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I also don't like having to get the leather heated seats and heated mirrors in order to get the sunroof. Stupid packaging!
Proteges are nice.
Next time around, I may try the Kumhos just because they are so darn inexpensive.
BTW - I push the car further and further everytime, and have yet to hear these tires squeal or lose any traction. Pretty darn neat for $50 each and 30K warranty, eh?
Edward, how often do you plan to rotate? I'm thinking I'll do it every oil change if I'm late (4K miles or more) or every alternate if I'm anal (oil every 3K, so every 6K). Overkill?
fowler3
When I get that tune-up done in a mth (looks like the 2nd week of December judging bythe mileage) or so, should the fuel filter and PCV be changed? It's the 48.000kms/30.000miles one.
Thanx!
Dinu
Just the idea of doing it in so inaccurate a fashion and risking high errors relative to the unit - 32nds of an inch - is scary. Not to mention the terrible least count, and associated errors resulting from measuring anything that small with any degree of accuracy with a scale. I'd rather just use a gauge or measuring device meant for the purpose. Or have the oil-change people do it - they do have a device meant for this measurement!
With tire rotation -- $58.50
7500 check and tire rotation -- US$67.50
15,000 check -- $187.50
30,000 check -- $257.50
Not bad compared to Honda and Toyota which are much higher. Some dealers double the amount if you bought the car from a competitor.
fowler3
fowler3
Wow! That's a good way to reduce business. I know I wouldn't go there if they punished me for not buying my car there.
Got the new driveway installed Thursday; had to wait several days for things to "cure" before Zoomster could roll down 75 brand-spanking-new feet of smooooooooth asphalt. Now Zoomster and Zumnmom (my wife's P5) don't have to park on that damned weed-infested, railroad-bed-grade gravel anymore ... and I don't have to buy Roundup by the 55-gallon-drumload and trod out barefoot to get my newspaper anymore going, "Expletive! Cuss word! NC-17-rated utterance!"
Meade
Actually, I should say WE finally did it.
Me and Speedypt.
Waxed my car.
Dang, it looks good.
And yes, Paul, I finally got the coke out of my floormat. Used some kind of upholstery cleaner I happened to have in my trunk...worked great, looks like new.
Wish I had done this a long time ago...but next time, I think I'm leaving it to the professionals. I STILL hurt.
--Dale
"According to Ford, Mazda's parent company, the 6 will also be the basis of the new MPV minivan, a crossover SUV and a Ford sedan to replace the Taurus."
So now we'll have the Focege (Proteus?), and then, the SiMPV, SixBute and Taurix!
Joking aside, it looks like Ford's making the right moves to improve its crappy quality!
Meade
Meade
Yes?
Ye Olde Purely Puritan Pilgrim Protege Polish.
The car has never looked more pure!
(glub glub glub, I just drowned)
I mean, I have quite a bit of junk in there, just because I don't have anywhere else to store it:
snow shovel, crate of car care supplies, gifts for my nephew and godson, a couple of boxes of papers that I can't throw away yet, etc. etc.
Am I doing serious damage to my rear suspension?
Dale, as long as you don't exceed the GVWR on your driver's side door label, you'll be fine. You can also think about the fact that your car is designed to hold "three" (er, OK) adults in the back seat, and you probably never have anyone other than yourself and maybe a front seat passenger, I'm assuming? (BTW, "three" Japanese dudes probably means more like one-and-a-half of me.)
Most of what you've got sounds fine -- but boxes of papers can be heavy. Any way to estimate how much all this stuff weighs?
I really don't think you'll need to worry much though. I've packed my Protege full of lumber, bags of grass seed and fertilizer, etc. from time to time, so much so that even I was scared to drive the car. But lo and behold, Zoomster did fine ...
Meade
P.S. Can you be a little more specific than "gifts"??? How the heck are we supposed to estimate your payload with such a uselessly generic comment??? "Gifts" -- are they stuffed animals or desks? Geesh!!!
Please explain. I don't spend a lot of time reading my door label.
Not sure how much it all weighs...the thing I'm worried about is that fact that it sits in there ALL the time. Not like coming home from the store and then unloading a bunch of groceries.
Guess I'll have to go check out that GVWR thingy.
Thanks!
--Dale
P.S. Todd: You're right, I hadn't even considered the mileage issue. And one of these days, I'll actually have to compute my mileage.
P.P.S. Meade: Hmm...well, usually the gifts aren't things like desks...more like books and small toys and such. Also wrapping paper, shoes...it's lots of stuff. Jeez. Maybe I should clean out the trunk.
Meade
P.S. I see you like to edit your posts after posting them too ... ;-)
P.P.S. Books? Hmmm, more heavy stuff. I'd clean the trunk out if I were you. Then again, I'm not. But here's what I typically keep in my trunk, aside from the body ... an umbrella, a safety vest and folder of stuff for work, and sometimes a small box of car care stuff. In the winter I usually also have a container of washer fluid, jumper cables and a few other odds and ends in there. (I recognize the fact that you, being farther north than me, probably need to carry a larger winter survival kit in your car -- down here in Virginia we rarely need blankets, emergency food, propane lanterns, shotguns and moose repellent.)
I also have:
* a blanket
* snow brush and scraper
* soccer ball and shin guards
* 12pack Bud case where I have my car cleaning stuff
* 100 clear plastic cups that I need to throw away or put them somewhere inside
* a wrench and screwdriver set
* jug of windshield washer
The interior of the car is sparkling clean though. All wrappers, papers, etc are thrown out immediately after being used.
Dinu
My box really does have car cleaning stuff in it, and tools - left over from when I drove a GM product that need road side repair from time to time. I guess I could get rid of the tools now. Then again, maybe I could use them to help out someone else.
* bottle of coolant and windshield washer fluid
* strut bar in its box (never installed it yet)
* stock antenna (put another one on the car)
* some lettering from when I changed my badge
* jacket
* package of shirts that came in the mail the other day
* snow brush
* clothes in a bag for working out (been in there for a month now!)
* some junk and papers
I plan to clean it out one day, whenever I get time to clean my car and wax it. We shall see when though...
First-aid kit
Jumper cables
1/2-inch socket driver (for changing wheels)
1/2-inch socket
Spare bulbs
Cotton cloths
Brown cloth gloves
Duct tape (can never have enough)
3/8-inch socket set & driver
Fire extinguisher (for the Focus fires out there)
Air pump (manual)
Wheel chocks
Neck pillow
Emergency blanket
Snow/ice scraper (shortly)
Collapsible snow shovel (shortly)
Really big umbrella
Two "standard" umbrellas (in cabin)
Collapsible plastic crates (for groceries and small stuff)
;-)
In my trunk, a package of paper napkins I forgot to transfer to the kitchen. Otherwise, it's always empty and clean as new. Only thing in the glovebox is the manual. Cabin is also clean, no trash. Nothing in the coin box either. Driver's side door pocket has a cap in it. Oh yeah, I usually keep three "crash" pillows on the rear floor to protect Tippy in a sudden stop. Two are still in the bathtub from last night when I thought we would take cover there if a twister hit.
fowler3