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Regards,
Mark.
Dinu
Regards,
Mark. : )
Wish I could have been there.
When's MAPP V??
--Dale
Hi folks, my first post since Sept. 14, #16067. Been a while. I'm still tied up with work and check by once in a while. Been working 10AM to 2AM many days in a row. Yesterday to today, 10AM to 3:30AM. Have too much work now. Not bragging, folks, I'm to old for those hours. Three clients wanting something at once.
If I buy a laptop do you think continuing to work when I go to lunch and dinner I could get to bed earlier?
Boggse posted #16068, asking how my Pro LX could be 17 months old and only 9800 miles since 2002s came out in the fall, it's a 2001. I got my 7500 mile check at 10,014 miles, the service manager had a very concerned expression on his face. Still no rattles, runs smooth as ever.
boggse wondered why so few miles; because I work all the time and drive short distances when I do get out, six miles one way and eight miles another. We are creatures of habit going to the same dining places to fill up and get back.
I'm surprised how often the wheels/tires need balancing and rotation, must be the Poortenzas' soft rubber scrubbing off.
Protegeextwo asked about my co-pilot, Tippy, she's doing good and always wants to go bye-bye. Loves to hang out the back window and bark at old ladies taking daily walks. The Pro is ideal for small pets, in that the rear door windows go almost all the way down. She looks over my shoulder at the window buttons to see if I am going to run her window down. Of course, it's the first one lowered.
Looks like the Pro owners had a super meet this year! Take care.
fowler3
And 5 or 6 MP3s!
and after we're done with the big group shot, them MP3 owners gathered around and made their own little group photo (as usual, 1 of them left early
--Dale
Mine (1.8L, AT) drops pretty quickly to zero as I brake, no hovering observed.
mine shifts into 1st gear just slightly above the 0 mph mark.
how about your pros?
I really really appreciate ur responses on this one. Believe me.
Dale: how's your Pro doing? is she(or he?) fixed all right?
I was disappointed to feel quite a bit of rippling, and see quite a bit of orange peel, in the paint on the lower part of each door. Nothing's perfect.
Unless you get a custom paint job, there is orange peel on almost every car. Are you talking about the rock guard paint on the doors? The lower part of the doors are supposed to look like that.
besides, if you really hate the look of that rock-resistant paint treatment, you could always repaint the door ;-)
Shifting: I'll have to check on that. I'll let you know later tonight.
Yes, I agree, since it is so low it is no big deal - so you should quit making a fuss over it.
So what you're saying is that if I called around to different dealers, I might have gotten a better price on the repair? I just assumed that the same Mazda part would cost the same at all Mazda dealerships.
I know, I know...I'm very naive.
It still looks low budget.
And it still has orange peel.
And it is still not a big deal.
... and the Protege is still under-powered. Who wants to run with that off hand criticism?
Nah, I will be good today.
Well if that's what makes a car look low budget, then there are A LOT of low budget cars out there (BMW, MB, Lexus)
"And it still has orange peel."
Name a car that doesn't.
"And it is still not a big deal."
Then why did YOU bring it up?
"and the Protege is still under-powered."
Compared to what? The Sentra, Elantra, Cavfire, and Neon are the only cars that have more power. The Civic, Corolla, and Focus have the same or less power.
Just because the lower sections of the doors looks like it has a low budget paint job, that doesn't mean the whole car looks low budget. You can't really see it anyway. Let's not go overboard. I just mentioned it in passing, after mentioning how good the car looks after I waxed it - remember that part of the post?
And some of the cars with more power have comparable efficiency, and the ones with similar power get better fuel efficiency.
And you know what? I bought the Pro anyway, flaws and all. For what I want, it's better than the rest. Your, and other's, "mileage" may vary.
Actually, Todd, I never knew about the rock guard stuff at the bottom of the doors on the Protege. I had 2 of them, and didn't know about that. I have to look and see if my present car has that feature.
I got the before-mentioned mirror fixed on the Bonneville, and it took like 2 hours for them to get it on the car. Of course, like I said, the mirror was heated and all, so I would imagine there was extra stuff to hook up.
Dale, how did someone take the mirror off the Protege anyway? They fold both ways. That's what saved my mirror one or two times on the DX...
I am getting defensive because you are suggesting the Protege isn't "perfect"? It's not "perfect" because of the rock gaurd? Geeeeez. You WANT to have rock gaurd. It would be less than perfect if it DIDN'T have it. Rock gaurd is a little something extra that Mazda didn't need do. What I was trying to say is that even some MBs, BMWs, and Lexi have the "low budget" looking rock guard along the lower doors.
Vocus--The best way to describe rock gaurd is that it looks like severe orange peel. It's not even the paint that gives it that texture, it's what is sprayed BEFORE the paint.
And give me more power (actually, its coming in the form of the new 2.3L equipped 3's - why? because we asked for it). And do it without decreasing fuel efficiency (like the Honda series of 2.0L inline fours).
I want it all, and $16000+ MSRP should be plenty enough to get it, in spite of what the auto manufacturers and dealers say, by golly.
But leave the rest of the car pretty well alone, please. Well, except maybe the interior color selection. :-)
Malt: yes, it was out-of-pocket. My insurance deductible is $500, so I didn't file a claim.
Paul: I never noticed the mirrors folding both ways...these are power mirrors...did the DX have those?
As to how it happened, I'm not sure. I was parked on the street in a not-so-great neighborhood a couple of weekends ago. Came out and found the mirror hanging by the wires. Could have been a sideswipe, or could have been one of the roaming drunken kids who were roaming around drunkenly.
Someone probably kicked the mirror, being smart. And you should be thankful all they broke was the mirror on the car. My friend left his car in a not so great area of DC once, only to come back and find one of the windows busted out.
And the not-so-great areas look about the same, if it's the same ones you took me through when I was there. :0
Paul: Well, now I'm going to have to go check the mirrors...I thought they only folded in, towards the doors.
Whatever. It was definitely hanging by the wires.
Thanks for the heads up.
I know this question is not in the usual vein, but I figured I would see if I could get some input.
My wife and I are expecting twins in about 6 weeks (yikes!) and are looking at infant seats.
Graco recently came out with a Snugride with the LATCH anchors. I was wondering if anybody had used this carseat in a 2002 Protege (which is equipped with LATCH).
My main concern is the infant seat restricting how far back one can slide the driver or passenger seat--since we will have two infant seats they will have to be in the outboard positions.
[Unfortunately, the Snugride with LATCH are still tough to come by in stores so trying them out in person isn't easy.]
Thanks for any input.