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Well, my wife has decided it is time to part with her 02 Protege 5. We bought the vehicle new in 2002 and it currently has 63,307 miles. We have not driven the car in the winter since 2003. It basically saw 1.5 winters before it we started garage storing it in the winter. It's in great shape...

Hey folks, it's been a while since I have been here, but recently my wife has been having an issue with her P5. The shifter has become very stiff and hard to move. It goes into gear fine, no grinding or anything like that, the lever itelf just seems very stiff. It does have a B&M SS on it...

Well, I have not been on the boards much in some time. My wife and I just got back from Nopi on Monday and she was all hyped up about going forced induction on the P5. So I started going throught the forums last night to see what is available now......Ok, fast forward to tonight. It is...

Ok, maybe I missed this one and I feel dumb for asking because I am usually up on the internet acronym's and other slang terms, but WTF does "WOOT" mean!!!! I keep seeing it and it is driving me crazy not knowing what it means. So, help a guy out, give me the 411. :( peace Griff

Well, I know that they are listed at the bottom of the main page, but I thought I would take a moment and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to everyone that shares a birthday with me today. I don't think I listed my birthdate in my profile, but as of today I am 32!! So to all those other Taurus' out there...

Hey all, Carlisle has come and gone and once again it was a good time!! The weather actually held up pretty good this year. I saw some of your cars there, Dragonbabe (I think you were sleeping on the ground when I was gonna say hi, lol) Kooldino, think I saw your car there (the turbo's Yellow...

Well, just ordered some new goodies from DGMotorsports today. The wife has been saying she wanted her CF hood, so I orderd the hood, the downforcers, the mirror covers, the hatch handle cover and the rear lower valance section. Man, I hope that it will not be too much CF. I am thinking of...

Hell, I was out trying to clean months worth of crud off of the wife's car the other day and I noticed that the emblems on the hatch of the car were rusty and pitted!! It pissed me off that she had not cleaned the car better during the winter, but I have yet to see emblems on a car rust that...

Who's watching this now?!?!?! Some mighty fine uh, er articles of clothing, yea that's it!!!! Check it out if you read this while it is still on. Haha, the beauty of a laptop in the living room, hehe. peace Griff

Hey all you APC haters (hehe). If you have ever seen the tiny remote control cars, the Bit Char-G's (i have one, it's cool) well APC is making their version of the mini RC cars and they are gonna have a Protege 5 version!!! Wohoo. I have not seen them yet, but a friend told me that their...

Well, my buddy just emailed me to let me know that the NOPI Nats pics were up on the website. I guess he and my wife both got pics of their cars up on there. Anyway, I am gonna post the links below. You can see the ass of my car next to hers, wohooo. His car...

Ok, I was driving the wife's P5 the other day and I noticed that occassionally, the healights would kind of flicker. I don't really mean dim, it is almost like they would blink off and then back on REALLY QUICKLY. Like I said, it isn't really a dimming, like when you come to a stop light and...

Hey, to all of those that have a front end cover, I was wondering if you have had any problems with it causing rub marks on the paint of the car. I do not want it for all year use, but am considering buying one for the wife's P5 if she continues to drive it to work this winter. I am hoping...

Well, we are forecasted to get some snow very soon, so I put the stock wheels/tires back on the wife's P5. She has never driven this car in the snow, nor has she ever driven a stick shift in the snow for that matter. Should I be real worried about the cars handling on stock tires in the snow...

Well, just thought that I would post some pics of my car, this was orginally the wife's car too, but I took over it a few years back and started toying with it. It is ultimately the reason that I got into sport compacts and is also what got the wife into wanting a modified car :) I cannot wait...

Well, my wife left for Florida on Wednesday, so I have been cruising her P5 since then. Haha, she told me not to go out and pick up chicks in her car, well, not without her anyway!! LOL J/K. Anyway, I was leaving the house to go to the movies around 6:30 tonight and I ended up being behind a...

Just posting this pic to see if I got this picture posting stuff figured out. Sorry, this is a lousy pic!!! But it is just a test. http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/ZoomZoom/mvc-007f.jpg Griff

There is one thing I hate about the P5. It never fails, every time I look at this damn car, I am reminded of it. Every time I make a post, I am reminded of it. Every time I look for parts, I am reminded of it. The main problem with this car is...it's my wife's!!! :'( Oh well, at least I...

Ok guys/gals I need your help! I am looking for a good quality 2 dimensional image of the mazda symbol. I need it in either a jpeg, bitmat or vector format. I am gonna use it to cut vinyl mazda emblems for the back of the sideview mirrors on the wife's P5. I also need the "ZOOM ZOOM" logo...

I was wondering, for those that also have the B&M short shifter, did you notice that it was any more difficult to remove the tranny from reverse after the install? It is not stuck or anything, just seems like it takes way more effort than it used to, kinda strange. I was thinking maybe I...