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Ok, I've noticed a trend on this board, and on the other board with this serious issue of basshing Mazda for one reason or another, and bashing the Protege for one reason or another.
Why???
People are mad at Mazda for the apparent lack of service being given by the dealership. The dealership is its own entity, not owned by Mazda. If you are mad about service, take it up with the dealer, don't be mad at Mazda. Go to a different dealership if possible, or an independant mechanic. Mazda has nothing to do with what a service department does at a dealership.
As far as being mad at the Protege and calling it a piece of crap, why did you buy the ******* car? Did you not know what you were buying? Did you not test drive it before hand? Are you having buyers remorse? If you hate it that much, sell it and go buy something else, otherwise, quit whining.
People say the tranny is crap. If you abuse it, yes, it will break. I have had zero problems with my tranny. I don't baby it, and I rarely abuse it. A crappy tranny can't do what it does on the SWC cars, which are running the stock transmission with a different gearing ratio...
The Protege is not a "piece of s***" car like a bunch of people continue to say. It is a very reliable car that does a lot for the money. And quite frankly, it is the best offering out there in the econo-box market that offeres slightly sportier performance over other cars in the same market.
I'm sorry, but I'm tired of hearing people complain about this car and it's "problems." All I'm saying is if you don't like it, then sell it and get something else. Stop ragging on the car because it can't provide Miata-like performance. If you wanted Miata-like performance, you should have gotten that instead. If you wanted SE-R performance, you should have gotten that instead.
I for one didn't get to test drive my car before I bought it. I have been very happy with the performance it has given me since day one. It is a very capable car. I was happy with the Protege 5 that I test drove a few times. I drove a number of cars before I settled on the car I bought. Nothing impressed me like the Protege, not even the Jetta Wolfsburg.
Ok, I admit the turbo in the Wolfsburg was fun, but didn't out wiegh the benefits of the Protege. The Toyota Corolla was a piece of crap. The Focus was all right, but I didn't want to deal with all the recalls.
So, I got a Protege, and I was lucky enough to get an MP3.
I'm done now. Sorry for the length.
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Ok, I've noticed a trend on this board, and on the other board with this serious issue of basshing Mazda for one reason or another, and bashing the Protege for one reason or another.
Why???
People are mad at Mazda for the apparent lack of service being given by the dealership. The dealership is its own entity, not owned by Mazda. If you are mad about service, take it up with the dealer, don't be mad at Mazda. Go to a different dealership if possible, or an independant mechanic. Mazda has nothing to do with what a service department does at a dealership.
As far as being mad at the Protege and calling it a piece of crap, why did you buy the ******* car? Did you not know what you were buying? Did you not test drive it before hand? Are you having buyers remorse? If you hate it that much, sell it and go buy something else, otherwise, quit whining.
People say the tranny is crap. If you abuse it, yes, it will break. I have had zero problems with my tranny. I don't baby it, and I rarely abuse it. A crappy tranny can't do what it does on the SWC cars, which are running the stock transmission with a different gearing ratio...
The Protege is not a "piece of s***" car like a bunch of people continue to say. It is a very reliable car that does a lot for the money. And quite frankly, it is the best offering out there in the econo-box market that offeres slightly sportier performance over other cars in the same market.
I'm sorry, but I'm tired of hearing people complain about this car and it's "problems." All I'm saying is if you don't like it, then sell it and get something else. Stop ragging on the car because it can't provide Miata-like performance. If you wanted Miata-like performance, you should have gotten that instead. If you wanted SE-R performance, you should have gotten that instead.
I for one didn't get to test drive my car before I bought it. I have been very happy with the performance it has given me since day one. It is a very capable car. I was happy with the Protege 5 that I test drove a few times. I drove a number of cars before I settled on the car I bought. Nothing impressed me like the Protege, not even the Jetta Wolfsburg.
Ok, I admit the turbo in the Wolfsburg was fun, but didn't out wiegh the benefits of the Protege. The Toyota Corolla was a piece of crap. The Focus was all right, but I didn't want to deal with all the recalls.
So, I got a Protege, and I was lucky enough to get an MP3.
I'm done now. Sorry for the length.
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