PNY

I thought they were coming out with one in the new body style just not till 2010 or so.

J-Protege

Mazda3 has a much higher resale and trade in value here I guess.
Private sale, around 20k, trade in is about 17k.

nike

4,000? i dont know, i think you can still do little things and reach 200hp and not cost nearly as much.

i was thinking that you just get forged rods, pistons, new crankshaft, headers, and if possible an intake manifold. those grounding wires will help and the other things will help the car perform better with more fuel combustion and so forth.

i cant spend 4,000, but thats what i am going to do with my car.

MazMan

do you really know how much all that is going to cost? all that forged stuff will cost 1700 alone and then your crank, headers, intake manifold, and your exhaust manifold. in the end you end up spending close to 4000. sure y not.

nike

yeah, what do i know. if you shop arond, you can get good deals, and then if you still want turbo after all that, at least you know that your car will be able to handle it comfortably. right?

all this stuff may be 4,000, but it is over time, adding up. the turbo is all at once. i dont have that money to spen, so i can save up, and this is probably what i will be doing to mine

CUL8TER

There is no way you would get 20K for a 2004 3 if you could I would buy them here and trade there.

_Kansei_

Canadian car prices are a LOT higher than here in the states, even though our dollars are basically an even exchange (every time I checked this past week the Canadian dollars ws actually worth a little more than the USD).

J-Protege

From Edmonton Autotrader:

2005MAZDA3 SPORT GT
$22,900.00
CALGARY, AB

2006MAZDA3 SPORT GT
$22,900.00
39,800 kms
ST ALBERT, AB

2004 MAZDA3 SPORT GT
$21,000.00
53,000kms
EDMONTON, AB

Those are just the first 3 I copied over.

CUL8TER

But this is not trade in value that you would get at a dealer.

_Kansei_

He never said it was..

J-Protege

But since they can sell the 3 for that kind of a price here, giving them a 3 + $4000 may be enough to move an MS3.

It was just a thought, it would vary from dealer to dealer, theres no exact science to it. Just saying it may be an option, why not give it a shot?

Worst the dealer can say is no, thanks.

CUL8TER

If you actually think someone would pay 21K for a 2004 3. Something is seriously wrong I only paid 21200 for my 2007 MazdaSpeed 3.

That being the case whats a speed cost about 28K-30K in Canada?.

_Kansei_

The BASE Mazdaspeed3 price in canada is $31,095

After freight and PST/GST (amounting to about 17% sales tax)

for a completely base Mazdaspeed3, no additional anything..

$37,129.80

CUL8TER

Now I see the whole picture I didnt realize there was that big a price difference there, thanks for bearing with me.

So I'm thinking I should quit my job and buy a couple truck loads of used 3's here and start a used car lot up there sounds like someone could make a serious killing.

_Kansei_

They'd still have to pay the wild sales tax. --and duty I think because the Mazdaspeed3 isn't produced in the states (unless cars are on the exemption list)