Recent content by 86_911_4sale

Ugggh...... I don't care for the yellow too much at all, I hate the new rear spoiler, and I think the car looks much better w/ fog lights!!! Other than that I think the car's great.:D -T

Consumer Reports had the average insurance quotes for most of the cars in the compact car group and the Mazda Protege DX was in the top 2 or 3 most expensive! I would expect the MSP would be much higher than a DX too!!! :( -T

Newf- Nice collection of pics! :cool: I think most cars, especially metalic painted cars appear to be many different shades when seen from different angles and in different lights. I think you have to see one to actually know what it's going to look like in a certain light. I think the...

I need to look into the Leasing option to see how the details of the plan work. I would want to put down $2-3K and have a monthly pymt. of only ~$200. This should help out my debt/equity ratio when I buy a house. My daily commute is <2 miles to work and I have another vehicle if the mileage...

First off, that is a Sweet car!!! You must be lovin life!:D Now, not to get critical, but I was also wondering what that is that ran down the speaker grill on the door. Could it be Armorall? Also, your rear deck looks all dusty like it has stuff all over it. Did they really detail your car...

digi168- THANKS for the pics man! You must be lovin life!!! Can you take a couple more of the seats f & b, and another one of the shift knob and cup holders from a higher angle? Is the dealer going to give you MazdaSpeed floor mats which I thought were supposed to come w/ the car? Is there a...

www.tirerack.com now has the MS-P in their line up for cars to select from. 4 new 15" steel rims, 4 Blizzak WS-50's size 195/55/15, and 4 wheel covers are only $484. Add s&h and they'll be at your door for ~$550. That is pretty cheap insurance as far as I'm concerned! There would be nothing...

WOW, that is great mileage! Looking over the chart in the back of Car & Driver the other day I noticed that there aren't too many vehicles these days that get better gas mileage than the low 20's. I only wish they had sacrificed a little gas mileage for some more power!!! -T

Gulp... 23 lb.s, that is heavy!!! That is a lot of weight for your engine to spin. I hope that the "lightweight" Racing Heart rims are under 20 lbs. each! I believe that 17" VOLK TE37 rims are only 14 lbs. each. That would be ~6 lbs. per wheel or 24 lbs. of total weight saving over 20+ lb...

Here are a few comments from a post I put up on www.sccaforums.com (the stock class section): the lack of camber available on the Protege will be its downfall. It will get EATEN ALIVE by the ITR in any sort of sweeper. That's my 2 cents at least. And I ran the MP3 in GS at nationals. The...

a) It is nice that Mazda's QC caught this problem, but b) doesn't it make you wonder what else they could find or what you might find a couple weeks or months after you buy the car? c) I hope that everyone that put down money is getting interest or maybe even $50 off on the car! I know the...

Nice pictures. When did you take them? -T:ccol:

I think that Mazda is just keeping the "hype" going while they are ironing out the problems that they are having w/ parts and/or shipping. If they are really as clueless about when these things are coming in as they appear then they must really not be to well organized! They should make the...