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There. Was this post boring enough? Still, we're doing pretty well with the post count, considering it's a Saturday
and since my wife has volunteered to keep the inside clean (Honest!) it should stay with that new car smell for a while.
I grew up on Long Island and know what you mean about New Yorker's and their horn obsession:)
Good luck with your new Pro!
Pjd58
Anyway, while I was at the store, I was reminded of one of my favorite dance CD's and wondered if you had ever heard of it...group called Sunscreem, the album is O3. Came out in 1993, when you were still a baby
Anyway, it's kind ravey, kind of trancey, kind of techno-y...if you don't have it, you should DEFINITELY get it.
Hope the school work is going well!
--Dale
One thing, though, your comments about upgrading the speakers is providing me with a good reference manual if I decide to do that. I copy each post and paste it into my word processor for printing later.
fowler3
I do the same thing...on my hard drive at work (which is where I do my SERIOUS Edmunds surfing
As for the Protege, I just hit 5000 miles tonight. The engine seems to be loosened up pretty well and is fairly smooth when warm. Gas mileage is still just ok. I haven't tracked it real closely in a while, but it's probably about time again. I think I'm on the lower end of the scale but that could be altitude + automatic + the way I drive. Not gonna get the scratch-o-doom fixed for a while. I don't have to worry about it rusting down here where humidity is like 15%, so I'll just leave it until I can afford to fix it. All the fun people who like to race were not out tonight, so I just went to get my dinner and came home. Oh well, I've got a kickin' party to get to in about an hour or two. Zoom on!
Okay, lecture over.
Given your preferred bpm, not sure if you would like Sunscreem...I think it's towards the low end of what you mentioned. But there are a couple of tracks on there that totally kick ---, no matter what kind of music you like.
Almost bought Oakenfeld tonight, but what wasn't sure which one to get. It's been too long since I've been out to any clubs where they played decent music, and the whole MP3 thing has just sort of passed me by. Doesn't help that my sound card is all messed up, too. In fact, the only place I can listen to music right now is in the PROTEGE. (there...still on topic, host pat)
Have fun at the party, and drive safely!
I had hoped since there was a tremendous amount of traffic in this area that the question would be answered more quickly than in the maintenance section. Thanks.
(and no, I'm not dissing anyone here right now...I'm sure you're all big gear heads, too. So if you know about wheel bearings, answer poor Curt's question already!
pjd58: I noticed you changed your flag to RO. Are you Romanian?
As for street racing, it's not that I'm into it, it's that there are a lot of people here who drive...ahem, Eurosports and they are all over the place on weekends. It's impossible to go out without seeing a few and usually they want to race me (since I have what I think is the only Pro5 in town, they don't really know how fast it is, and it looks sort of...ahem, pre-Euro'ed from the factory, if you will). If you're picturing me wearing goggles and a crash helmet in my Protege5 at the drag strip, that's not it at all. It's more like some friendly playing around town.
Dinu
Pjd58
by Pjd58
How awesome! I have a six year old son and as "God is my Witness",... for this, I'm truly rich! Peter, your family gets to drive a MPV and a Protege, now that is really cooool! Zoom Zoom!
-Larry
by curt3
Does anyone know if there is a drain plug on the 1.6L (2000) auto tranny?
by silentguilt
Yes, it can be kinda of dead here on the weekends, nonetheless; try re-posting your questions on Monday. Better yet, Maltb a regular at many many topics here at Town Hall, should be able to help both of you. He can share a lot of info and is darn knowledgeable in many mechanical aspects of Mazda vehicles. He has a public e-mail available in his Town Hall Profile. Why not try e-mailing him directly, for a quicker response? Hope this helps! :-)
Respectfully,
Larry
AKA "Old Head"
His email is
http://maltbarley@yahoo.com.
Thanks for all the entertainment on this forum, I feel like I do indeed know some of y'all.
Hoping to be zoom zooming one day soon. Take care and G-d bless.
The Sandman
Nice to hear from a lurker! Don't worry about the stings...it seems we're all still friends regardless.
Good luck on your car search!
Sandman: Welcome! I visit many boards on Edmunds and by far this group is the best. We are kinda like an extended family, we may disagree somtime, but we have each other's back.
Pjd58(Pete)
Pjd58
Meade
I tried the cruise control for the first time this weekend, but it's dead. The manual said to not use it for the first 600 miles. I'm well past that but nothing is happening. I turned the power on, was going 55-60 but when I set the speed the system does not engage. Anyone else have this problem? I checked all fuses inside the cabin and under the hood and all are fine.
I'm calling the dealership this am to schedule an appearance.
AUDI
Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
BMW
Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
Big Money Works
BUICK
Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer
CHEVROLET
Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
DODGE
Darn Old Dirty Gas Eater
Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
FIAT
Failure in Italian Automotive Technology
Fix It All the Time
FORD
First On Recall Day
Fault Of Research & Development
GM
General Maintenance
HONDA
Had One, Never Did Again
MAZDA (uh-oh!)
Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
(Is that US, or WHAT?!)
OLDSMOBILE
Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
SAAB
Send Another Automobile Back
TOYOTA
Too Often Yankees Overrate This Automobile
Are you sure you're operating it correctly? You have to turn it on first -- then set the speed.
Meade
I'll have to have the dealer check it out along with the buring oil smell that seems to be there after long drives of 50 or more miles. I couldn't see any smoke or any leaks though and I haven't had to add any oil yet so it wasn't spilled.
MAZDA
Most Always ZOOMING Dangerously Along
Instead of zipping....
Very funny anyway. thanks.
Anyway, I have good news...I have 4 plastic hubcaps that will for the 15" steel rims for the 2001 LX Protege. So.....how about 2 each? Sound fair??
CADILLAC
Carrying A Deceased Italian Lying Lifeless Amongst Cargo
CHEVROLET
Condition Hopeless Entire Vehicle Relies On Leftover Engine Technology
FIAT
Fix It Again Tony
Hopefully they don't cart me off thinking I'm suffering seizures.
Send me your address to my email. However, you will need to do it before March 22nd as it seems my company is now going to be blocking access to all web based email sites such as hotmail. I will not be able to utilize that account anymore after March 22nd.
Steve
Anyway, decided to include the undercarriage wash option as well, since it had been a while. Got my receipt from the bullet-proof lady, drove around to the car wash entrance, lowered my window to enter my receipt code into the keypad, drove into the little car wash hut when the door opened.
The careful reader will note that Dale has not yet mentioned raising her window back up.
That would be because she didn't. And when did she notice this minor detail?
Right about the time she drove over the undercarriage spray jets and got a faceful of gosh-only-knows what.
The Edmunds Membership Agreement prevents me from typing what came out of my mouth at that moment, but use your imagination.
Sigh...sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in an "I Love Lucy" episode.
Luuuuuucyyyyyy, you got some esssplaaaaiiiiinnnnennnnnnn taaaa doooooo!!!!
And did the interior get wet? Maybe it washed the Coke stain away?
if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the
night, drop them off at the wrong house."
"When I die, I want to die like my grandmother who died peacefully in her sleep.
Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."
Paul: unfortunately, the Coke spill was on the passenger side...too bad I didn't have that window open, as well. Some water on the interior, mostly on my coat and face. Seemed to be good for cleaning my glasses, but kind of stung on my skin. Probably won't be adding undercarriage wash to my beauty regimen.
For those of you who have had experience with computers and their glitches and idiosyncrasies, and downright illogical workings, you'll appreciate the following.
At a recent computer Expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:"If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued
a press release stating: "If GM had developed technology
like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the
following characteristics:-
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the car windows, shut it off, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought CarNT, but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,> five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single General Protection Fault warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask are you SURE?, before deploying.
10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally Road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Dept.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
13. You'd have to press the Start button to turn the engine off.
14. When you try to open the glove compartment, you push the button and sit and wait...and wait...and wait...then it opens.
Oddly enough, I think this is what it "actually" is like to own a GM vehicle...
Steve: fortunately, it wasn't a tidal wave (this is kind of a cheap car wash)...extent of water was mostly irritating vs. damaging. Definitely a valuable lesson though...I guess
I called the dealer and they'll look at the car on Thursday, but while they made an appointment, said this could be a solution:
Once the power is on the the cruise control, and you're at the desired speed, you can't just click the "set" button. He said you need to push the "set" button and hold it for a second or a little over.
I know that I just pushed the button. That's all I've had to do on any system including my wife's MPV. But, maybe the Pro is different.
So, anyone notice if you just push the button on yours or do you have to hold it for 1-2 seconds?
I won't know the answer until I leave at 4 today so I was wondering what others have experienced.