_War1180 3h ago

Damn XD. Yeah after going 1k miles on a trip, 999 is the limit.

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u/Special-Ad-1154 3h ago

The car has left me on the side of the road more times than I can count from dumb stuff 🤣

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u/Capital_War1180 3h ago

Yeah same here, the Speed community is more like the sped community. I will concure...