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Thrilled with my used S Grand Touring Hatchback
Mike in Connecticut, 03/24/2021
2014 Mazda 3 s Grand Touring 4dr Hatchback (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I've owned both 1985 and 1993 Mazda RX7s and loved them. I am astounded that this four door S Grand Touring with all of the options only weighs 202 pounds more than the two door 1993 RX7 sports car! Amazing that they can pack so much luxury and features into this car and still keep the weight down. I like that you can manually shift the six speed automatic and with the stick or the paddle shifters on the steering wheel. When I need to bust out fast I hit the sport button and put the transmission into manual shift and it rocks. I don't miss having a manual transmission at all. The car is such a pleasure to drive with so many features to make me comfortable and safe. I'm loving the radar adapted cruise control and the reverse warnings. The Bose sound system is excellent and the interior detail reminds me of BMW quality with the leather. I'm 6 months into my used car experience and have about 58,000 miles on it. I replaced the brakes with the Power Stop Z23 Evolution kit (for about the same price as OEM parts) and it was a definite improvement in stopping power and brake feel. I've got the OEM roof rack for surfboards and if you fold down one back seat you can stack snowboards back there. The Android Auto integration makes a big improvement over the stock system so that is well worth it if you have the choice. The car feels great to drive so I am thrilled with my car and now I like road trips again.
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Luke Hammer, 06/10/2019
2014 Mazda 3 i Sport 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Ive owned my 3 for 5 1/2 - 6 Years, i have noticed and seen that this vehicle stands up to its name. Mazda has made a really fun vehicle with outstanding MPG i make average 35 to 38 MPG ( i have made up to 40 MPG,no BS. ) I'm blown away by the gas milage and the high compression motor they added to it. I haven't had any serious issues with this vehicle as i keep up with regular maintenance and ONLY use Castrol GTX Full Synthetic (As Mazda recommends). I do not like however that there is not a lot of options as far as increased performance. The only thing i have seen to put into this is a Cold air intake and an Exhaust. But nothing that would make it more beefy. I do recommend this vehicle, if you are a first time buyer, well worth it!
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Mazda came through.
Taylor McBryan, 10/05/2018
updated 04/05/2019
2014 Mazda 3 i Grand Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I loved this car at first. It is a zippy fun ride. I paid for all the bells and whistles and after two years they bells are falling apart. The entire navigation/command screen does not work. Every time I come to a stop it jumps around, calls people, changes my music or volume, changes my navigation destination! I was told the only way to fix it is to buy a new screen! Two years and they want me to pay $800 for a new system. Update**** After talking to Mazda directly they paid for more than half to fix my screen. Happy with my car again.
Nice enough but it would be so easy to be better!
23j96, 06/16/2014
updated 12/27/2017
2014 Mazda 3 i Touring 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
9 of 31 people found this review helpful
Fun to drive? Hell yeah! I love this car. Mostly! After 2 years with an automatic (my first) I ditched it and went back to manual shift - with this Mazda3. Oof! And it was a good change. This is way more fun to drive than, say, my MINI (also manual). It's got a great feel, good power, lots of fun. But there are a lot of details that are so close but not there! So, this is more fun to drive than the MINI, right? But MINI gets all of the details right on. Now, why did I rate it the way I did? Because! The "upgraded" sound system is the worst upgraded sound system I've ever experienced. There's a great big speaker in the center of the dash and subwoofers in the doors. So it bumps and rattles when the volume isn't that loud and all of the sound is coming from this center sound stage. Who wants to listen to music like that? This isn't a home theater system. I want the sound coming from everywhere. It's a really loud car for passengers. Excruciating loud. It's kind of neat that it's not as loud for the driver ;) For a car with such poor gas mileage (I get 30) it's sure gutless. Ah well! Traction and driving is snow is really good - as long as you turn off the moronic automatic traction control stuff. I have no idea when that stuff would be helpful, but it makes driving in difficult situations impossible. The information system is really annoying in that you get locked out of a lot of the important functions when you're moving. So I can have it read my texts to me but I can't see them or reply. I can't enter a destination in the GPS if the car is moving. Oh, I hear you. "Safety." Bla bla bla. I drive cars from other manufacturers. You can interact with a lot more than you can in this one. It's sucky that way. The entertainment system is full of crappy adware. I want to be able to reorder the services so I don't have to see Spotify at the top of the list every time I want to go in. The entertainment system must be updating itself fairly often. I wonder where it's getting the bandwidth to do that. It scares me. I don't want it automatically connecting to anyone or anything other than to my phone in the sense I want it to start playing music right when I get it (it's pretty close, there). Anyway, it loses my preferences and favorites all of the time. Why? How? It's dumb and annoying. So... It's fun to drive but doesn't really have the acceleration. Some parts of the entertainment system are good (automatic connection to the phone) and others suck completely (sound stage, losing preferences, limited interaction while driving). The driving experience is good for the driver if a little noisy but is awful for passengers as it is unbearably loud. And the wife hates how stupid the entertainment system looks sticking up out of the dash.
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nosake, 03/07/2015
2014 Mazda 3 i Touring 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6A)
16 of 59 people found this review helpful
When I first saw this Mazda 3 in red on the dealership lot, I knew I'd own it. My first Mazda. I had been looking for an affordable, efficient car for about two years.