Recent content by bigdp5

Please excuse the weeds and sand bags, it been quite wet lately.

Drove it! It's been sitting for 2 weeks, it needed to exercise.

Thanks Goliat6288! It has to be functional for me, low, but functional. Although I will admit, I do like the way some of the slammed cars look, I'm just not willing to trade off that much handling performance for looks. Now my big-bodied Lexus, that's another story, it's not much of a...

Previous owner had them tinted, side windows and back glass only. It's a nice tint job, and it has grown on me, as I wouldn't have done it. I will say that it has protected the interior from fading (especially important in sun-soaked Florida), the inside of the car looks as good as the...

I think this might belong in here.

Gracias Tungsten6! Previous owner had it repainted about six years ago, and, by today's odometer reading, about 75,000 miles ago. Whoever painted it did a pretty good job! I drive it about 200 miles a day, and it has held up well.

Not sure who the model is, I just know it's not me!

Been a while since I posted, and thought it about time I updated things around here. This was my previous ride from several years ago. Put 200,000 miles on it and gave it away to a family in need. These pictures are from the day I gave it away. Really enjoyed this car. This is one of the...

So I gave away my much loved Protege5 back in March to a family that did not have a car and needed one. As a result, I would like to replace it with a manual Whitewater Pearl Mazda5, but I am having trouble finding one close to home. I found a by-owner '07 5 Touring in Southern Cal, but that's...

For the first 180,000 miles I used Castrol GTX 5w20 (non-synthetic), and for the past 18,000 miles Quaker State 5w20 (same here). I usually go 4-6K miles between changes, and it burns zero to very little oil. I drive a bunch and check the oil several times between changes, and have never had...

198,040 miles as of this morning.

Nice! I have 198,040 miles as of this morning. Lowered 2", 18" wheels, exhaust, intake, short shifter, bushings, and a few other mods. Runs fantastic, no issues ever. Great car.

Ouch! So I'm guessing there was some frame damage that sent it to the scrap yard?