how many miles have you put on your ride?

i have about 3,300 miles so far on my MP3. No problems at all.

What is all this talk about Hondas "lasting longer" than all other cars? They are reliable cars, but Mazdas are too. I owned a 95 MX6 before this, and it never had a single problem. I owned a 88 323 GTX before that and there were no problems with that either besides replacing the axle once because i ****** up a launch in a drag race.

I'd rate Honda and Toyota about the same, and being the highest, with Nissan and Mazda not too far behind. Mitsubishi's are pretty bad and so are Hyundais. I don't think Ford and GM aren't as bad as some make them to be, but I'm not saying they are great. There is a big share of completely bad GM's and Ford....the 95-97 cavaliers being one of them (blows a head gasket every 10k due to a defect in the motor design), and Ford taurus had many problems as well. I could name plenty of other ones, but there are a few decent cars like the Escort, Lumina, Impala that were quite reliable.

If you take care of your car (regular oil changes, tune ups, and rotate tires, etc.) then ANY car can last you more than 200k miles without surprises (assuming it isn't a chrysler product ;)).
 
I've had mine for almost 4 months and i have 3150 miles on it...........

:( have to make an appointment for an oil change!!!!!!!!!!!! (150 miles past the time)
 
7,995 since aug. two oil changes also, My red 96 grand am had 137,356miles on it before i sold it to get the mp3. Never had a lick of prblems with it.
 
i have 7,800 miles i got it in late august got 1 oil change so far (mobile 1 synthetic) i have an apointment tues for a check up at the dealer getting wheels rotated and oil changed!
 
i got abour 12,000 on mine its time for an oil change for me. i got mobile 1 syntectic on hand just need to get an oil filter.
 
I have had mine since July 10th, and am just shy of 14K miles. I have had 2 oil changes, and (Royal Purple Synthetic) am getting another on Monday. :cool:
 
Sorry that I'm not an MP3 user, I'm a lonely P5 :)

I have 5,000 miles on the car so far, with one oil change under my belt (Mobil 1 synth). The car seems to be a great handling car (even better when the racing beat springs arrive). But the power isn't the best. Hopefully with the upkeep of the car I will have it well over 100,000 miles.

About Chevy, I owned a Z26, and would never put someone with the problems I had. Trans at 70,000, heater core at 75,000, ac at 80,000, ABS wires burned out at 50,000, 2 alternators, never had the rear defroster work from day one. I could go on and on about it but it gets rather stale quickly. I just want to remember the first day I drove the P5 and the smile I had on my face.

Paul, Yardley, PA - Hmmm, do you have a Yellow MP3? If so I might have met you at a hooter's show already.

Mike http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mazda_protege5
 
Just past 3200 miles on my Laser Blue Mica MP3, I got mine on 09-10-01. First oil change is due at 5000 miles, I plan on putting in Valvoline with some X1R products. No problems to report, although I must admit that I would be pretty pissed off if it had any so soon.

[ 11-16-2001: Message edited by: ChrisS ]
 
Snomongoose, nope mines blue. what hooters? the one in philly or bensalem???? i would like to go to a show. i havent seen to many p5 around here. U get urs at faulkner?? i have seen the yellow mp3 but i was in my dads truck so i wasnt reconized :mad: .
good luck, hope to see you around. :cool:
 
Had the car for about 4 months, and am almost at 8,000 miles. But next week, I"ll be in a new apartment w/ a carpool for work, and public transit system for the city. This baby's goin' in the garage for awhile- probably only put 100 miles/month from here on out.
 
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