|
rancid
|
 |
« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2009, 12:06:37 AM » |
|
good choice on the xrs model. It's a bit hard to find in a 6spd...I'm guessing it's an auto? Regardless, you'll still be able to harness some of that "lift" power the 1.8L engine offers. There's not much difference in real world fuel economy for the two engines. Just depends on your driving habit. I found the 1.8 to be much more responsive than the base engine...makes it more enjoyable to drive.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
TSheikh
I sleep with my Mazda3
 Offline
Gender: 
Posts: 2460
MORTAL KOMBAT
|
|
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2009, 01:03:07 AM » |
|
It is an automatic. Unfortunately my mom doesn't like to driving a manual.
I know exactly what you are talking about. The engine literally makes the car jump and accelerate really fast when moving from a stand still. It definitely needs some getting used to.
All in all the car is great but it doesn't have the luxuriousness of a Mazda3 with leather.
Although the dash with the whole speedometer cluster feel very compareable to a Mazda3.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Username
|
|
« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2009, 09:04:23 AM » |
|
IIRC it doesn't have much torque?
Kev
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Current: '09 STI Sport Tech - intake, TBE, AP, spacers and mudflaps
Gone: '08 GTI DSG - stock - meh
Gone: '07 MS3 - FMIC, AP, TBE, coils, RPF1's, lots of stickers - 150k of memories
|
|
|
|
M Speed
|
|
« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2009, 09:28:15 AM » |
|
125ft-lbs @ 4400rpm...not bad from a 1.8L.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
My beater is a c-lai car.
|
|
|
|
jimmy
|
|
« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2009, 09:57:50 AM » |
|
I know exactly what you are talking about. The engine literally makes the car jump and accelerate really fast when moving from a stand still.
i felt the same thing with matrix and corollas from a standstill the car accelerates hella fast, i dont know if its jsut a design difference or something but i never felt that jump on a mazda3 (neither auto nor manual) |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
2007 mica black mazda3 sport gt lux pack mt<br /><br />on the car now, in order of addition<br />3000k hid kit foglights w/yellow rockblocker overlay || oem jdm window visor || 10\\\"sub w/ amp || CMS springs || yellow DRL || cx7 stubby antenna || 20% back 5 tint || TWM shortshift w/weighted knob || 2x 1W white LED license plate bulbs || 6000K D2S HID || mazdaspeed accessory exhaust || progress rear sway bar<br /><br /> |
|
|
|
OceanKitty
|
|
« Reply #25 on: May 06, 2009, 09:28:29 PM » |
|
Congrats on your purchase.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Black Mica '07 GT Sedan, 50/35 tint, stubby antenna, CM Springs, new rims one of these days...
|
|
|
340CID
Frequenter
Offline
Posts: 252
|
|
« Reply #26 on: May 07, 2009, 07:34:49 AM » |
|
Nice choice!
What year is it?
I thought the XRS was only available with the 6 speed manual?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Daily Driver: 8.5 Metro Grey MS3 (stock)
|
|
|
|
M Speed
|
|
« Reply #27 on: May 07, 2009, 03:47:53 PM » |
|
1st year production = 6spd only
2nd year = 4spd auto and 6 spd manual
I think it is a 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
My beater is a c-lai car.
|
|
|
340CID
Frequenter
Offline
Posts: 252
|
|
« Reply #28 on: May 08, 2009, 12:02:59 AM » |
|
I thought the Matrix XRS was produced from 2003 to 2006. I know the 2005 & 2006 were only available with the 6speed (brother has one) so I guess it must have been the 2003 and/or the 2004 that could also be had with the auto?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Daily Driver: 8.5 Metro Grey MS3 (stock)
|
|
|
|
rancid
|
|
« Reply #29 on: May 08, 2009, 03:24:02 PM » |
|
It is an automatic. Unfortunately my mom doesn't like to driving a manual.
I know exactly what you are talking about. The engine literally makes the car jump and accelerate really fast when moving from a stand still. It definitely needs some getting used to.
All in all the car is great but it doesn't have the luxuriousness of a Mazda3 with leather.
Although the dash with the whole speedometer cluster feel very compareable to a Mazda3.
the corolla and matrix will go nicely off the line. The kick comes in at a higher RPM around 6000 or 6200RPM...it feels very close to when a turbo kicks in. The later years of XRS was toned down somewhat...they just didn't have the kick in the pants as the earlier engines did. I think toyota did some remapping of the power band. Some people found it quite obnoxious. I've driven the early and later years of that XRS engine...not the current 2.5L the corolla and matrix uses (that's a rendition from the camry). I have noticed the difference in the way the car responds, it's definitely not as spunky as the earlier versions of the engine. If you drove the corolla XRS 2006 vs the matrix xrs 2000 model, you'll notice a difference. The corolla xrs just feels dead compared to the matrix's response. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
M Speed
|
|
« Reply #30 on: May 08, 2009, 03:47:04 PM » |
|
Back then when I drove the XRS 6 speed....it drops out of VVT-i when upshift.....that urber suck!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
My beater is a c-lai car.
|
|
|
DKaz
Not your parents' minivan
Premium Member
I married my Mazda3
Offline
Gender:
Posts: 3367
|
|
« Reply #31 on: May 11, 2009, 10:52:37 AM » |
|
The automatic transmission with the 2ZZ Lift engine is useless from what I heard, the slushbox won't let the engine rev high enough to ever hit Lift. Does the auto have paddle/manual shifters on it at least so you can force the engine into Lift? Buddy of mine in Seattle has a 04 Matrix XRS with AEM intake, PPE header, Borla exhaust, it just sounds beautiful like bwaaaaaaaaaahhhh-BWAAAAAAAHH.
I loved my 08 Corolla CE (though in hindsight I wish I got the 05-06 XRS), but the one thing I hated were the seats (no back/thigh support). The Matrix seats are firmer but a lot more supporitve for long drives. I think the interior of the Matrix is cheap though, it looks cool but it's cheap. The Corolla is bland but it's functional and higher quality.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
2007 Mazda 5 GT 5MT Autolismo HID, RX-8 Wheels, Exedy Stage 1 Clutch, Redline MT90. 
|
|
|
|
rancid
|
|
« Reply #32 on: May 11, 2009, 11:28:06 AM » |
|
the auto tranny does allow some use of the 2ZZ capabilities if you manually override it from L --> 2, etc. Even with the manual, I still found it a little bit lacking as it kept dropping out of the sweet zone. On the test drives I kept all my shifts near red line to to maintain that power but after upshifting, it drops way below and you'd have to work it up again.
The auto in the matrix does not have paddle shifters to force it into lift. In the Celica GTS there were "paddle" like shifters that you could use to do that. I liked the Celica GTS...felt like a little go-kart....though the blind spots were horrible in there.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
