Protege5 reference in new Automobile mag Issue

[Donas64]

Yesterday, I just got my new issue of automobile mag in the mail. The one with the GT500 and the other muscle cars on the cover, and in the letters section, a fellow by the name of Darren Davis wrote this in reference to a Kia Rio5 they reviewed in a "cool small cars" story they did 2 issues back: "Amazing! Let's all laud Kia for the 2006 Rio5! For they have finally given us something we really need: A lesser version of e 2002 Mazda Protege5. And yes, it is a fair thing to say. The Kia is weak looking, slower and has smaller wheels (fifteens), and doesn't handle nearly as well. And the Price? Brand-new, you could get a loaded Protege5 that handled like a go-kart for just over $16,000. Sorry Kia, not much price advantage there. I commend Kia for wanting to copy a good car. But could someone tell them that putting a 5 at the end of the name does not a sport car make?"

That was written by Darren Davis of Norwood, Massachusetts.

I just thought it was cool to see some props given to our cars. They are fun little cars whose styling is fresh even today and fun to drive to boot.

[Pirana]

hehehe, thats pretty cool (thumb)

[2003newlyack]

haha awesome showing the love for the p5's (first)

[Kansei]

hehehe, thats pretty cool (thumb)

You traitor :D long live the Pirana Protege 1.0 haha

That's cool, now someone scour that town and cover his car with nepoc stickers!!!

[Pirana]

(lol) just sent me some

[Donas64]

c'mon guys, our car gets props in a magazine years later and it only gets props from so few! Where is the love

[DE31]

props from more than few!!!!

[importcrazy]

i get props for having a P5 with rims...makes me wonder

[Crazy D]

Thats cool and funny... there is a guy here that has a silver one of those Kias... and decided to park his wanna-b next to mine last week.

So the next day I pulled up and he pulls up too and as I'm walking away from mine he says "Hey man, so how do you like your Kia ?".... I just stopped ..."What ? hell no..."

Kia ?, What Kia... Mines a Mazda ? (he then has the cojones to say) oh sorry...it Sucks to be you then

I had to laugh...(at this point I wanted to smash his grin on the hood of his car) "Listen Kid... I clean shit like you off my tires everyday"

Gotta love it... "Kia"...get TF out of my face !!!!

[CTt3P5]

So he drives a Kia and can't tell it apart from a Mazda? What a loser! Sure they are similiar but not that much!

[i12drivemyMP5]

Sounds like major case of attention-to-detail deficit disorder......seems to be world wide pandemic of this these days.

[Robot Romeo]

(ohsnap!)

[solid_snake]

I got the magazine today in the mail, when i read that i was about to post it but i see that somebody did before I did (blackp5)(laserp5)

[Lord_Zath]

Challenge him to a downhill Time Attack on Mt. Akina.


Thats cool and funny... there is a guy here that has a silver one of those Kias... and decided to park his wanna-b next to mine last week.

So the next day I pulled up and he pulls up too and as I'm walking away from mine he says "Hey man, so how do you like your Kia ?".... I just stopped ..."What ? hell no..."

Kia ?, What Kia... Mines a Mazda ? (he then has the cojones to say) oh sorry...it Sucks to be you then

I had to laugh...(at this point I wanted to smash his grin on the hood of his car) "Listen Kid... I clean shit like you off my tires everyday"

Gotta love it... "Kia"...get TF out of my face !!!!

[redpr5]

Sounds like major case of attention-to-detail deficit disorder......seems to be world wide pandemic of this these days.
yea seriously...how do you miss that ENORMOUS mazda logo on the grill (its much bigger on the cx-7 tho...like obsurdly large)

[aMaff]

Challenge him to a downhill Time Attack on Mt. Akina.
nice (thumb)

[Crazy D]

Challenge him to a downhill Time Attack on Mt. Akina.


(rofl) (rofl) (rofl) (rofl)

[bazooka joe]

by the way, i believe one of the writers for automobile drives a P5, and was talking about how much he loves the car...justa month ago or so...i was going to post it here, but forgot all about it...

[Beau M]

the day i bought my 5, i had also test drove one of those kias. no comparison, the kia just felt cheap.

[Rio Racer]

I drive a rio cinco. (first)

[Kansei]

I drive a rio cinco. (first)

he speaks the truth. It's a great economical little car, and for the price can't be beat (can you get any other car for the price?).

[Rio Racer]

Just rolled over 85k miles. Still runs stronger than ghetto people running from da PO-lice.

[JOMO]

Cant fix perfection. Sorry Kia.

[Rio Racer]

Cant fix perfection. Sorry Kia.
perfection? Nah... only lexus goes for "The relentless pursuit for perfection"

[Kansei]

Cant fix perfection. Sorry Kia.

Yeah, the Protege5 is close to perfection I guess hehe. That is, if you can ignore the weak power that it comes with and the relatively low limits of what the engine can handle without dumping a ton of money into it.

Wait is your car even running right now? I thought you bent a rod or somethin lol

[Rio Racer]

Cant fix perfection. Sorry Kia.
This is perfection

[Kansei]

This is perfection

FTW!

I want one :D

but I'm weird like that.. I also would really love to buy a Mazda Demio/2