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I can live with the smiley face. There was zero chance the P5 was going to last another year without insane amounts of money being poured into it.

If all goes well, the 2003 Protege5 with 176,000 miles, horrifically rusted quarter panels, and massive rust holes in the rear frame gets replaced by a shiny new (leftover) 2012 3 Skyactiv 6MT. Been a while since I posted on the Mazda forums, but I need to see what everyone's been doing to...

Given that an aftermarket EGR valve is close to $200, I'd guess whatever revised / improved valve Mazda has is probably over $300. Great if it's covered under warranty, but I think I'd rather pull mine and clean it in another 60k. If yours is clogging after only 30,000 km, I think you might...

Another successful EGR cleaning here. After 60,000 miles, my P5 started to have the crappy idle and stalling issue. New spark plugs & wires didn't help, so EGR was next on the list. For "easier" access, I removed the battery and used a small 1/4" drive ratchet & 12mm socket to get at the...

Who runs Bartertown?!?

Will do. I wasn't sure of the crossposting rules here. Thanks- Brian

Yeah, they're yours, and they're quite nice. After I demounted the tires, I decided I didn't really need (want) two sets of identical wheels... So up for sale they go. :) -Brian

SOLD -Brian

aaaah, how true those words are! Same here. -Brian

Heh. My car prior to this one was a '97 Legacy GT, black, 5-spd, leather. :) Forget finding any 2nd-gen Legs with low miles, though. My car had 143,000 on it... I do want to point out that it really shouldn't matter that those Subarus have "designs from 1993." Hell, the 300hp WRX STi is...

Then you're not cleaning the bolt and nut (or threaded receiver) before you applied it. Red Loctite applied correctly should require a torch... or at the very least, a huge-ass breaker bar. I still think that Red is really excessive for caliper bolts. Until someone can point out where Mazda...

This writeup is pretty good, but I have to question the spec for red Locktite on the caliper bolts. That stuff is (theoretically) non-service removeable, so you'd need to heat the bolts with a blowtorch if you ever wanted to take 'em off again. Does Mazda actually specify red? If so, that's...