Moderator Introduction

[TampaSport20]

Hi. I'm one of your new moderators. Just thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Mike. I own a 2000 Protege DX. I have been part of the Protege community since I bought this car new in 2000. I have been part of the Mazda community even longer. I have owned several Mazda's or mazda products, including my Protege, an 88 MX-6 GT,a 90 MX-6 GT, an a 91 Mercuri capri XR2(read B6T)...

I have currently done these mods to my Protege: Swapped to ES Cluster W/Tach, P5 Strut bar, MSP Sway bars, MSP Springs, Mazdaspeed 5 way adjustable struts, MP3 Shifter and MP3 Shift knob,MP3 Spoiler,Pontiac Grand Am side skirts, Sport20 Bumper, custom mesh grill, Clear Corners, Cobra Eyes(white),Altezza Tails, Custom 2.25 " Exhaust to Ractive Muffler, Modified 2.0L E-bay CAI, ZL-VE Cams, Mazdaspeed Floormats, Custom Seat Covers(front and rear), 35% Tint, Alpine Head Unit, Boston Accoustics 5" x 7" s, Sony Explode 5 1/2's, and Audiobahn 6" x 9"s

I have Extensive knowledge on the ZM-DE,FP-DE,and FS-DE, and F25M-R and G25M-R Transmission. Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

I am also a moderator on Mazda3club.com(formerly Protegeclub) and have been for some time. I consider myself fair and helpful too.

I don't like flame wars, or cursing, and I will be quick to curb both.

I am also a very experienced shadetree mechanic so any other trouble shooting needs you require I will be happy to oblige.

[SIBalla23]

Well I would like to be the first to congratulate you. Hopefully your knowledge can help all of us better our proteges.

[Mr. 4500 RPM]

siballa beat me to it. but welcome, congrats, and thanks for joining our litle corner of the cyber space world!

[vindication]

welcome, did you get the wiring charts I sent yah?

[DiS]

Tampasport20! Congrats mang! Definetly good to know that we got such a mod that knows few things about few generations of Protege's

Tampasport20 likes to reveal who he is, hehe and I guess I wanted to keep it quiet about myself but oh well, heh, I have recently become a moderator of 3rd generation forums section along with Tampasport20. Name's Dennis, and my baby is in my sig, heh. Anyhow just like Mike said, if anyone has some questions, let us know, and as far as being rude to others.....we are not going to tolerate that!(poke)

[Leppy]

Congrats on the Mod position.

question: Grand Am sideskirts? do describe. how's the fit, what's the year that works, pictures?

[mountjonas]

i will welcome our clean mouthed overlords.

kinda off topic, but not really, what's with all the subforums now? everyone has their own subforum. too many places to get a thread lost, i say.

[vindication]

keeps thing organized. so people know where to look for something. not just thrown into one big dirty pile

[mountjonas]

keeps thing organized. so people know where to look for something. not just thrown into one big dirty pile


true, but since i have a p5, which is technically a 3rd gen, where do i post appearance stuff? in the 3rd gen appearance or in the tech-appearance or does it even matter anymore.

if they're cleaning this up, then the whole tech section needs to be consolidated into it's proper model specific subforums, and the protege5, mp3, and msp should go into the 3rd gen section, with their sub-foums as well.

[vindication]

nowhere. you have a p5 section. this is for 3rd gens, i.e. non mp3/msp/p5

[mountjonas]

that's fine. then i'll ask the mods to create more p5 subforums. cheers!

[vindication]

dont be jealous :p

[mountjonas]

dont be jealous :p


trust me, i'm not jealous. i think sub forums are a great idea, but these are getting out of hand. and yes, my p5 is a 3rd gen.

[vindication]

but you sure do sound bitter for some reason. maybe it's just the interweb. Yes I know you have a 3rd gen but if you look after it says 3rd gen, in parenthesis it has protegepower.com, which if you do a search, was started for the 3rd gen non-msp/mp3/p5. hopefully that clears it up a little more.

[mountjonas]

but you sure do sound bitter for some reason. maybe it's just the interweb. Yes I know you have a 3rd gen but if you look after it says 3rd gen, in parenthesis it has protegepower.com, which if you do a search, was started for the 3rd gen non-msp/mp3/p5. hopefully that clears it up a little more.

i've learned to ignore the perceived tone in text.

i never did the research. all i saw was 3rd gen, which says 1999+protege models, which the p5 falls under. i honestly am not bitter. i like reading a lot of the threads so i just find it hard scrolling through all the subforums to conducting a specific search.
(drinks)


i apologize for the threadjack.

[DiS]

yes, the 3rd gen section was made for 3rd gen Sedans DX/LX/ES, just to keep things organized, hehe