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DiS
12-20-2003, 10:40 AM
You know that your'e a Mazda-maniac when...

1. When you run 3 red lights in a row doing 75 in 25 zone, in hope that tickets at movie theater will not be sold out
2. When people throw money at you just to sit in the passenger seat of ur car.
3. When you leave to work 2 hours earlier just to cruise around.
4. When cop gives you a ticket for the loud BOV, and asking you to rev it again.
5. When you are upset that there are NO mods left to do besides Seat-belt pads.
AND FINALLY
6. When you spend 7 hours to wash your car by hand.

Fellas, lets keep this thread alive.:D

derrick1623
12-20-2003, 10:51 AM
when someone says, "what the hell was that squeaking?" and you reply, "oh, that's normal"

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 10:55 AM
sadly Ive done the first one in the 7! :p

How about when someone asks you "is that a honda" and you can snicker and say no its better ;)

DiS
12-20-2003, 10:59 AM
hehe yea much better.

Derrick, my friends car sounds like that. All u hear is SQUEAK SQUEAK.

How about..... When State trooper pulls you over and asks SIR HOW FAST CAN THIS CAR GO?

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:01 AM
My fave was I had my bro in the passanger seat and a state trooper was talking to us @ an accident and hes like why are you letting your gf drive your car?

DiS
12-20-2003, 11:02 AM
(rofl) LETS HEAR SOME MORE

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:03 AM
Thinking.....

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:05 AM
ooh ohh. I got one. An old guy in a mini van peeled out next to me @ a light and when we got to the next one, he asked me if I had a quizenart in her. I was like yeah Im about to do an engine swap and upgrade to a 5hp briggs and stration!

DiS
12-20-2003, 11:06 AM
......When you wake up at 3am in cold sweat to check if you closed the windows in ur Protege.

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:09 AM
When you can put this in your sig:
"Ill keep a bucket of rice in my car, and if some ricer in honduh will pass by, Ill throw some"

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 11:09 AM
when, while walking away from your car, you step into a good 5 inch deep puddle or trip on something (yeah, ive done both...the 2nd one way more than once) b/c you werent looking ahead...you were looking back at your car until it was outta site

RyanJayG
12-20-2003, 11:10 AM
lovingly washing my car up to three times a week, "just because"

RyanJayG
12-20-2003, 11:14 AM
....when you drive 1300 miles to visit your family in Florida when it would of been faster and cheaper to fly, just because you can't be with out it for 3 weeks



*edit* MY PRECIOUS!!!!!

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:16 AM
Originally posted by RyanJayG
....when you drive 1300 miles to visit your family in Florida when it would of been faster and cheaper to fly, just because you can't be with out it for 3 weeks

ha ha. So true!

I put mine in the garage so she doesnt get cold :)

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 11:18 AM
when you yell at people cause the slam your doors to hard....

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 11:20 AM
Originally posted by MotegiMazdA
ha ha. So true!

I put mine in the garage so she doesnt get cold :)


yes, mine ALWAYS gets the garage spot

one night i didnt, and i apologized to my car, it was so cold


oh, when you mention ANYTHING about your car, and your friends roll their eyes, sigh, and say "you're obsessed"

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:25 AM
when you wont let anyone else drive your car, just to go to the store. you have to drive them there

RyanJayG
12-20-2003, 11:27 AM
when you put your car in for service and call them daily to find out when it'll be done, even though they told you it would take all week

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 11:27 AM
damn, why arent more people adding onto this list???

this is fun

...when you have used the protege for the basis of your advertising project twice (outta two times)

when, in advertising, the guy in your group says "dude, its not that great", and before you have a chance to say anything, your friend pipes in with "uhh, i wouldnt say that to her if i were you"

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 11:33 AM
Originally posted by MotegiMazdA
when you wont let anyone else drive your car, just to go to the store. you have to drive them there

yes, NOBODY touches my car
one time, my cause was gonna have to drive me like an hour and a half away, cause where i was going, we werent supposed to have cars, so i give her a million things not to do while driving, since i had gotten it like a week before and she already scratched the shit outta my 1st gen hubcaps....

and she flips out, cause its just a car, and there is no way its gonna last more that a week with out getting the wheels scratched ( :wtf: )

she got so mad at me for some reason, and refused to drive me, so my sis drove me up with her civic instead, i was so happy(and i made sure to take my keys with me, so no one would get any funny ideas)

DiS
12-20-2003, 11:38 AM
ROFL Thats funny as hell.

.....When you smoke through the hose, that goes out the window only because you dont want to spend money for air fresheners

.....When you rubbing bird shit off the car with rubbing alcohol while thanking god that cows dont fly.

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:42 AM
Originally posted by DiS
ROFL Thats funny as hell.

.....When you smoke through the hose, that goes out the window only because you dont want to spend money for air fresheners

.....When you rubbing bird shit off the car with rubbing alcohol while thanking god that cows dont fly.
shouldnt smoke in the car at all.

Last time my mom touched my car she scraped the front end comming into the driveway.

Emode
12-20-2003, 11:43 AM
when you hear turkeys all year long

RyanJayG
12-20-2003, 11:45 AM
I let my brother drive my car so I could see what it looked like from outside the car. I was SO nervous.... pretty rediculous really

RyanJayG
12-20-2003, 11:47 AM
oooh, and when you are concerned about what the car dealers' people did in the 16 miles that were on it before you bought it

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 11:47 AM
Originally posted by RyanJayG
I let my borhter drive my car so I could see what it looked like from outside the car. I was SO nervous.... pretty rediculous really

Ha ha ha
I have done that too! But now I just drive by a big glass building

RyanJayG
12-20-2003, 11:48 AM
yeah, I stare when I pass store fronts too :D

falkofire
12-20-2003, 11:54 AM
when you wash your car in the afternoon even when there is rain forcasted for teh next few days, jus because you can't stand to see her dirty

DiS
12-20-2003, 11:56 AM
lol yea, thats my friend!! Only rain started 30 minutes later after he washed his car.

.....When you driving with radio off for 2 hours just to hear the engine.

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by DiS
lol yea, thats my friend!! Only rain started 30 minutes later after he washed his car.

.....When you driving with radio off for 2 hours just to hear the engine.


hahah yeah!!


or, when you are getting outta the car, you turn off the music, the heat, open your door, and only then turn off your car so you can hear the hiisssss of the injen

ahh, i love that sound, i do it every time i come home

falkofire
12-20-2003, 12:15 PM
when you prefer to go out on your breaks and sit in your car or go drive your car...rather than sit in the cafateria with everyone else or jus be inside altogether...:P

DiS
12-20-2003, 12:29 PM
Originally posted by falkofire
when you prefer to go out on your breaks and sit in your car or go drive your car...rather than sit in the cafateria with everyone else or jus be inside altogether...:P

AHAHAHAHHAHA THATS WHAT I DO AT WORK!!!!!!

......When filling up at the gas station, thinking that you shouldnt floor the car so much, but once ure full and getting out of gas station, you drop the clutch and peel away once again at 6k rpm

krb1482
12-20-2003, 12:36 PM
When you carry a portable detailing kit(towels, window cleaner, and some wax) in your car at all times for that "just in-case" situation.

krb1482
12-20-2003, 12:37 PM
Or when you wash your car every third day, even if it is not dirty, just because you enjoy washing it and keepin her clean.

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 12:38 PM
Originally posted by DiS
AHAHAHAHHAHA THATS WHAT I DO AT WORK!!!!!!

......When filling up at the gas station, thinking that you shouldnt floor the car so much, but once ure full and getting out of gas station, you drop the clutch and peel away once again at 6k rpm

I lean proudly on my car at gas stations and watch everyone stare ;)

DiS
12-20-2003, 12:43 PM
Originally posted by MotegiMazdA
I lean proudly on my car at gas stations and watch everyone stare ;)

Oh god! Can you come to my gas station so I can stare please??!?!?!

JrTekSilverP5
12-20-2003, 12:59 PM
... when u dont read ANYTHING all week and u take the time out to stop and read THIS WHOLE THREAD and Laugh cause you've done EVERYTHING at least TWICE that was mentioned here...

jersey_emt
12-20-2003, 01:03 PM
In Jersey nobody leans on their cars because WE CANT PUMP OUR OWN GAS!

I love getting gas at busy gas stations at night in neighboring states... :)

I also leave work for work like a 1/2 hour early to cruise around...I wash my car at least once a week...lol

JrTekSilverP5
12-20-2003, 01:03 PM
I've takin 3hrs to wash my car (knowing im not goin anywhere later) all just to put it in the garage and put the car cover on...

kcbhiw
12-20-2003, 03:24 PM
When you own a Protege5, two Miatas, and enough parts to build a spare engine for a Miata. :)

agtj
12-20-2003, 05:01 PM
... When you buy new floor mats so you don't screw up the heal rest piece so it always looks nice when showing the car off....

MotegiMazdA
12-20-2003, 05:24 PM
when you wash your car on your lunch break! :) Im guilty of that today :)

chino
12-20-2003, 05:29 PM
You go out of the way to drive by glass office buildings so you can see the reflection of your car in motion.

Dexter
12-20-2003, 05:37 PM
Originally posted by agtj
... When you buy new floor mats so you don't screw up the heal rest piece so it always looks nice when showing the car off....

LOL i need to do this. :)

kcbhiw
12-20-2003, 07:40 PM
Originally posted by chino
You go out of the way to drive by glass office buildings so you can see the reflection of your car in motion.

hehe...good one. Guilty!

alexlitov
12-20-2003, 08:51 PM
YOu guys and gals are all sick!!!

Wait I do most of that stuff too...I washed my car in between the rain showers the other day :-)

agtj
12-20-2003, 08:58 PM
Another one...

When your friends mention MP3, you think they are talking about the Mazda MP3 and start talking about specs etc, when really they are talking about MP3 Music...

nate0123
12-20-2003, 09:04 PM
When you try to think of some reason you need to drive somewhere, and when you can't think of any, you go anyway :D

Dreeza
12-20-2003, 09:13 PM
when shopping, you start getting extremely impatient with your slow ass sister taking FOREVER to try shit on, cause you know you are gonna be going to mexico tomorrow and wont be able to drive for a week, cause she insisted on driving her damn civic, and also all of a sudden you dont feel like spending as much $$ on clothes as you normally would, cause you keep thinking...wait, i wanna save this for my car...


and now im back from shopping, and its too late to go driving...or at least i cant think of an excuse to go:(

agtj
12-20-2003, 09:17 PM
Shopping.... Yeah (Happy Holidays!!).....

When you spend 20mins to find the perfect parking space in an empty parking lot, making sure that from every angle in the lot someone will be able to see the car.


Edit: When shopping for your family and friends you end up the automotive section buying cleaning supplies for your car.




And when you get back from your shopping you find some punk has parked right next to you.

charles
12-21-2003, 02:55 AM
Originally posted by alexlitov
YOu guys and gals are all sick!!!

Wait I do most of that stuff too...I washed my car in between the rain showers the other day :-) Am I the only one who doesn't run red lights? :eek:

I like my car dirty, I'm a redneck :D

http://www.bpt-racer.com/albums/24mud/thumb/PB190438.thumb.JPG

jflo
12-21-2003, 03:49 AM
when you're actually happy to pick up your sister from some event just a few minutes away...

when u yell at your parents for driving the way they do...

when u spend half of the time in class doodling 'mazdaspeed protege' in different fonts or drawing the side profile or front side of your car...

when u wake up in a cold sweat dreaming of driving through the mountain side...

when all u think about is shifting to the next gear in your car...

when u constantly take different angled pictures of your car, even though u already have them...

when u don't have anywhere to go during lunch, you just drive around for the hell of it...

when your girlfriend thinks that you like your car more than you like her...

when you fanatically defend your car in every situation...

kolashaker
12-21-2003, 04:23 AM
Guilty of all the following:

--spending 45 minutes in the garage staring at your car

--deciding to take the route home with heavier traffic so more people can see your car

--taking the way home that takes an hour longer just so you can take the twisties

--hand washing, polishing and waxing the car in 35 degree weather because the car wash might scratch it up

--giving the thumbs up to other mazdas, including MPVs and old Mazda pickups

DiS
12-21-2003, 04:24 AM
.....When you are in 5th gear, and accidently switching to reverse, thinking its 6th gear.

alexlitov
12-21-2003, 04:25 AM
Had never happen to me...

Caffein8d
12-21-2003, 04:36 AM
being stupid enough to trade in your faster, slightly more sporty car for a domesticated econobox wagon: guilty.

well, at least i want to.

Aricjm15
12-21-2003, 04:39 AM
Originally posted by DiS
.....When you are in 5th gear, and accidently switching to reverse, thinking its 6th gear.

umm, there is an interlock, you cant do it
try it and you will see, put the car in 5th and then try and move it down into reverse

...When telling stories about your car people think you are talking about an actual person, some damn fine woman you saw at the mall, or some kind of wild beast

DiS
12-21-2003, 05:53 AM
Originally posted by Aricjm15
umm, there is an interlock, you cant do it
try it and you will see, put the car in 5th and then try and move it down into reverse

Thanks for telling, but I know that. All newer cars begining with 1997 models I believe, have that feature. BUT it works only when you are in 5th gear and trying to switch to reverse straight from 5th. When you are in 5th, put it in neutral and then it will go into reverse. But once again thanks for telling:rolleyes:

.....When you are calling your friend for his digital camera to take some pics of your car, and your friend tells u that this is the 7th time for the last 10 minutes, and thats the last time hes giving it to you. But you know that you will come back for that camera within the next 3 minutes.

t3ase
12-21-2003, 07:01 AM
...when your neighbors come out of their house when you're washing your car and tell you "you're going to wear the paint off that car".
...when this forum's down, you don't know what to do and go out for a drive.
...when you chase down other proteges you see on the road just to see if they've modded anything or try to talk to them.
...when you find modded proteges when you're out, you write down the license plate and look up who it is when you get home just to know.
...when you'd rather look at pics of the nice proteges on this site than watch porn.
...when you stay up late look at the same parts for your car that you've looked at hundreds of nights before again and again just thinking "one day"
...when you're at the movies and your date finally just tells you to just go check on your car.
...when you refuse to go get food for your sick girlfriend at the time just because its snowing and you dont want to risk damaging your car in any way.
...when you'd rather risk driving your protege for 15 hours to another state on bald tires than taking a plane.
...when your girlfriend asks "can we FINALLY take my car? just once?"
...when you wash your car more than you do laundry.


:D

P5LawnMan
12-21-2003, 08:37 AM
Taking the interstate on ramp at 80mph just because you can(drive)

mp5jeff
12-21-2003, 08:50 AM
---leaving for work an hour early when it only takes 5 mins to get there but you were so anxious to drive the car! ....everyone always asks me why i come to work early but oh well..they just don't know

DiS
12-21-2003, 08:54 AM
Originally posted by mp5jeff
---leaving for work an hour early when it only takes 5 mins to get there but you were so anxious to drive the car! ....everyone always asks me why i come to work early but oh well..they just don't know

lol that is so true, same here bro.

......When you sit in a beach chair in front of ur house on a shiny day just to get a tan from the reflection of you very clean Protege.

charles
12-21-2003, 04:09 PM
Originally posted by DiS
Thanks for telling, but I know that. All newer cars begining with 1997 models I believe, have that feature. BUT it works only when you are in 5th gear and trying to switch to reverse straight from 5th. When you are in 5th, put it in neutral and then it will go into reverse. But once again thanks for telling:rolleyes: Bah, reverse-lock is a lot older than 1997. Even if you defeated it, there's no way to get the car in reverse without a lot of thrashing.

Anyways, I've looked to go another gear when I was already in 5th, but I didn't actually try when I realized I was already in 5th.

Aricjm15
12-22-2003, 02:44 AM
Originally posted by charles
Bah, reverse-lock is a lot older than 1997. Even if you defeated it, there's no way to get the car in reverse without a lot of thrashing.

Anyways, I've looked to go another gear when I was already in 5th, but I didn't actually try when I realized I was already in 5th.

it would probably be like 1947 or something

how about, if your so stupid that you have actualy tried to shift into reverse thinking your car has a 6 speed

batmang
12-22-2003, 03:07 AM
i yell at my GF when she doesnt close the door all the way, and uses her ass to bump it shut. its sexy.... but it hurts tha p5. i yell at her like an angry asian.

Aricjm15
12-22-2003, 03:10 AM
she could dent the door, one of my friends did that to my car and i saw the door panel bend

that and it would suck if your girlfriend has little metal studs on her belt, or a rivit on her jeans right where her ass is going to hit the door

ouch

sidpro5
12-22-2003, 03:47 AM
......when, after ten years and many attempts and requests from your significant other, you quit smoking 1)to keep the interior clean, and 2)to save $$$ for mods! $4 a day adds up! lol *cough cough*
plus about 95% of everything else that's been mentioned. (cheers)

shaolin
12-22-2003, 05:40 AM
I always park far from the door where less people walk to avoid anybody brushing up against it. I also try to find spaces next to a wall, or at the end of the row next to the stripes on the ground so that only one side of my car will have someone parked next to me.

JOS3
12-22-2003, 01:08 PM
when your wife insists on brushing her hair in your car despite specifically telling her not to.........i hate how it gets woven into the floor mats and seats.............

Ceej
12-22-2003, 01:13 PM
7 hours to wash you car by hand!?!?!

Then you are either; slow or don't know what you are doing!

JOS3
12-22-2003, 01:25 PM
damn, thats crazy.....................its takes me 3 hours to do a completely perfect kob, inside and out...................7 hours is too long

unless your doing the meguiars 4 step process, then i understand....................i wouldnt do it. but i understand

MarkSpark
12-22-2003, 01:31 PM
...when you make sure your Mazda is locked and the alarm is armed even when it's secure in the garage.

and

when you park outside of your friend's house and rush upstairs to see the unique view.

orange330
12-22-2003, 01:46 PM
just to get back to the original idea of this thread.

you know you own a mazda when...
your protege 5 handles better stock then your friends modded honda civic auto cross car

sidpro5
12-23-2003, 11:04 AM
Washed my p5 this morning. 2:00 this morning! On my way home from work, had a little time to kill, she needed it, I obliged.........besides, there won't be any water spots on it from the sun baking the droplets into the wax. Gotta go shine the tires now..........(cheers)

DiS
12-23-2003, 12:19 PM
Originally posted by protejay5
damn, thats crazy.....................its takes me 3 hours to do a completely perfect kob, inside and out...................7 hours is too long

unless your doing the meguiars 4 step process, then i understand....................i wouldnt do it. but i understand

Actually thats my friend who takes 7 hours to wash his car. Washes it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then clay-bars it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then Waxes it. Waits for an hour, then polishes it. Waits another hour and polishes it again. FINALLY waits another hour and polishes it again. His car looks freaking sweet as hell when its done. Everything by hand.

Dimitrios
12-24-2003, 12:30 AM
Originally posted by DiS
Actually thats my friend who takes 7 hours to wash his car. Washes it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then clay-bars it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then Waxes it. Waits for an hour, then polishes it. Waits another hour and polishes it again. FINALLY waits another hour and polishes it again. His car looks freaking sweet as hell when its done. Everything by hand.

...and then? it rains.....:'(

....when you see other Protege5s on the road and wonder if the drivers are thinking or do the same thing you are (i.e. all the stuff posted here!).

....when you know more about Mazdas/cars than the salesperson at the the dealer (I think we have all been there)

.....when you know part numbers and the way things get installed when talking to the service and/or parts managers.

.....when you think that your 1-2 shift *could* be just a *little bit* quicker :D

.....when you yell at people when they ask you about your "wagon" - it's a HATCHBACK!!! (rant) (argh)

MotegiMazdA
12-24-2003, 12:54 AM
When you wont let anyone lean on your car....(i'll admit I have FINALLY gotten into this habit :D)

When you are sick at home but decide to go cruising anyway and your friends look at your car and go, "You know thats pretty clean and shiny...I thought you were sick" and all you can do is smile
(happend to me today)

Protege2K
12-24-2003, 01:08 AM
Originally posted by MotegiMazdA
When you wont let anyone lean on your car....(i'll admit I have FINALLY gotten into this habit :D)

I get real bad about that. Especially when I go to the cruise-in's around town. I think what makes me hate it so much is that I start to wonder if people that the person leaning on the car is the owner. I had my friend walk up to a guy who was leaning on my car at one of these meets and ask him where he got the kit. The guy told him that is wasn't his, so my friend asked him "well then why the fuck are you leaning on it?"

MotegiMazdA
12-24-2003, 01:12 AM
I used to sit on my trunk with my legs over my wing. The first time I went to Miami no one knew it was my car and I sat up on the trunk and they pulled me off of it like it was on fire. lol. Learned my lesson

charles
12-24-2003, 06:42 AM
hahaha... I jump on my hood.... LMAO

mp5jeff
12-24-2003, 06:50 AM
when you pay almost 3k for a transmission swap just to make it that much better...lol

Luv2RedLine
12-28-2003, 09:01 PM
When your a member of about 5 different mazda boards and visit them all regularly....

clubp.com pclub.com mazdamaniacs.com msp/p5.com miata.net hmmm...there's one more but it must have slipped my mind...

When you can relate to everything everybody is talking about.

When you are not satisfied with your mazda and think it could be modded some other way(who is really done modding???).

When your a poor college student and instead of buying something you need you think of what you can do to your mazda.

When you sell your books at the end of the semester and buy a short shifter with the money you got.

When 100% of your cars have been mazdas(miata and now my pro) course I'm only 18 but that's not the point.

When you don't want your mazda parted out because you want somebody else to love her as much as you did....hey kevin, hows she coming? haven't heard anything since you got the engine sitting in your floor.

Dreeza
12-28-2003, 10:05 PM
when in mexico...you take the bus to the city and the roads...oh man, twisties like no other, and all you can think is "holy shit, i wanna drive my car on these" and, also, you look out the window for other proteges, and you only see ONE in a whole week, so the second you get home, you open your garage, (which you had to fight for before you left) and just look at that gorgeous car sitting there, wishing you could go drive, but your parents already think you are psycho - so you cant :(

jflo
12-29-2003, 03:15 AM
yay dreeza's back !

Dreeza
12-30-2003, 02:27 AM
Originally posted by jflo
yay dreeza's back !

lol, yay me




heres another thing....


when you have kinda scratched out what used to be your 1st choice college b/c it was NYU, and there is NO way you can take your car there...along with tufts and boston u...

scott42
01-05-2004, 01:01 AM
When you jot down the color, make and license plate of the car parked in the spot next to you (after trying to find a completely empty part of the lot first) so that if you come back and find a door ding or scratch, you can hunt them down :)

t3ase
01-05-2004, 01:05 AM
Originally posted by spankmymonkey
when...
1. you (SERIOUSLY) ask the tech if you can drive your car into the shop, cause NO ONE drives your car....
(j/k never did that.) but NO ONE drives my car.
My tech lets me drive the car in and out of the shop. :D

P5bob
01-07-2004, 02:51 PM
When, while rinsing off your car, you sing the Will Smith version of "Just the 2 of us" line: "Daddy loves you, daddy loves you"
-when your g/f thinks you're crazy when you kiss your car after you wash it.
-as someone mentioned before, you lock the car and put the alarm on, even when it's parked in your garage.
-when you refer to your car as "my baby" or "my child"
Some people just don't get it.....

DiS
01-07-2004, 03:11 PM
LOL i call my car MY BABY!!

.....When you drive 54 miles one way to the store just to buy some car wax. (done it before) 80 bucks for the wax and polish product.

iam7head
01-10-2004, 04:32 AM
Um..let me try

when 1/4 of the MSRP is depreciated once you drive out of the dealer?

I have a better one with DSM.

you know you drivnig a dsm when

..your car have more then ten parts from other dsm.

..your windshield wiper get turn on during a hard start.

lasermp5
01-10-2004, 04:38 AM
Originally posted by MotegiMazdA
ha ha. So true!

I put mine in the garage so she doesnt get cold :)

What cold??? OMG it's going down to 38 tonight!!! lol j/p


Originally posted by P5bob when your g/f thinks you're crazy when you kiss your car after you wash it.

Hahahah I do this all the time and my friends think I'm nuts..... they just don't understand the bond we have :D

How about when you go to Virginia for christmas break and come back a week later and you have to take your p5 out for a drive at 2am just because you missed it soooo dam much!

P5Alive
01-19-2004, 12:45 PM
...when you're passengers refer to you as the "nazi" because of all the riding rules.

...when you're passengers hold on to the over-head bar before you take a turn because they know you're going to gun it.

...when you're passengers tell you to drop them off at the entrance because they know that you're going to park in the rear of the lot where no one else parks.

DiS
01-19-2004, 12:51 PM
Originally posted by P5Alive
...when you're passengers refer to you as the "nazi" because of all the riding rules.

...when you're passengers hold on to the over-head bar before you take a turn because they know you're going to gun it.

...when you're passengers tell you to drop them off at the entrance because they know that you're going to park in the rear of the lot where no one else parks.

LOL NAZI, yea thats me!

.....When you drive 27 miles to the cheapest gas station.
.....When you buy some parts at bestbuy and wait for instalation, they tell you that they have to pull it in because its their policy, and you just return the purchased item and say NO ONE drives my car

P5bob
01-20-2004, 01:40 PM
How about when you're sick as a dog, off work (as I am) and you wanna just go sit in your car

MazdaManiac
01-20-2004, 05:47 PM
You know you are a Mazda Maniac when:

1) You are subscribed to half a dozen different Mazda forums like this one under the handle "MazdaManiac"

2) You own the WEB domain www.mazdamaniac.com

Wait a minute, THAT'S ME !

DiS
01-20-2004, 07:04 PM
Originally posted by MazdaManiac
You know you are a Mazda Maniac when:

1) You are subscribed to half a dozen different Mazda forums like this one under the handle "MazdaManiac"

2) You own the WEB domain www.mazdamaniac.com

Wait a minute, THAT'S ME !

lol thats just great!!!

.....When people say that their Neon srt4 is faster than your car, and u laugh back at them and say DUDE ITS STILL A NEON!

Luv2RedLine
01-20-2004, 07:34 PM
Originally posted by Luv2RedLine
When your a member of about 5 different mazda boards and visit them all regularly....

clubp.com pclub.com mazdamaniacs.com msp/p5.com miata.net hmmm...there's one more but it must have slipped my mind...
the other is ********.com
(werd)

Mazdaspeedgirl
01-22-2004, 01:50 PM
Everything everyone said here applies to me. :D

And, You know that your'e a Mazda-maniac when...

*you move to a different state and can't find any Mazda clubs, so you make one
*you don't even have the make of Mazda for some of the make-specific Mazda clubs you are in (i.e. my RX-7 club)
*you have to glance back at your car several times before leaving it alone in the parking lot :(
*you order Mazda shop stools from the dealer to compete your Mazda shrine
*collect any and all Mazda paraphanalia you can get your hands on
*you introduce people to your car as well as yourself
*you have a riding buddy
*you let every trustworthy person drive your car in hopes that they will buy a Mazda (worked for me one many friends/family members)(thumb)
*you get asked if you work for Mazda
*when the car gets away from you at takeoffs, you blame the car :D
*you are known in the neighborhood as the "girl/guy who washes their car a LOT"
*you are known to all friends and aquaintences as the "Mazda girl/guy"

Mazdaspeedgirl
01-22-2004, 01:58 PM
more...

*you take pictures of your car at scenic locations everywhere you travel together
*anytime you hear the word Mazda in public place, you instantly perk up and eves drop
*you travel hundreds of miles to a trustworthy dealership
*you travel hundreds of miles to hang out with fellow Mazda nuts
*everyone at the dealership knows your name and you car

Mazdaspeedgirl
01-22-2004, 02:03 PM
Originally posted by MazdaManiac
You know you are a Mazda Maniac when:

1) You are subscribed to half a dozen different Mazda forums like this one under the handle "MazdaManiac"

2) You own the WEB domain www.mazdamaniac.com

Wait a minute, THAT'S ME !

Nice website! And I would LOVE to have a v6 MX-3. (drool)

Someday I will have my collection of Mazdas. :D But it will have to wait until we get settled down and this company stops moving us all over the place. We've lived in 3 different cities/states last year!

I had to sell my rotary truck in the first move because we couldn't take him. We had the rental truck hauling the miata (greg drove it) and I drove the Pro5.
I shoulda kept the REPU....:(

Togan
01-29-2004, 05:33 PM
hahaha i guess i am a mazda-freak, i wash my car by hand!!! :D

oldzoomer
01-29-2004, 09:28 PM
You go 4 months before allowing rain to touch your new MSP and only then because you had to drive it to work. Then you get so pissed off that the wet dirt splattered all over it that you wash every nook and cranny of the car with a pressure washer as soon as you get home even though it is 52 degrees, drizzling, windy, and foggy. That was me today. I'm still pissed off that I had to drive it on dirty, wet roads because all of the idiots in their trucks throw debris all over the front end.
grrrr

MazdaManiac
01-29-2004, 09:46 PM
I hand wash my cars every week. Sometimes 3 times a week.
Big deal?
Probably.
Why?
Because the temperature hadn't gotten above 25°F in weeks.

There is nothing like seeing water freeze as it hits the car.
Frozen soap bubbles.
Chamois as hard as cardboard.
Frost bite.
Halfway through the wash, the car starts sliding down the driveway because it iced.

Two weeks ago, I washed the RX-8 and the standing air temp was 10°F. Windchill made it -10°F.
I had to use the full pressure setting on the nozzle because the spray setting froze before the water hit the car...:(

oldzoomer
01-29-2004, 10:14 PM
i'm apalled you would let your poor mazda outside in such inclement weather. it should be inside by the hearth dreaming of spring.

MazdaManiac
01-29-2004, 11:59 PM
Originally posted by oldzoomer
i'm apalled you would let your poor mazda outside in such inclement weather. it should be inside by the hearth dreaming of spring.

Though a little part of me agrees with you, cars were made to be driven.
Mazdas were meant to be driven hard.

TwinHead
02-01-2004, 03:34 PM
You know you are Mazda Crazy when you convince at least 3 others (friends or relatives) to go pick one up too..


2 friends...1 Sis' in law.... and a jealous neighbor...

sam1
02-09-2004, 08:45 PM
when you wash your car after work and its dark and cold as hell (25 degrees).
or when you wash it so much people tell you that all the paint is going to come off, so you put an extra coat of wax on just in case=).

oldzoomer
02-10-2004, 12:32 AM
When you are only able to drive your car ~400 miles a month due to inclement weather and your normal commute is 300 miles per week.
No matter how hard my team laughs at me I WILL NOT drive it in the rain!
The Maxima continues to pile on the miles until this rain quits! Where did all this wet stuff come from? This is Texas, dammit.

MAZDAKINDAGUY03
02-16-2004, 06:43 PM
when you park in a carpeted garage with heat in the winter and air in the summer.....what, i know im not the only one my friend does this with his miata....hey pays more for the heat bill than the car payment....

nocar
02-16-2004, 08:35 PM
when you clean your car by hand for 2 hours wax it mount it on jackstands take your rims off to wash and spray a $5 bottle of black majic rainbow glitter .. twice a week even if it rains 30 seconds after u do it.

when you crash into a telephone pole total your car and kick a cone over instead of the car because your mad and you just cant do it.

oldzoomer
02-17-2004, 01:10 AM
when you buy glasses frames that match the color of your rims.

Tyger
02-18-2004, 05:20 PM
.....when your co-worker/friend washes his car in envy to try and show up your car.

DiS
02-18-2004, 05:51 PM
LOL this thread is STILL ALIVE (rockon) Freaking owesome!!!

.....When your 15 dollar intake doesnt fit properly you spend 15 more bucks on custom brackets and work all night long with friend next to you holding a flashlight in hope you will be finished by 5am. Yea thats me. Brackets that came with intake were too soft so I had to buy some flat steel and drill/cut/bend it to make the intake hold in place, and yea I worked from 1am to 4am to finish that shit outside of my appartment with my friend and his flashlight (nana)

xelderx
02-18-2004, 05:59 PM
When you work on other people's Mazda's more than your's, for no money, for long hours, and still have no regrets even though the car you worked on for no money, for long hours is now much faster than your's.

P5Alive
02-18-2004, 06:01 PM
...when you've run outta things to do to your car so you invite other club members to come over so that you can work on their cars.
...when your wardrobe matches the color-scheme of your car.
...when you get to the club meet late because your mazda shirt was dirty and you had to wash and dry it before going.
...when you spend $300 on a pair of sapphire earrings just because it matches your car AND you make your wife wear the other one.

TXMazdaSpeeder
02-18-2004, 07:05 PM
-When you pass a reccomended speed sign already going twice the reccomended speed into a turn and u downshift and floor it anyways.
-When you make a 2 hour trip take 4 hours by taking the country backroads instead of the highway just so u can hit the formentioned turns.
-When you get stopped and cited for wreckeless endangerment for doing twice the reccomended speed through a turn and the whole time you have a goofy grin on your face that makes the cop wonder what your high on.
-When you wash your car, then notice a dirty spot you missed, and wash the entire car over again.
-When you spend $30 on a bottle of wax then another $15 on detailing spray.
-When being beat by a honda on the highway you proceed to take the next exit at 80mph knowing he cannot keep up.
-Over revving the motor (above what u really need to be at, not literally over revving) just to hear your intake/bov

Rich03MSP
02-18-2004, 07:53 PM
when you spend time watching videos of urself driving on ur big screen instead of watching football

SP33D
02-19-2004, 01:13 AM
You know that you're a Mazda-maniac when...
... when you stay up till midnight to read this thread, even though you have to wake up for work at 4am.
... when you think about your car, and future mods all day during work.
... when you try to make the noise of what your car might sound like when reving up with your future exhaust and blowoff valve.
... when half of your friends call you "speed"
... when you try getting a credit card, hoping that your limit will be enough to buy 19" rims and tires... even though you'll have the money in like 2 months anyway.
... when you drive through a 'happening town' every night during the winter.. even though nothing's happening during the winter... just praying that spring will come sooner.
... when you pray that spring will come sooner.
... when you sit and look out your window for 10 minutes at a time a couple times a day seeing if the UPS truck is coming with your body kit, for a month straight.
... when you hang out with your friends.. you always want to be the one that drives
... when you almost kick your friend out of your car for eating mcdonalds in the backseat, even though you tell him not to.
... when you go 134mph on the parkway just to see how fast your car can go.
... when you dry your car at the car wash and you see girls staring at you in the reflection of your black mica paint.
... when you race the same P5 on the way to work about once a week.
... when you get asked to race and you say.. sorry I didn't bring my road cones, because you know that the other car will smoke you in a straight line.
... when you still enjoy having your car even though you just drove an STi and a SRT-4 running 20psi.
... when your tires are bald after a year, even though you told yourself that you were gonna go easy on the tires before you bought the car.
... when you read these forums more than doing anything else online.
... when you hear a song at work.. or any other random place, and you wonder how it will sound in your car.
... when you roll the windows down just to blast your music even though its 13 degrees out.
... when a cop pulls you over for doing a burnout, even though you never lost traction.. and it was only your bypass valve sounding.
... when you can actually explain how a turbocharger and bypass valve work to a cop to get out of getting a ticket.
... when a cop asks you if the sound system came with your car.
... when a cop asks you if your car is fast... and you say.. "I haven't really done anything to it yet."
... when you're excited that you have a random private message, and it's someone complimenting your car or one of your mods.
... when you can easily afford an Evo or STi.. but you wouldn't give up your Mazdaspeed for anything.
... when you're not afraid of getting pulled over for no reason by cops, because you're used to it.
... when you spend 20 minutes writing a single post.. when you have to wake up in 3 hours and 40 minutes.
... when you tell your parents that your car parts are not going in the shed, because it's too cold out there.. and you insist on keeping the parts cluttered in your bedroom.
... when you want to learn how to mold fiberglass so you can make your own custom enclosure for your amp and subs.. and possibly redo your entire interior.
... when you stop at 3 7-11's in 1 night, at least 3 times a week just to see if other car people are hanging out.
... when you hope that one day your backseat will get 'blessed' by you and a girl. (evil)
... when the rims you want cost more than 4 car payments.
... when you spend more money on mods than car payments.
... when you got a new job just to buy mods.
... when you want to get another new job just to buy mods.
... when you photoshopped 3 different wheels on your car just to make a choice.

Ok I'm too tired to continue :)

DiS
02-19-2004, 01:52 AM
damn man now you really gotta lay off the computer (boom04) LOL

PuertoRicanMP5
02-19-2004, 02:40 PM
When you can sit outside a warm spring day and go through a twelve pack of beer while detailing your car...
When the only time you go under the speed limit is when you're in a happening street with lots of people walking around and checking out your car....
When you have a gym bag in the trunk full with every type of cleaners and towels to keep your car oohh so clean...
While driving, the car next to you gets in an accident cause he was checking out your ride....
When you do a full perimeter inspection of your car in the morning and at night before heading off to bed....
When your gf gets mad at you because everytime the mazda commercials come on you sing the "ZOOM ZOOM" song...
When you have more pictures of your car than pictures of family and friends at work...
When you have a picture of you and your car taped up to the fridge next to your kids straight-A's report card
When you set off your alarm in a busy parking lot so everyone looks over at your car....

2k3 PrO RiDa
02-20-2004, 11:42 PM
when you just get done hand washing your car and you stare at it the whole time you walk off to the front door and end up falling flat on your face on the front porch!

nate0123
02-21-2004, 02:03 AM
"...when the you get to your street, but you keep on going cause the drive home was just too damn short"

SP33D
02-26-2004, 03:47 AM
lol i do that all the time... a lot of times it's so i can finish listening to a song at full volume though :)

RobMP5
03-31-2004, 06:55 PM
Instead of having pictures of family and loved ones at your desk at work, all you have are pics of your car and other Mazdas

RyPhil
05-09-2004, 02:20 AM
you name your twins Zoom and Zoom

DiS
05-09-2004, 07:45 AM
ROFL this thread is still alive!!! THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT...DEDICATION!

.....when your friend reminds you for the 20th time in agony to fill up and you reply "NAH I STILL GOT 1/8TH OF A GALON LEFT"

bazooka joe
05-09-2004, 08:16 AM
when you decided to buy and then spend $10,000 to mod your protege because the wrx was wayyyy to expensive!(yippy)

StratoMX5
05-28-2004, 03:05 PM
1) you feel like if you forget to close the clamps on the convertible top, once you put it down, that you'll look like a noob

2) you own an Infiniti G35 Coupe and a SE MX-5 and you choose to pimp the Miata around town

3) you come out of a store and look like this (boom01) when you notice someone parked next to your Zoom Zoom

Matthew
05-28-2004, 03:07 PM
when the dealership takes pictures of your car when you bring it in for service.

clownphish
05-28-2004, 03:17 PM
I might be posting a repeat or two with these, I didn't read the whole thread:

Definitely guilty of the obsessive washing and waxing. Then you sit and look at it just admiring its beauty.

Walking toward it and just pausing, taking a good look and a wide smile. Also applys to walking away.

HATING when someone else drives it (which I know not many do but I'm married, it's gonna happen) even if they're a really good driver.

I'm sure there's more but I can honestly say I've got the mazda mania. :p

P5bob
06-07-2004, 10:05 AM
When your best man at your wedding tells everyone in his speech that your car is the real love of your life, cuz you keep cleaning it and babying it

DiS
06-07-2004, 10:12 AM
When your best man at your wedding tells everyone in his speech that your car is the real love of your life, cuz you keep cleaning it and babying it

ha thats owesome

......When each 10,000 miles you buy a brand new Cold air intake, just because each time you are too lazy to clean the damn cone filter!

cbcbd
06-07-2004, 10:24 AM
When you see this sign:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/cbcbd/z0d9bgz.gif

and you think
"Oooh, a challenge"

jersey_emt
06-07-2004, 10:25 AM
When you see this sign:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/cbcbd/z0d9bgz.gif

and you think
"Oooh, a challenge"
LOL good one

jersey_emt
06-07-2004, 10:27 AM
When you are coming up to a curve with a 'recommended' speed of 20mph, and you're doing 45...and everybody in the car is yelling to slow down, and you're like "why?'

cbcbd
06-07-2004, 10:28 AM
"...when the you get to your street, but you keep on going cause the drive home was just too damn short"Soo true - but most of the time it's not because it was too short, but just because it wasn't fun enough (commuting in traffic != fun), so I have to make it up with some twisties around my neighborhood.

clownphish
06-07-2004, 10:31 AM
When you choose your lunch destination by how fun the drive is to get there. :p

Or, you skip lunch altogether because there's a really nice little route that fits into your meager 1/2 hour lunchbreak and it's a beautiful sunny day too good to pass up.

EviLMaN
06-07-2004, 10:33 AM
lol when a Palm Beach sherif officer pulls you over (you only have 3 brakes) and you almost hit him and you have a suspended lisence and you get away with the cop saying "Wow nice car... what you have done,,!" and when ur pulling away "try to slow down" LMAO happend to my friends in his rx-7

20EVOLUTION01
06-08-2004, 07:18 AM
.....When you are in 5th gear, and accidently switching to reverse, thinking its 6th gear.

AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH. this one got me. I wish it had 6th gear damit.
I always do that.

20EVOLUTION01
06-08-2004, 07:42 AM
<<<<< You know your a Mazda - maniac when.......... >>>>>

you drive ahead of other Mazda's so they can see how your Mazda looks like.

you have a money clip with the Mazda sign on it.

everywhere you go you wear your Mazda gear( hat, shirt, etc ).

they confuse your car for another brand and you get mad( Like Honda! )

an old guy in a truck driving next to you passes you and basically almost falls out of his truck to give you the thumbs up and yell, Nice Car!
(true Story)

you park as close as you can to the parts department where you bought your mazda so they can check out your car.

you record the mazda song "Zoom Zoom Zoom" and play it in your car while you drive

DeanSweet
06-08-2004, 07:51 AM
...when your neighbors come out of their house when you're washing your car and tell you "you're going to wear the paint off that car".
LOL I get this all the time.
So far you guys have described me to a 't' with all your comments on how anal retentive/obsessive compulsive we are about our cars. Here I had always thought I was the only one like this?! :)

here is my favorite quote from my 8 year old son talking to his friends.
'stay away from my dads car, and I don't mean like an arms lenth, I mean like the whole yard away from it!'

JOS3
06-08-2004, 10:37 AM
i was seriously getting pissed yesterday because i was going through some nice curvy roads but i had my spare donut on and i was so pissed i was hitting my steering wheel because i wanted to have fun, but i couldnt.....

cbcbd
06-08-2004, 11:23 AM
you record the mazda song "Zoom Zoom Zoom" and play it in your car while you driveYep, guilty

20EVOLUTION01
06-09-2004, 08:24 AM
You know that you're a Mazda-maniac when.............(uhm)

you trade your wife/girlfriend in for a mazda.

all you can hear is the word mazda in your conversations.

they ask you what you got under the hood and you say "Zoom Zoom Baby"

you start daydreaming that you are in your car driving windy roads up in the mountains.

start beating everyone in site with a stock Mazda.(dunno)

20EVOLUTION01
06-09-2004, 08:27 AM
you record the mazda song "Zoom Zoom Zoom" and play it in your car while you drive


Yep, guilty

hehe and I thought I was alone. (headbang)

Iggy
06-14-2004, 01:38 AM
when you are on vacation for three weeks, and all you can talk about the entire time is how you can't wait to go home and drive your car again.

bazooka joe
06-14-2004, 06:12 AM
when your wife asks to borrow the car and you tell her it's real low on gas....

DiS
09-03-2006, 07:12 PM
....when every single time you work on your car outside, its always dark out.

Protephile
09-03-2006, 07:49 PM
^^^Or, when you are still on this forum after three years resurrecting your own threads.

DiS
09-05-2006, 09:47 AM
(rofl) I knew that someone would say that, hah!

.....when you come back from a long ass vacation and drive your mazda for 3 hours around your house just to get rid of that "sitting in the back seat of the SUV for 12 hours" feeling.

B1GHAM
09-14-2006, 05:46 AM
*When you take up 2 parking spaces just so no one will be close enough to "accidentally" hurt your car even though you already have complaints about it from the apartment management office

*Your girlfriend doesnt even ask but assumes you are driving your car and stands by the passenger door

*You drop down a gear for NO reason just to feel the pull of the turbo

*You take the keys out of the car even if someones waiting in it just so theres no "funny business"...

* you drive your car atleast once a day even if you have no where togo

*when driving becomes something that doesnt NEED a destination

* you spend the day washing and cleaning the car then drive it around just so people can see what a good job you did.

*Everytime you drive with your windows down someone asks "whats done to it?" "is it stock?" or "Want to race?"

*Your friend buys a new car, parks it next to yours and people still say "The mazdaspeed is better" (just happened today lol)

Sean

smo0f
09-14-2006, 06:22 AM
when instead of getting a tux, you wear a mazda tshirt and hat you just picked up from a meet the night before to your best friend's wedding.

chiefmg
09-14-2006, 12:54 PM
I have been guilty of many of these since buying my RX-7 in 1981. Here are a few from my Protege:

1) when your gf says she wants to drive your car while you are gone, "because everyone who knows you knows your car is the most important thing to you and it helps me feel close to you while you are away." (she has no idea, once I get my RX restored watch out!)
2) you ask your gf not to wear a certain piece of clothing, such as a sweater, because it sheds and leaves a bunch of crap on your interior (especially irksome after you have just cleaned).
3) you take a curve on the highway about 20 over the posted limit, everyone says you are going too fast, and you are puzzled what the problem is because you are already going slower than normal.
4) people tell you the speed limit posted on the curve signs, and you tell them those are only recommended safe speeds for the 50th percentile drivers, and you can easily increase them by a factor of two.

LinuxRacr
09-14-2006, 01:05 PM
I've been guilty of number 3 in the past.

Protephile
09-14-2006, 01:06 PM
Hell yeah for #'s 3 & 4.
How ya been chief? Back on dry land yet?

chiefmg
09-14-2006, 02:03 PM
Hell yeah for #'s 3 & 4.
How ya been chief? Back on dry land yet?

Nah, I agreed to extend for a week, then my relief tore an Achilles' tendon so I am stuck for an additional two weeks until the new relief comes out. So I am still here in the Footprint of Freedom. My gf took the news pretty well all things considered. I did mention to her that I would be sure to have Valentine's Day home with her next year (an auspicious date for us), that probably hasn't done me any harm. My line of work you learn pretty quickly to work every angle. Then again I have a former ex, so maybe I am a slow learner!

Forgot, here's another:

5) take every opportunity to do a little oversteer with the first gen MPV (rear wheel drive V6), usually when taking a curve (laws of physics don't cha' know), then telling your youngsters not to tell mom. Of course being properly indoctrinated they egg you on the next time...

GordonJ
09-15-2006, 02:20 AM
I have been guilty of many of these since buying my RX-7 in 1981. Here are a few from my Protege:

1) when your gf says she wants to drive your car while you are gone, "because everyone who knows you knows your car is the most important thing to you and it helps me feel close to you while you are away." (she has no idea, once I get my RX restored watch out!)
2) you ask your gf not to wear a certain piece of clothing, such as a sweater, because it sheds and leaves a bunch of crap on your interior (especially irksome after you have just cleaned).
3) you take a curve on the highway about 20 over the posted limit, everyone says you are going too fast, and you are puzzled what the problem is because you are already going slower than normal.
4) people tell you the speed limit posted on the curve signs, and you tell them those are only recommended safe speeds for the 50th percentile drivers, and you can easily increase them by a factor of two.


Guilty of ALL of the above...and like 80% of all the others in this thread. :D

I actually let my gf drive my P5 a few times back when I had it, now, she won't even bother asking anymore.

Bala
09-15-2006, 02:37 AM
You take a picture of your four day old daughter in an RX8 wheel ...
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122271

GhostMercury
09-15-2006, 02:40 AM
o who cant pay for there msp but refuses to get rid of it so whether i have to beg borrow or steal i will make my payments

chiefmg
09-15-2006, 12:54 PM
6) you drive your new RX-7 all over the countryside at all hours to heal your soul after the loss of your first love. And it works.
7) you are away from home for a long period of time, and the thought of what you will do to your car takes equal or greater time in your mind as what you will do with your significant other when you finally get home. Of course you never admit this to your significant other.

GordonJ
09-15-2006, 08:49 PM
* In a pinch, you're more than willing to take the shirt off your back to finish detailing your car's exterior.

(I did that one today, and have done it many times before. Hey, gotta get her DRY! ) ;)

jadonP5
09-15-2006, 09:19 PM
when you have bent rods and spun bearings.

B1GHAM
09-16-2006, 07:34 AM
*When youre still excited everyday to drive youre car regardless of how long youve owned it. Zoom-zoom...

imjustagirl
09-23-2006, 09:52 AM
When you describe a color as "mazda headlamp yellow" ;)

Lt. Dan
09-23-2006, 10:44 AM
When you can give the S2K owner an imperious smirk, because he only has a 9K redline... LOL

Dan

Lt. Dan
09-23-2006, 10:44 AM
Oh, and when you buy 2 stroke oil for your CAR....

Mikey444
09-24-2006, 04:26 PM
When you drive an RX-8 and you wont take it out in the rain and still wash it weekly followed by waxing every time you wash her. Ahh, the labour of love.

Mikey444
09-24-2006, 09:52 PM
When your car is superior to all other forms of life in your eyes.

Kansei
09-24-2006, 10:21 PM
... when you despise all notions of a "valvetrain".. pssh who needs cams??

Mikey444
09-25-2006, 05:26 PM
When you have to double park you will only put yourself in a spot large enough so that there is at least 6 feet infront and behind you so other cars dont smack your bumpers when they go out of their parking spots.

Kansei
09-25-2006, 08:09 PM
... when you get frustrated because in order to park far enough away from the intended destination, you are forced to park slightly closer than optimal to another destination/car.

... when you spend a few minutes driving around the parking lot finding the most isolated space available.

quicksilvermp5
09-25-2006, 08:23 PM
when you get the b*tch*n from the fiance everyday since you met her on how you pay more attention to your car than her, and give you the guilt trip that she's jealous.

DiS
09-25-2006, 09:26 PM
.....when your girlfriend complains after 2 minutes riding in your Mazda that her head hurts from exhaust and vibration and you reply back, hunny get used to it, hehe.

Lt. Dan
09-26-2006, 10:49 AM
..... When drivers behind you at stoplights pass out from the fumes... hehe...

DiS
09-26-2006, 05:07 PM
..... When drivers behind you at stoplights pass out from the fumes... hehe...
(rofl) good one!

.....when you take twisty back roads instead of highway from work to home, even though that will make your trip 30 minutes longer

myles
10-02-2006, 01:59 AM
When you refuse to park your Mazda next to any car that has a dent, scratch or even dirt on it.

When you'll gladly drive past 10 perfectly good parking spaces until you find one between two other Mazdas, or at least two much more expensive cars.

When all six cars you've owned were Mazdas: Protege, MX-3, 323, another protege, a P5, and now a 2007 Mazda 3

Kansei
10-02-2006, 07:51 AM
Welcome to the forums myles! nice to see another mazdaholic on here.

Every car I've ever owned has been a Mazda too.. just 2 though. A B4000LE (ford ranger in disguise) and my P5 :)

i12drivemyMP5
10-02-2006, 08:37 AM
How bout when your wife actually asks what car parts you want for birthday or christmas or anniversary? How bout making her ask why a brand new car needs all these other parts? How bout when you spend hours in the garage staring at every thing you've done & thinking about the things to come? How bout when you're cracking up laughing at the 15 alarms going off in the parking garage by the time you get to a suitable spot where no one has a chance in hell of parking close enough to give ya a door ding? How bout when people you work with come up & tell you they heard that crazy car zooming thru the garage when you're only doing 12 in 1st gear? Listening to exhaust comes before radio or CDs? How bout drooling with anticipation waiting for the weekend to get here so you can put on the new parts that came during the week? How bout when the P5 gets the garage over the higher dollar euro sedan? Plus all the ones mentioned above.................

zentrandi
10-02-2006, 11:48 AM
How bout when your wife actually asks what car parts you want for birthday or christmas or anniversary? How bout making her ask why a brand new car needs all these other parts? How bout when you spend hours in the garage staring at every thing you've done & thinking about the things to come? How bout when you're cracking up laughing at the 15 alarms going off in the parking garage by the time you get to a suitable spot where no one has a chance in hell of parking close enough to give ya a door ding? How bout when people you work with come up & tell you they heard that crazy car zooming thru the garage when you're only doing 12 in 1st gear? Listening to exhaust comes before radio or CDs? How bout drooling with anticipation waiting for the weekend to get here so you can put on the new parts that came during the week? How bout when the P5 gets the garage over the higher dollar euro sedan? Plus all the ones mentioned above.................


yeah... the GF wants to know what car parts i want for our aniversary (first)

Donas64
10-02-2006, 12:10 PM
You swear up and down that you'll NEVER buy a wagon or a hatchback......until you see a Protege5 and you say: OH HECKYEAH I'LL TAKE IT!!!!!

imjustagirl
10-02-2006, 02:39 PM
You're so enamoured with your car that you admire it while walking away from it, only to wind up walking into something cause you're to busy looking at the angles of your car... :p

smo0f
10-02-2006, 02:51 PM
when you go for a 2nd engine rebuild and have surpassed the balance owed on the car with mod funds instead of just selling the car of at least paying it off......yeah...gun please!

imjustagirl
10-02-2006, 03:41 PM
when you go for a 2nd engine rebuild and have surpassed the balance owed on the car with mod funds instead of just selling the car of at least paying it off......yeah...gun please!


I was like that with my MX-3.. I paid under a grand for the car, and by the time it got totalled I was in it for 7-8k.. :( Wouldnt change that for the world.. If it had of been fixable (well it was, the question was if it would ever be right again) I was ready to dump another 6-8k into it to fix it...

Blackrose
10-02-2006, 05:00 PM
I got one

When you and your GF\BF walk into the local mazda dealer and they order lunch for you and refer to you as there "Mazda Children".

Donas64
10-02-2006, 05:10 PM
You know you're a mazda maniac when you brag about the fact that the two manmade objects that can be seen from space are the great wall of china and the mazda emblem on your MS6

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=85016

Mikey444
10-05-2006, 01:31 AM
* In a pinch, you're more than willing to take the shirt off your back to finish detailing your car's exterior.

(I did that one today, and have done it many times before. Hey, gotta get her DRY! ) ;)

I am so guilty of that. To think that we would sacrifice the shirt off our backs for our cars lol.

winty87
10-05-2006, 02:04 AM
When your on the highway and you pull up to another car that is much faster and you try to race even though you know your going to get spanked and the only thing you can say at the end of the run is...."Yeah, they aint got zoom zoom....bitches."