Current and Future MSP Owners, how did you find this site?

[Antoine]

I'm curious to know how those of you (Current and Future MSP owners) who were not previously members...find this site?

Did you search for anything relating to Protegés?

Did you find out on another site that we had a MSP forum?

Did you do a specific search on the net for MSP info?

Did you find this site via a link...like the one from Mazdaspeed?

Were you a visitor on the site but decided to become a member because of the MSP forum?

Did you happen to type msprotege.com?

I would really appreciate your info...thanks! :D

[digi168]

Someone posted this site on my clubs board mpsport.net so I followed it over and now do even less work. :)

[slug420]

i think i followed a link from protegetech.com

i was worried because i had been lookin round the net for quite a while and was coming to the conclusion that p5s/mp3s/and all proteges just didnt have a following

[jroof]

This was the only forum I could find dedicated to the MSP. I found it through Yahoo, I think.

[Dexter]

found this from protegeclub.com or something. this board is better.

[Limited Edition]

it would be soo much better if we had our car..
something to actually talk about!!!!

But this site is great either way..

[digi168]

I am heading to go see what is happening at the docks right now, will let you know later.

[Newf]

I am heading to go see what is happening at the docks right now, will let you know later.

Cool....but I'm afraid it's only going to be the same as last week. :(

God I hope not.

[digi168]

Actually, there were a lot more cars done, but still lots sitting there. It looked like they were working on all the Echo's instead of the MSP. Oh well, I am still thinking Christmas delivery or early next year. My dealer has not heard of another delay and is still expecting 2 to 3rd week of December.

[Newf]

Just tell Mazda to put it under my Tree on Xmas morning :)

[Antoine]

Please stay on topic...;)

Thanks

[MazdaSpeed.ca]

It was talked about in another forum for Mazdas.

I may make a suggestion:

Most direct hits will come from Google and Yahoo (both the same algorythm)

Someone types in :

Mazda
or
MP3
or
Mazda MP3

And usually the top 5 links will collate what one is looking for.

Now in this sites case :

META DATA is non existant, You are promoting VBB, not MP3


meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">
meta http-equiv="no-cache">
meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1">
meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache">
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meta name="keywords" content="vbulletin,forum,bbs,discussion,jelsoft">
meta name="description" content="Protege Forums is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To visit the forum, go to http://www.msprotege.com/vbb225/ . To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ .">
<title>Protege Forums</title>

To fix this :

meta name="keywords" content="protoge, mazda mp3, mp3, mazda, mazdaspeed protoge"

meta name="description" content="Protege Forums is a discussion forum for Mazda enthusiasts.">

If you repeat keywords more than three times you'll be heavely wieghted by the spyders. Thats bad when that happens.

Repeat your keywords a few times in TEXT on your site.

I could go on and on about how to get top ranked in most engines but I wont.

Hot air ?

Maybe, but odds say I will rank the search term "Mazdaspeed" in the top 5 positions within 90 days of this post. Just a prediction, but lets see what HoPPens (not to be confused with what PoPPens)

If your lost on how to change the meta data in your php code (VBB's php code) let me know.

12/01/02 19:06:32 ping 64.254.226.228
Ping 64.254.226.228 ...
1 Addr:64.254.226.228, RTT: 374ms, TTL: 54
2 Addr:64.254.226.228, RTT: 468ms, TTL: 54
3 Addr:64.254.226.228, RTT: 155ms, TTL: 54
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9 Addr:64.254.226.228, RTT: 1131ms, TTL: 54
10 Addr:64.254.226.228, RTT: 112ms, TTL: 54

Ping times are getting pretty high for your server (bsd03)
Offload something, or something.

[MI MSP]

Ya what he said ^^^

Back to something I know about.. I did a search on yahoo..

[wrex]

Uh huh, that's right.

[dpmmsp]

I found it with google.

[Grimace]

I was doing a search on Mazda MP3's (reliability, price, etc.) during used car shopping. This forum popped up in Google.

[nattyboy513]

google search for mazdaspeed protege

[mbear78]

Found it via a link from www.mpsport.net

[SpicyMSP]

yahoo

[D C]

I heard about it at on the protegeclub board

[brennan]

owned a protege5 have been a member for a little over a year and now waiting for my Mazdaspeed

[chwood]

google: protege mazdaspeed forum

[MangoSpeedG]

Google - did a search on "mazdaspeed forum"

[AGR]

It came to me in a dream.........
.........or a Google search for MAZDASPEED (yes; I believe that was it)

[Scrapin 240]

i also found it with google. and glad to see fellow MSP enthusiasts out there :cool:

[pdhaudio83]

since i own an MP3 (and mazdaspeed now), I just happen to be curious who owned mazdamp3.com (didnt know if mazda owned it, or some aftermarket place, etc) turns out this place has saved me a lot of time and resources (thus i donated! :D)

:) thanks mazdamp3.com

[Antoine]

Originally posted by pdhaudio
since i own an MP3 (and mazdaspeed now), I just happen to be curious who owned mazdamp3.com (didnt know if mazda owned it, or some aftermarket place, etc) turns out this place has saved me a lot of time and resources (thus i donated! :D)

:) thanks mazdamp3.com

You're Welcome!

I'm glad that we are somewhat easy to find and that this site is a valuable resource to many. The greatest aspect of this site is the members...so lucky to have such an awesome bunch. :D

Donations are very much appreciated! Thanks pdhaudio (thumb)

Looking forward to more “how you found this site” posts.

[BerettaSpeed]

Found it off the mazdausa.com site.

[Caffeine]

Same here, searched on google.

[Swope]

Went to the google toolbar and typed in "mazdaspeed forum"

[Draghkar]

Google for me too. Did a search for "mazdaspeed protege"

[03MzdSpdSTP]

NICE SITE!!! keep up the good work!!!!:D

[funnylittlman]

I did a google search for MazdaSpeed Protege Forum. :D

[ping]

www.dogpile.com search for Mazda Protege Bulletin Board

[bcbadboy]

I found it on Google.com

[AGR]

I Like My MAZDASPEED.

[Dexter]

Originally posted by AGR#7
I Like My MAZDASPEED.

okay, what the fuck is up with you?

[AGR]

Originally posted by Dexter


okay, what the fuck is up with you?

Dex: I Love your MAZDASPEED!!!!! (k) (k) (k)

Now; give us a kiss.

[Loaf]

Just had a buddy send me the link. I have not had lots of time to look for stuff on the Protegespeed but I am starting to get the fever.

[turboge]

Was referred from another board member.

[wolverine8490]

Did a search on google for Mazdaspeed forum.

[Dr.Sound]

GOOGLE

took me 2 days to find a decent MSP board

[Tex]

Google for MazdaSpeed Forums

[Ryan]

its habbit for me, back in the day my first car 95 geo tracker, i was looking for parts typed it in and i found a tracker forum looks almost identical to this,
then i totalled that and baught a 01 dodge dakota slt and i found a forum for that, then 02 mitsubishi lancer forum for that, and then forum for this one.
forums are good source of info and new releases for the cars.

[jdelcas1]

Same as all did a search trying to find info about the MPS and found this. Good forum lots of info..

[DiscreetSpeed]

i found this site through my brother he drives a 02 Protege
and he got me into the whole Protege deal, thanks J.(EnderFound).

[FuriousMojo]

Friend referred me! Just now checking this place out for the first time.

[war]

i think i found this site during my net search for problems with the msp. i think i just did a google search for mazdaspeed and it was one of the hits.

great place to get tons of info on the car, just awesome!

[FuriousMojo]

Indeed!

[bruce95fmla]

always knew about it ... ever since it was created

[FrodosProto]

I actually am picking up my MSP on saturday but a buddy of mine at school told me that the car has electrical problems while shifting from 2nd to 3rd, he said that the car shuts down. I go to school for auto tech and it doesnt make any sense. So if any one is outhere and wants to let me know if this is true or what, please tell me. Oh, by the way I love the site. Very informative for new car owners like myself. I also traded in my 2002 Civic Si for the MSP 2003.5.


P.S.- my buddy is just saying that i bet cuz he just got an EVO and he doesnt want me stealing eyes off his car......HAHAHAH

[Novot]

Yesterday I had a guy pull up next to me in a red PR5 at a Dairy Queen in KY and tell me about it... thanks dude!

[Jor-El]

I did a search for Mazdaspeed protege and this is the only forum that i found.

[z00mer]

Stumbled across the site while doing a search on the MSP, before I decided to get one.

So far.....as far as i`m concerned......this happens to be the best site for the Protege'.

Just my $0.02 .:p

[Black Majik MSP]

I was looking for Protege sites for my boss & I found it on the resource page of toprotege.com

[Wiggles6983]

Google search for "mazda forums" here, first on the list

[FC3s Boy]

Cruzer619 hooked my up with the info when I worked at el cajon mazda..

[apocman]

I found it by searching on Yahoo, but I knew about the site from my brother Yashooa...

[SonicRacer]

My friend has a P5. He sent me the link to it once I fell in love w/ the Titianium MSP.

[FunkyCold5]

A pop up menu popped up on my screen while I was looking at dirty porn. jp.

Friends recommended I go to a forum to learn more about my car, and I did a search on google, and there it was.

[pdhaudio83]

i love reading how people found us here... :)

[EvilMSP]

I found it through an occasional search. Looked for MSP stuff for a long time and this is the first place I found. Took me the entire summer though.

[Mspeedchica3.5]

My Friend Adam has an MP3 and told me i could find everything i needed to know about my car here!

[pHase1]

I specifically searched for Mazdaspeed Protege message board.

Using google of course!!!

[Leadfoot]

Originally posted by slug420


i was worried because i had been lookin round the net for quite a while and was coming to the conclusion that p5s/mp3s/and all proteges just didnt have a following

I'm kinda happy I'm not the only one who has had problems locating MSP info. Just in the last few weeks have I found aftermarket parts, and glad I finally located fellow MSP fans...I've had mine since 1/29/03!

[krazymonkey1]

Went to yahoo and typed in "Mazdaspeed protege" and this was one of the sites that popped up.

[OneMeanSpeed]

I found this link from the guy i bought my speed off of he told me about it when i bought the car

thanks god for him this forum has great info i wouldnt have known about any of these companies like joe p and ion if it wasnt for you guy thanx


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[RoTi speed]

Some dude in a parking lot told me about the site.

[Gbourdon]

Google search for flash info

[sniper9]

I found this site when i was researching the car....i typed in Mazdaspeed protege and it was there....(using yahoo)

[JTP]

When I had my Eclipse I always went to the forums for it. So I figured there had to be a forum for the MSP somewhere. I am really wanting to buy the car so I just typed in Mazdaspeed forums on google of course, and here I am. Hopefully I can still get my MSP if finance rate is low enough.

[Halo7478]

i did a google search

[GotBoost]

some asshole that goes by Halo7478 told me about it. c-ya tonight halo.

[03MSP]

I found it because someone from here posted on clubrsx.com

[FirstMAZDA]

When I bought my car, the guy that sold it to me has one, and he told me about this site.

[Zray]

Google'd Mazdaspeed Forum - this came up first, I believe...

[MSPRO]

I just did a search for protege forums and this came up. I like to get some knowledge on a car before I buy it and this forum definantly helped me with that. Thanks

[Himoura]

saw something about it on the RX8 forum!

[blu_msp]

Found the forum using Yahoo!

[kustomkoncepts]

When i purchased the car the dealer had told me about the sight

[gun]

somebody left me a link on my page at cardomain.

[freekwonder]

well it didnt have an option for me :D . i found the site over two years ago when i had my MP3. :D

['Sploder]

I found it while researching the MSP on the net.

[hukster00]

i was here since the site was made for mp3 so i gess msp found me :D

[MSPDetroit]

Mazdausa.com

[Terpdx201]

Found the site from Joe B.

[doogster]

was on way to work and a dude told me about it

[Blazzin]

Hell I dont remember , I think I found it with yahoo but then again if you have a link set up with MAZDA I might of found it ther . I looked and I looked for anything relating to MSP ! So one way or the other ! I found YOU !!!

[04MINIcooperS]

found it at www.mazda626.net

And that is a godawful site i hope none of you EVER visit.

Their moto is simple "If its mazda it pwns j00 (even ferrari's, they dont care) and if its Honda its rice. (i emplore you to compare their cars to a honda and point out the ricetacular differences...

there arent any.

Rice Boi's blow hard.

[JDM Sam]

Hahaha mini I was the one that posted the link there.
Yea it's an mediocre forum. Just a lot of bad information going around.

[04MINIcooperS]

MEDIOCRE! They ban everything i post because i call their BS!

A fwd family sedan would\could not EVER "drift 2 corners back to back around 60 mph" as quoted from another ricetacular member of 626.net.

And now im alll riled up. :mad:

:cool:

[thekid]

hi everyone! i heard about this site from some guys on the Toronto Protege Club board... so i decided to surf around and check it out... looks like it will be a very valuable resource!

[kevducridr]

I found the link on JoeP's site. This is a very good forum. Hello everyone from D-town!!!! Are there any local Detroit or Michigan Mazda clubs? :rolleyes:

[RX-KEVIN]

I was working on a blue mp3 in a dealership cause it had worn rod bearings and on the rear window it had a www.mazdamp3.com sticker on it

[Nextruss]

i couldn't sleep at night the months of researching my car before i actually got it, so as fate happens, i found this site, or something like that...

[swimmingweasel]

Did a search on yahoo for Mazdaspeed Protege, and found it.

[MSP#735]

I found this site by typing in "Mazdaspeed Forums" and......AAAHHHHHHHHH there it was!!!

[jone1wheel]

I found a kid named Cullen on E bay through a store he has called Squattys Shop and he told me about this sight. (dance)

[t3ase]

and he read the FAQ, too.. w00t w00t

[SpeedMcheen]

I found this site by typing in "Mazdaspeed Forums" and......AAAHHHHHHHHH there it was!!!
me to

[SherbertRocket]

superspud gave me the good word

[solospeed]

i was driving down the street and saw a outdoor car show when I pulled I meet some new people that told me!

[ukqueen]

My husband is a member of the contour club and in the summer they took a skyline drive to visit cooters from 'The Dukes of Hazards'. And someone drove her protege.. it took forever, but my husband finally sent this link to me. :cool:

[Katya4me]

That was me!!! :D

[MSP Tuner]

I just typed protege5 forums and this was the first site.

[marashka]

Dr. Sound gave me a link.

[TiGrayMsp716]

My salesperson gave me the link to find parts...

[Meghan]

I was talking to one of my buddies about playing with my new car and he told me to come check this place out!

[Rich24km]

i found it on google

[cvp0917]

A friend of mine is a member on here. once i helped him put his injen intake on his msp and i drove it i knew i HAD to have on of these cars and 2 weeks later i had one. love every minute im in it.

[mazdagirl_001]

My boyfriend owns a MSP, and I have questions about gift ideas... mods and such. I thought this would be the best place to get some advice.
(birthday) (cool)

[CommieSpeed]

My car got tagged by ServoEyes. Thanks a bunch man! I have tagged many cars since then.

[Antoine]

My car got tagged by ServoEyes. Thanks a bunch man! I have tagged many cars since then.

Schaaweet...Much appreciated!

[Blake]

Moeed brought me to these forums and its also how i became an owner of one

[Murray]

I found it looking for mp3 clunk info. Probably searched on Google, but it's been a while. I was using the mazdamp3.com domain at the time but eventually started typing msprotege because it seemed easier to type. (shrug)

[Dugg E Fresh]

Since I am a fairly new owner of this car (as well as not having access to the internet for the first couple months), I didn't know any acronyms such as MSP or MSProtege. I probably just did a search for MazdaSpeed Protege and eventually ended up here. And besides not having access, I drove the car anytime I wasn't at work or sleeping. :)

[GhostOne]

googled mazdaspeed protege

[Dell151]

Back in July I was hopping for a 03.5 Speed Protege and couldnt find one anywhere in New England. I needed a car at the time and finally settled on a 2003 Jetta 1.8. I bought the car and had a great time with it until it stared nickle and diming me. It was like every time I fixed something, something totally unrelated went wrong. I found VW vortex and began posting questions. Whatever! Then a big snowstorm hit and I wrecked it and almost simutaneously, all these MSP's started popping up. I found one that was right (Mazda Warranty still active) with reasonable miles (41k on the machine and 20 on the motor). I bought it and put two and two together (vw vortex + forums) and as soon as I got home. I ran a google search and... Bung... Dell 151... Member... 2003.5 MSP#380 in Titanium.

(enguard) Wu-Tang Forever!

[Drumfreak]

Found out about this from a kid on the street with a Silver P5 way back in the day.

[Karna]

i was in the process of buying my msp at the time and looked at google for "mazda forums", "mazdaspeed forums" etc. to find out common problems and common modds and such. i generally liked what i saw and bought the car. now im a member on here with about 30 posts and thanks to the info on here i managed to gather almost all the modds that i wanted to achieve my goal of having a quick car and still roll in style doing so lol (cabpatch)

edit: just saw this thread has been brought up from the dead lol 2005!!!

[Rafterman]

I was at the dealer getting work done on my car and this page was their home page for the customer computer.

[18sOnAiR]

Been a member on other forums mostly escort and protege 1st gen. After I got the speed I just type in Mazdaspeedprotege.com hit enter and got redirected to here.

[B1GHAM]

A friend who owns an MSP told me about the site.

[We Are Ninja]

I was looking through google images for pics of the MSP. Most of the modded ones linked to this forum.

[Antoine]

I was at the dealer getting work done on my car and this page was their home page for the customer computer.

(ohsnap!) That's cool :D

Nice to see some fresh posts in this thread!

[reg_2004]

i just found this forum when after i test drove my msp last august and i wanted to find out everything about the car - then i bought it!

[Matrix]

A guy who worked at the Mazda dealership where I bought my car also had an MSP and was already on this board. He referred me to this site.

[nazgul350r]

^^ same votes

[dirtysouth_msp]

A guy named Ron, I think his forum name is Tyrant, chased me down on I85 and followed me off the exit to a gas station to tell me about it... He put in the extra effort, lol. By the way, thanks Ron...

[daonly1around]

I was at the dealer getting work done on my car and this page was their home page for the customer computer.
wow, shows the dealer doesn't no crap about their cars, that and looking for people modding their cars so they can void warrenties...
edit: google search, looking for a body kit at the time.. glad i didn't find any then and got a used p5 kit:-D

[dmention7]

A couple members of mnmazda.com pointed me this way when I traded in my 3 for the MSP

[Texas_Frenzy]

i was pionted here by andrewsmc...madd props to site been to a few meets although i do not own a mazada but everyone was cool with it and had a blast.

[nycmsp718]

found this place on yahoo.com

[ItsSlow]

Was referred to this place from someone on a local forum when looking for info about the car..

[1moreMPH]

pointed here by drew (warrier04) and alex (auzzimp3) who i went to high school with back a few years ago and were busy learning/modding on their yellow MSP and mp3 and kinda got me sucked into it lol.

hahaha, it's funny to see that andrewsmc recruited you -- he's CRAZY about doing that! gotta love it.

[brmiley]

I just searched for MSP forums and came up with this one.

[Smus]

Just searched Mazda forums and this one was the top of the search list.

I'm pretty glad I joined this one too!

[Antoine]

Welcome to the community, Guys! (hi)

I'm glad you found us...Enjoy the Forums! :D

[MSP_03_FL]

Hi everyone! Glad to part of this community. I found this site couple of days ago and I finally decided to join. :D

[Andrewsmc]

welcome, proud new msp owner i suppose?

[MSP_03_FL]

welcome, proud new msp owner i suppose?
Yes, very proud.(bowdown)

[Andrewsmc]

wheres the PICS!!

[Rivman]

Google - Mazda Forums, and this site came up ! (drinks)

[MSP_03_FL]

wheres the PICS!!
I have to upload them so give me some time. :)

[2.0t03speed]

i knew erik (va03speed) and scott (blubeast22) before i even even thought about buying one. hell being around eriks black msp for 2 years made me want to go get one. and once i got one he told me about the forums an di been here ever since lol

[mazdaspeedson]

i found the forum using google looking up jdm mazda proteges

[mazda03maniac]

i had some guy at a show tell me about the site. been filling my mind with thoughts and ideas ever since

[bhosMSPRO]

the former owner of this car (ChiGuy_2002 on here) told me to check it out for any help i need with it

[SweetWheels]

I Googled for Mazdaspeed Protege

[BillyGT]

well i made a search on google... mazdaspeed pics.. so y found a lot of pictures... one of tha thousand where from here... so

where I am... my name is Billy, from Guatemala, C.A. (Central America.)
proud member of the team of Millenium Planet Audio, Car Audio...

representing Eclipse Car Audio...

[Antoine]

Wow...from Guatemala! Welcome! (hi)

Be sure to post (pics) of your Mazda and enjoy the forums! :D

[i like speed]

I met a guy (his name escapes me but to my knowledge has the only other msp in little rock) at pizza hut and he said to go here.

I remembered... it was dustoff_army

[Spooler]

Google was the way to heaven

[In4am0sPuN]

Saw the car @ yahoo autos, wanted to know more about the car, went to YAHOO! typed in Mazdaspeed Protege Forums... took me straight here =D

[foreverzero89]

i was on G20.net before here. a guy over there told me about this site. SR20 Rocks!

[Mickvicious_MSP]

Search engines are a thing of beauty!

[Mr.broke]

I googled "mazda forums"

[Ricktalife]

i've googled mazdaspeed protege countless numbers of times but only found this forum link after i bought my car so it worked out well.

[Spiced MSP]

I found this site just by googling a lot of different sites about how I could mod my MSP and also figuring out who has had issues with their MSP and how they fixed it. I found this site and I use it a lot for information. I like this forum because I know that anything I find is coming from real Mazda lovers and not from some automated website. So, I decided to sign up.

[Wagonbacker9]

Google...

[Outlawstar98]

Google...

I 2nd that.

[03silvertege]

google

[MSP SuperStreet]

Googled "Mazdaspeed Protege"

[mazdapop]

Google'n for history on my MSP #1772.

[rally2003]

Previous owner.

[littlemimus]

i gurgled it

[StealthWyvern]

wow seriously old thread but oddly enough I have never ran across it before! Found the site googling for a protege forum... i do that with all my cars!

[jbamin]

i had a customer ask about the msp, and i knew very little about it.. so i used the google button on the internet machine.

[Wagonbacker9]

internet machine... lol. nice