This deal is profitable. The price is 6.1 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $14736
Fair price: $16058
High price: $17379
MPG: 18 mpg city / 25 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black\/Red
Color: Liquid Silver Metallic
Dealer: Bill Knight Ford of Stillwater
Mileage: 37,729
Year: 2011
Ownership Cost for 2011 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3 Sport
Estimated: $44523 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3014
$1447
$1266
$1145
$1025
$7897
Insurance
$1839
$1903
$1969
$2038
$2110
$9859
Fuel
$1814
$1868
$1934
$2011
$2102
$9729
Maintenance
$2658
$1831
$1146
$1282
$2243
$9160
Repairs
$948
$1112
$1267
$1387
$1595
$6309
Taxes & Fees
$1060
$1060
$1060
$1060
$1060
$1571
Total Ownership Costs
$11333
$8282
$7736
$7962
$9210
$44523
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 2300.0
Displacement CI: 140.35461141788
Displacement L: 2.3
Doors: 5
Engine Model: L3T Federal / Canada
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2011
Plant City: Hofu, Yamaguchi
Plant Country: Japan
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Sport/GX
Turbo: Yes
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW COMPLAINTS OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE MOTOR MOUNT BOLT COMING LOOSE ON MAZDA SPEED3S. I HAD VISUALLY CHECKED MINE FROM THE BOTTOM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND IT LOOKED OKAY, BUT TODAY I DECIDED TO PHYSICALLY CHECK IT. I PUT THE FRONT ON RAMPS AND REMOVED THE BATTERY AND BOX. I GOT UNDERNEATH AND REMOVED THE UNDER TRAY, BUT COULDN'T LOCATE THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT (OR SO I THOUGHT). THEN I PUT THE JACK UNDER THE TRANSAXLE AND JACKED UP A BIT UNTIL THE CAR STARTED TO LIFT. I DIDN'T SEE THE HEAD OF THE BOLT POP UP, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIGHT. THEN I TURNED THE BOLT COUNTERCLOCKWISE, CAREFULLY NOTING THE AMOUNT OF TORQUE REQUIRED TO BREAK THE BOLT LOOSE. IT WAS NO MORE THAN 30 FT-LBS. I GAVE IT A COUPLE OF TURNS AND NOTICED THAT THE HEAD OF THE BOLT WAS NOT MOVING UP, WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I PUMPED THE JACK HANDLE TWO MORE TIMES, AND THE BOLT JUMPED UP QUITE A BIT, MORE THAN WHAT I THOUGHT I HAD LOOSENED IT. SO I TIGHTENED THE BOLT BACK DOWN, AND IT DEFINITELY TOOK MORE TURNS TO GET IT TIGHT THAN WHAT I HAD TURNED IT LOOSENING IT. I THEN REMOVED THE BOLT COMPLETELY AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING. THE BOLT DID NOT HAVE LOCTITE ON IT, AND THERE WERE SOME SMALL BITS OF LOOSE METAL IN THE THREADS. I LOOKED IN THE HOLE AND SAW THAT THE THREADED HOLE IN THE TRANSAXLE WAS NOT CENTERED WITH THE HOLE IN THE MOUNT ITSELF. IT WAS AS FAR OFF TOWARD THE FRONT AS IT COULD GO, PROBABLY DUE TO THE ANGLE OF THE CAR AND THE JACK. IN THE METAL SLEEVE IN THE MOUNT (THIS PIECE IS UNTHREADED) I SAW MARKS CORRESPONDING TO THE THREADS OF THE BOLT WHEN I LOOSENED IT. THIS BINDING BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE SLEEVE COULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY REASON I FELT ANY BREAK OUT TORQUE AT ALL. THE THREADS IN THE ALUMINUM PIECE BELOW LOOKED TO BE IN REASONABLE SHAPE (CAN'T SEE MUCH DOWN THERE). THE THREADED HOLE IS ABOUT AN INCH LONG, WHICH SHOULD BE PLENTY OF THREADS IF THEY ARE ALL ENGAGED. I CLEANED THE BOLT, PUT SOME RED LOCTITE ON IT, AND TIGHTENED IT TO 75 FT-LBS. *JB
