Oakville/Mississauga/Burlington Mazda 3 spottings

yuro said:

with one "pee stop" and one "coffee stop" and speed no more than 20 above the limit about 4 hours.

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Oh that's not bad... I think to North Bay it's about the same?

yuro said:

....The bikes make for a nice sail and aid in stopping, but really hurt the fuel economy...


really?? because i had to give my sister ride to Sudbury last weekend, with all her stuff and bike, so I had one mountainbike on the roofrack and fuel economy didn't suffer.

ps. over last weekend i've put about 1200 km on my car, so far longest road trip in my mazda. time to hit Halifax in August..

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My bikes were on a trunk rack so they are running across the back end...Also, my hardtails sit up real high on the trunk rack...We have the rack set-up for our full suspension bikes, which sit much lower because of design of the bike...I'd assune that being on the roof would be a bit more aerodynamic....

BTW did you get a factory roof rack??

I haven't been able to find any info on aftermacket roof racks...

Rich

i got an aftermarket roofrack... the only rack you can get right now is Thule, plus I decided to go with aftermarket because it's wider than factory rack (the rack is a bit wider than the roof) which is important to me when i have to take my windsurfing or kayaking gear with me..

in my opinion Thule is little bit overpriced, but i was lucky enough to get a deal through my brother.

PS. do you ride a lot? are you planing to do "Lake to Lake" on June 20?

just a small update on aftermarket roofracks...

i just got back from my friend's outdoor store, and they got e-mail from Yakima company. Yakima has fit kit's for mazda 3 right now.

so if anyone in Niagara Area is interested in aftermarket roofrack,
Ski Pro Shop is official dealer of Thule and Outdoors Oriented is oficial dealer of Yakima.

yuro said:

i got an aftermarket roofrack... the only rack you can get right now is Thule, plus I decided to go with aftermarket because it's wider than factory rack (the rack is a bit wider than the roof) which is important to me when i have to take my windsurfing or kayaking gear with me..

in my opinion Thule is little bit overpriced, but i was lucky enough to get a deal through my brother.

PS. do you ride a lot? are you planing to do "Lake to Lake" on June 20?

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Riding a lot is an understatement *laugh*....

I'm probably on my bike more then I'm in my car...But I do love the car...

I did the Lake to Lake last year and suffered through the mudfest, so I'm taking a break this year. The thought of dragging my bike through trail again is not a fun one. Plus, I've got a major trip planned to North Carolina and Tennessee for 2 weeks of riding and that's what all my focus is on.

Do you ever visit the MTBr site?? If not you should, it's a wealth of biking info....

BTW thanks for the heads-up on the rack...

Rich

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1 titan grey hatch in the River Oaks area (spot this same one all the time).

3 blue hatches today. 5:10pm on Munns/6th Line, 6:15pm on Maurice Dr., and 6:40pm on Bronte Rd./Speers.

1 Winning Blue Hatch GT, Parking lot of Oakville GO. Around 5:40 PM

Around Trafalgar

There is about 3 MZ3

One is mine Guess which color it is

SANDMICA3 said:

Around Trafalgar

There is about 3 MZ3

One is mine Guess which color it is

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Sand Mica... Is yours GS?

I was at Erin Mills Mazda today for my first oil change... I got stopped twice when trying to pull out of the lot, people asking about my 3.

Naturally, I said it was the best car on the road for the price you pay. Amazing.

newlook said:

SANDMICA3 said:

Around Trafalgar

There is about 3 MZ3

One is mine Guess which color it is

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Sand Mica... Is yours GS?

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Yeah Newlook, GS package when do you guys hang out I'll meet you guys sometime... You too xenon

I might have seen you around before, there aren't so many sand micas around.

There's a Toronto Mazda 3 meet on the 26th this month if you're interested.

Titan grey GT sedan with GFX and spoiler. Friday evening at the Petro Can station at Erin Mills/Millcreek? just finished a car wash.

June 26 I might not be able to make it, I'm working, like Xenon finding the torontomazda3.com forum are you in it?

Do you guys hang out at Timmy's right by dundas and ridgeway?
message me up

[email protected]

I am a very active member in Toronto Mazda3, In fact I'm the one who does most of the co-ordinating of all the TM3 Meets and I'm also the person who got the club die-cut stickers done.

I don't really hang out at the Ridgeway Tims... Lots of cops come by there cuz of all the loitering, I get a little worried I might get busted for just being there. LOL

I think we are going to start scheduling meets at the last saturday of every month, that is what the trend seems to be. There are a few members that live in the Oakville/Mississauga area like newlook and swordfish that get together a bit more often that just once a month. You can easily meet up with us when we get together. I have added you to my MSN list. Keep in touch.

I was wondering how I can get that die-cut sticker you were saying about.

I've added swordfish and newlook to my contacts we should definitely meet up

Toronto Mazda3 Stickers are baught through me. You can reserve up to two stickers prior to the meet. I'll give them to you then, or the next time I see you. Price is $7/sticker.

More details are found here:
http://torontomazda3.com/forum/read.php?TID=126

Spotted a Black mica GX and a Metallic grey GT

12:48PM
Let her go on a 4 way stop she smiled


9:00PM
Mazda 3 GT metallic trim passed by me, Thought it was Newlook

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SANDMICA3 said:

12:48PM
Let her go on a 4 way stop she smiled

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and!?!

^bah

just noticed, that reply was june 15th, not july
heh