Mazdaspeed 3 BUYERS GUIDE: What To Avoid/Look For!

[@isaacv.3766]

I picked up my Speed 3 from the dealership that was dealer cared for until it was turned in at 100k miles. Full work history on it and everything. Charged me 13k with a 36k mile repair warranty. I pay nothing on anything broken in that period. It’s bone stock too, which is a gem.

[@1970borntorun]

That seems a little high, actually. I just found one in excellent condition, Red, with Navi for $9800.

[@iStryka]

@@1970borntorun depends on which gen, personally gen 1 is a touch high, gen 2 is the right price point stock, I'd expect 18K$ for a 2013 tech package GT 30K miles ( not KM ) from a dealer.

[@jkon156]

I'm at the beginning of the video so this may be mentioned. For the Gen1 fellas like myself, these are the points of pain for me that I wish I knew about before buying. Oil cooler replaced, VVT done, AC compressor replaced, carbon cleaned recently, compression test I had to rebuild the motor from scratch a few miles after I bought it. Jumped time and mangled the valves. now my oil cooler has given up and mixed oil in my coolant. it never ends but this platform, coming from a VW guy, IS SO MUCH FUN AND WORTH THE PAIN

[@Mazdaspeed3yt]

I own both a gen 1 and gen 2. And honestly your right on all that. I made a mistake when I bought my gen 2 and it had a bad turbo and vvt problem. Now there both running strong. And I can honestly say. My favorite car is the speed 3. By far. And Iv owned a evo and a wrx before. And i prefer the speed 3. There’s just somthing about them there special 😀

[@iStryka]

It's all personal preference as to what a person wants to do to their car. Before actually doing some bolt on power mods, I would personally start with the bolt on modifications for preventative maintenance components, then go with the suspension setup along with wheel and tire setup to really dial in the balance of the vehicle, then power mods along with a professional tune from PD, Drama or freek. For me, I'd purchase from private sellers as well, I'd be asking for upgraded HPFP w/receipt, compression test, leak down test, smoke test, checking plugs, valve cover rattle for vvt tensioner/chain issues, a year of receipts showing oil changes for every 3-5K miles driven. Anything around 75K+ miles, the vvt as well as the turbo should've been replaced/rebuilt. If the car smokes just a bit and it's fairly transparent at idle at the exhaust and it's straight piped that's a norm, but if it's catted from the dp to exhaust and smoking at idle or cruising ( depending on blueish tint or white smoke ), chances are the PCV/turbo seals/head gasket needs replacing and at the same time might as well do a diamond PCV plate to future proof for a DCC VTA setup, and Chris Wards K04 rebuilt billet internals turbo. Gen1 I'd look into doing a spin-on filter conversion. If RMM, PMM and TMM ( motor mounts ) are OE, chances are they'll go soon after just the 100K+ mile mark, might as well do a set of Damond mounts or personal preference on motor mounts like Cobb, Corksport, SURE, Megan Racing and others alike that are machined billet aluminum. At this point if everything feels great and you don't need any power mods ( the car is already 268HP ), the vehicle is practically unmolested besides preventative bolt on maintenance as well as installing an accessport to monitor important numbers. The person is good to go on mods/vehicle purchase. The speed3/6 is fading away with all the zzb kids pushing the car, breaking it and selling it as runs good, drives good with eBay replacement parts only to get hosed by repairs a few thousand miles down the line or accidents happen and people are doing full part outs because parting out costs more than selling a blown car as a whole depending on the price of mods that were put in to begin with. Correct, mods don't raise value, but the ludicrous thinking of the speed community is parting out fully on a blown speed which is ass backwards to me so the actual thinking of preventative mods doesn't necessarily "raise the value" of the car but keeps it well normalized so the buyer doesn't really overpay on a vehicle that already has bolt ONS they'd think about doing. Unlike the ford FiST/FoST community, this vehicles price point is up to the private sellers averaging the prices because dealers will do 70% Markup from KBB private values. Depends on maintenance and user mods and condition of vehicle too. Gen1 100K miles 6-10K. Gen2 100K miles 9-15K. This is my personal thoughts of recommended prices. Finding a unmolested unicorn speed will start to cost just as much as a decked out 3 because of the rarity and people won't realize that until they see outrageous prices and be toxic about that's too expensive, seller smoking crack, etc.

[@NickVillecco]

Found a 2013 with 90k moles for 16k, im really tempted to go buy it

[@bigsam5588]

You should go UK and import them to us they are like £3000-6000 Gen 1 and 2 it's because our dumb gov tax these cars yearly on co2 commission. About £500 on gen 1 and £350 on gen 2 That's why it's cheaper here

[@lyianx]

Receipts? Pah.. Good luck with that. Besides, all that receipt will tell you is when they purchased the oil, not when they actually changed it. Thats alot of paperwork to keep around. IF i ever plan to do any mods, I'll likely just keep a single sheet (like a spreadsheet) listing whats been changed, and the date & millage it was changed. But so far, i havent done anything to mine, and really dont plan to. I *may* do the HPFP at some point, which ill document, but that'll likely be it. I actually like mine as stock.

[@masked_turk]

I need this for later on when I get a speed thank you🙏

[@jjms3]

Np man!

[@Snufflwuffle]

Just bought a white 2012 speed3 4 days ago 55k miles and it’s bone stock this video definitely helped a lot

[@haikonglu7533]

price？

[@Snufflwuffle]

@@haikonglu7533 19,000$ usd.

[@tobiasseliger5517]

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[@iStryka]

Hella overpriced, but maintain and preventative maintenance+future proofing mods will have the car keep essentially 65% of it's value. Read up on everything you can soz you won't go ZZB, have fun with the car!

[@Snufflwuffle]

@@iStryka of course of course unlike most people who want a speed I actually do my research and not one of the people who want to push 430+ hp without taking proper steps ya get me!

[@Malkav]

One thing I'd also look for is if there's any transmission fluid leaking out of the shift pivot shaft. That means the shift pivot seal needs to be replaced. I learned a lot from my first gen1 purchase, which in hindsight I should've stayed away from. Compression, leakdown test, check shift pivot shaft, check history if vvt was done, check for rust, check hood for paint chips (highspeed driving). Never again.

[@LikquidDutch]

GEN 1 owner here heavily modded had mine since 2008 I will hold on to this car as long as i can . It's super realiable and make's 397 whp and I beat on her all the time . These motors are very stout and will last you a long time I run 22lbs on 93 and 25lbs on e85 on my BNRS3 still on my stock block now on 6 years including the original clutch .

[@jjms3]

Sweet!!

[@EJisthatU]

Love this video cuz I have literally just bought a unicorn 🦄 Stock White 2013 speed3 250k highway kms and going to be working on it!! Watching your vids for tips , thanks man keep up the great content !

[@ZVManning]

I was like you when I got my first one from the dealer. I got lucky though it was taken care of and had the pump with an intake. I'm wanting to trade my 2021 3 on for another speed I found at a dealer this Friday. I'm excited I miss this car. Can't find them low miles these days, mostly looking to cut my car payment in half.

[@drastic_3619]

My gen1 speed has ~72k miles. Bone stock other than a Cobb exhaust and Corksport injector seals. Absolutely love it so much. Love your content super informative👌🏻👌🏻

[@iStryka]

The OE HPFP can't keep up with the power the speed makes, suggest you do upgraded fuel pump internals and you'll be okay!

[@pav2k351]

Hey thanks so much for making this video! Looking for a Mazda 3 MPS for a second car and I know they're reliable but there are always little things to look for

[@LeonardoContreras]

How much do you think a 2010 Mazdaspeed with 125k miles should be listed at? Well taken care of

[@18onyx18]

I cant wait to be able to buy one of these had my old subie let me down but this looks way better!

[@bryangamez8848]

Bought a ms6 with corksport intake. Cpe down pipe and catback… sales guy said its stock and “they come like this”. Awesome deal

[@Mauro-pb6iq]

i was gonna buy one but the i noticed a head gasket leak from a dealer

[@aidanyork6846]

Thanks for the vid man I’ve been looking at speed 3s for a while now gonna on in September and this vid helped out a lot

[@Michelle-414]

Confirming oil change is huge. I have a friend who has had a MB roadster for maybe seven years and has never changed the oil. She doesn't drive it much is the excuse. I'm thinking about a Speed 3 and will take note. Are they all this low to the ground?

[@Hondasonly]

That intro was a vibe 😂👌

[@davidwaggonner7089]

"door dings are a reason to walk away" your a nut job (im smiling) ...if thats a reason to walk away you should consider my bone stock 2008.5 speed3 with 89k and is on its 3rd set of tires.. that's right 3 sets only. your advice is good to a point. My advice would be to find a speed with as many dings in the door as possible. Likely it is in a garage with a family car and doesn't see much use. other than dings from moms car from the kids. I guess i see things differently than you.

[@WrapThatJimmy]

in the gen 1s you have to remove the bumper to get to the headlights, so dont be alarmed by a slight misfit. I had an issue where a ballast kept burning out and I had to take it off and put it back on three times in one week in the winter, and those clips are fragile... no mods on my car, just removed bumper for headlights on a 11 year old car. Just a heads up

[@jjms3]

Yeah man they are pretty weak lol

[@s141jzonboost]

There's a lot I'd like to add to this if anyone is searching for an mps, especially with regards to the engine.

[@mazdaspeedg2380]

Killing it with the content man 🔥🔥 giving me motivation to upload more consistently

[@jjms3]

Thanks bro, you should! Haha

[@joseisraelbriones8950]

great video brother! thanks for the info!

[@clockwather]

Should've watched this sooner lol. I just bought a Mazdaspeed 3. It has full bolt ons. Like chatted downpipe, catback exhaust, intake, rmm, upgraded top mount intercooler and so on. I was planning on taking apart of hpfp to take a look to make sure it has the internals on it but it looks like someone has done it because I can see their tool marks. I'm going to tear it apart regardless to just have that piece of mind. I don't mind it being modded, if something goes wrong I can always fix it at work. It's just now I have nothing to do on it lol.

[@parkerhein3378]

I’ll buy it if u don’t want it 😂

[@Tkay_One]

I’m looking at one this girl is selling that she’s had for like 10+ years it’s fully bone stock and it’s reasonably pretty clean too however the ks are right up their 260000 kms she stated in her description that most of it is all highway mileage should I go for it? 😅

[@tomtolentino7575]

Excellent tips buddy. First Gen. owner here, and definitely not selling mine till she totally dies. Had it for 13 years, and super reliable for me at least, as well as well maintained with all the maintenance history😇👍 only mods done to it were just aesthetic 👍

[@jjms3]

That’s incredible!

[@davidcopus1341]

I bought a 2011 Mazda3 2.5... automatic/manual option. 83k miles stock.... I replaceD the back passenger sway bar and now my gas gauge is acting wonky. If it's not full it thinks it's empty... Then corrects itself. Outside of that I love driving the car. It has about 120k on it now... I've driven across the country twice... Mostly highway miles. Engine sounds great. But way over priced by the time I pay it off. But I had zero credit... At a dealership. In Oregon. Moving to Indiana saved me over $100 on insurance for the same plan.

[@aidenmiller7589]

Should I buy a first gen it only has a intake and exhaust but I know the intake can cause problems without the high pressure fuel pump should I get it or nah

[@infadelakainf]

Wish I had this when got my Speed6. One month after purchase the motor went

[@iStryka]

2.5 swap, forged rods and Pistons, regap ringlands, tune professionally and I think you'll have a decent little AWD rocket.

[@infadelakainf]

@@iStryka I replaced with a stock motor with 64k

[@crazygrape1907]

are you actually averaging 10.7L/100km?? that's what i average in my 2017 3 w the 2.5. i would gladly take an extra 80hp + manual transmission for the same fuel economy. but the speed3s need >91 octane right?

[@justinmorales6487]

okay so i bought my ms3 when i was looking for a mini copper s/jcw but i saw a ms3 for 7,800 and it looked clean and i texted the guy and he said sum one was looking at it but they didnt buy it cuz it was too fast he said and i went and it was modified but nicely and i bought it and i do know the owner and i got it for 7,5 with 112k miles motors clean i opened it and now its big turbo :)

[@FuriousGerbil5]

Selling a gen 1 mazdaspeed3 cosmic blue gt, 140k miles 2nd owner no modifications located in Utah lmk 6gs flat

[@devincabbagestalk5510]

Bro cut the music for a cold start he’s reached god level car guy

[@marcosjaramillo8260]

Your my twin lol I bought a gen 1 drove it and fell in love didn’t check jack shit and it took a crap on me lol, luckily I got rid of it now I have a Gen2

[@leslie7872]

The cheapest one I could find was a $6,800 with 225,000km all stock but a high pressure fuel filter. idk sounds to good to be true

[@zantyzander2945]

On your personal opinion bruhh, what wud be the TOP 5 performance mods? Great content famm keep the videos coming 🤙🏽👍👌

[@jjms3]

Thanks man! And will definitely will make a video about that now that you say that. Thanks for the idea, so you’ll have to wait for those answers from my opinion. 😅😁

[@zantyzander2945]

@@jjms3 can’t wait famm.!! Keep the videos coming 👊🏼👌🤙🏽

[@Robsshortreels]

What are some thoughts of a 13 MS3 156k miles stock with the long block replaced about 2kmiles ago?

[@fujiwatertofumi5363]

Make sure they have the receipt/papers on engine being replaced. Besides that I believe the gen 2 3s fixed the problems that the mzr engine had in the gen 1 and ms6.

[@fazebot2405]

If the car has an aftermarket hpfp best believe it has been ran thru like crazy. Mine is lowered on some rims and that all, engine is 100% stock and running better than my newer car. Is plenty fast from stock.

[@antweeezzyyyantop6743]

what about 11300 2010 70k miles

[@adrianjames7143]

That’s not bad I had a 2011 for 12500 at 55k

[@joycouple4834]

Just what I needed! 😊

[@mikahdogg5055]

I've wanted a speed3 forever and I just got a trade offer for my gti but the speed3 has 150k miles and my gti is at 110k is that worth it or is the car about done?

[@Coffee.Crisp.]

Did you traded it?

[@huntercotten1749]

Is a 2.5L reliable

[@liamdechaine]

How bad is a rebuilt status

[@TheDrizzCAKEN]

Very bad, if you are not mechanically inclined do not do it.

[@01K4TA]

Hey Bro, where can I get the body kit for gen 2 ?

[@NewDemons666]

Love my 2nd gen. Wish it was red and as clean as yours though 😭 cant wait to go built motor! I think my rings are shot

[@jjms3]

Thanks man! Haha and that’s sick hope it turns out good

[@NewDemons666]

@@jjms3 hoping to make 350-400whp on 93. Stage 1 built long block from speed performance, fbo and cst4

[@jjms3]

@@NewDemons666 sounds like a mint setup!!

[@RealLoganWalker]

I just found a 1st gen ms3 with only 70k miles on it at a used dealership and they want 8,995 for it. I think I can trade in my current car to help with that and then i’ll try to work a bunch this summer to help pay for it. Any advice on buying? like paying for it? Anything I should know that’s not in the video?

[@iStryka]

Can't tell unless you open the fuel pump but upgrade HPFP, if dealer has garage I'd ask for a compression, leak down and smoke test to validate healthy engine and no vacuum leaks, 180PSI across all 4 cylinders, 10% within range of each other. No stuttering at wide open throttle from 3kRPM going into full boost. Check idle smoke at exhaust, if it's almost fully transparent white and disappearing quickly you're okay, if it's blue, oils burning somehow, if you can't see through it, best believe head gasket is done, turbo seals are done or the PCV needs replacing. Other than that maintenance is key and the car can last you 200K miles.

[@WranglerJavi]

I seen a Mazdaspeed 3 with 109k miles for $4,000. Really tempting

[@NewDemons666]

Bought the first one I seen and it is indeed, clapped

[@jjms3]

Happens to the best of us man 😂

[@jenzim3639]

you did exactly what i did. i saw it and bought it.... then stuffed 20,000 grand into it.

[@luislh9]

I got mine stock only a intake and a bov I got a half unicorn 🦄 lol I did he rest mods

[@jamarhall6378]

I'm say I got lucky on mine 09 speed it had 75,237 miles on it and I got it for 8,000 from a small dealership it had full Exhaust turbo smart blow off Valve cobb intake it had the top mount Intercooler on it

[@jjms3]

Sick bro! Nice

[@jamarhall6378]

@@jjms3 yea what is funny is I was looking for a speed6 but when I call the dealership they sold it like 1 day before I called and they told me they have a speed3 here if I want to look at that and I seen it and I got

[@givenraeglorioso2779]

i just bought a 2012 266k km mileage plus the engine is only at 110k, 4500 cad,

[@brucewayne99999]

hows the speed 3 going now? what mileage? any problems?

[@justinmorales6487]

i think a well build car is worth a bit more.

[@TriggerofPain]

I just picked up last month 2012 MS3 49k miles. bone stock, 2 previous owners, at a dealership for 13k

[@jjms3]

Damn bro that’s a slamming deal

[@TriggerofPain]

Crystal white pearl. And I'm enjoying it everyday

[@anthonymcnatt3799]

Yo do another buyers guide because.

[@jjms3]

In the works!

[@wraith9166]

buying used always take it to a trusted mechanic before purchasing. its a rule I live by

[@stratsteveo106]

Why do they all smoke?

[@jjms3]

K04 hahaa

[@FredoShottaz]

I see one at a dealership with one owner looks completely stock at 244kms it also had one owner who was a lady so I’m hoping I can grab this car soon 😭

[@cro_zeus_dorian8851]

In my country there is 2 of them to buy... so rare... and i want one so bad XD

[@vellymagagula6490]

What country is this? I hope it's not south africa 'cause I'm looking for one ey😅

[@SynRacing]

I just bought a 2013 That is bone stock with 60k miles

[@jjms3]

Nice!

[@SynRacing]

@@jjms3 heck yeah! Excited to start slowly putting things together on it

[@iStryka]

Upgraded HPFP and you're good to go! Have fun with the car and don't go into boost under 3K RPM or full boost in 6th gear and zzb won't happen to ya!

[@marcosjaramillo8260]

What’s your ig bro!

[@jjms3]

@jj.ms3 link in description 😁

[@bradake]

Half of this video is homeboy saying buy stock. And dont get bamboozled

[@jjms3]

I see too many guys buying a speed with a bunch of mods that they have no idea about lol. Better to buy stock if you’re new to the platform and haven’t done your research properly.

[@bradake]

I have a 2007 2.3 but its automatic . it only has like 113.000 on it im trying to decide if i should build it up or cut my loss

[@iStryka]

@@bradake MS3's only come in manual. Buying an unmolested car means you get to choose your own path and upgrades or not do anything to it besides upgraded HPFP because once the car is rare AF and gone, it'll be private sellers marking up big time. Supply and Demand at it's best.

[@LawrenceTimme]

If a car is modified, its worth significantly less.

[@avelardovalle1121]

Lmfao I came here for advice on the car. My man talked whole video nothing but bs 😂