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BTW, what's all this talk about "burning rubber?" How does that show off a car's abilities? Seems to me the more power you actually transfer to the pavement, the better ... I suppose if your tailpipe puts out a cloud of black smoke, that's a performance feature too?
(On a serious note (who, me?), I must admit I do perform the occasional "chirp" in my '00 ES 5-speed just for grins & giggles ... but it is harder to do with the Dunlop SP Sport A2s.)
Meade
Meade
Re: 'burn-outs'...um, I'm familiar with this expression as a way to refer to people who over-indulge in certain substances. Please provide an explanation for the dumb girl.
Re: Paul and Paul's car in the river...jeez, what the heck is this, 'Lord of the Flies'?
PS. Not a threat...just an observation
You mean I gotta bring a bottle of Thunderbird and find a new smokin' buddy?
AARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
Meade
On the 1.8T I have now, I can burn the hell out of the wheels from a stop (with automatic) if I turn off the ASR. I don't though, because like I said before, the tires are like $180 each and I ain't trying to replace them up sooner than they will have to be.
As far as that pic, it's a little too dumb now. My opinion only.
A vote, y'all ... should the Paul pic stay on the Yahoo! group, or should I remove it and put a Protege pic back up?
Meade
At some point I have about 600 posts or so to catch up on....yikes...
As a side note, I decided to purchase a K&N air filter for my wife's Protege. On a 200km round trip last weekend i drove the first half with a brand new Mazda paper filter. On the way back, i dropped in the new K&N and wanted to see if I actually noticed a difference.
My thoughts....
- The throttle response is a little improved down low, and is fairly significant beyond 5,000rpm.
- Don't notice any significant difference in engine sound up to about 4,000rpm. After that rpm point, the engine seems to be a little less laboured and has a deeper bass growl during acceleration.
-I wouldn't say the car is any faster, or if it is, it is extremely minimal at best. However, the car is more responsive to throttle when the K&N is installed.
'Swamped with work'?
Please provide an explanation for the dumb girl.
Pat ... I know maltb's posting of my photo "technically" violates the MA ... however, since that's MY page, I hereby give him permission to copy it here.
Meade
You thilly thavage.
Meade
BTW, is that a Euro Jetta? It has a black grill.
All this for a compact car, albeit a good one? Good lord.
Lord of the Yahoo! mazdaprotege group
Meade
Meade
Meade
Savage.
Meade
Meade: You could have at least installed the nicer wheels instead of those cheap looking plastic wheel covers when building the car. And you also did not ask permission to use my photo (of my face, no less) in the pic.
No, not for me at least.
Orcin, welcome dude.
PFFFFFHHHHTTTTT.
Meade
(P.S. Thanks for posting the pic. Pat may decide to delete it, but I betcha she'll be laughing her butt off as she does so. BTW, the pic of Paul is from MAPP II last October.)
Mike,
I'm fairly impressed with the K&N air filter. I went into it with a completely open mind and have noticed some favorable results. In a normally aspirated engine like the Protege, that is without a specialized cat-back freeflow exhaust or cold intake, I didn't really expect to notice any difference. The Pro is just a little more responsive now.
Dale,
Swamped with work....hmmmm, could be defind as executive excrement that flows downhill and drowns the recipient.... I think that should help define it.
Thanks for the welcome back.
Meade
BTW, congrats on the new purchase
Only three days ago you said, "This aside, the Protege is THE perfect car."
But then you also said, "May I suggest that you buy a two-year-old Protege--they are out there for less than you think and it may actually cost less than a fully-loaded Rio."
Someone telling someone else to buy a 2-year-old Pro while dumping his own. Sounds like a Merrill Lynch stock analyst.
My Response:
I still contend that a used Protege is the PERFECT car and it is a better choice than a new Kia Rio. Many cars that I have traded or sold have been very good cars and I sold them with some regret. Being that they depreciate quickly, the Protege is also an inexpensive used car, too. So, none of what I have said is dishonest as you implied with your stock broker comment. I am not "dumping" my Protege as you put it. If you saw my previous posts you will see that I have discussed trade-in values with other people in this forum. I am selling my manual Protege (which I prefer to the automatic) out of necessity. I plan on taking the money and buying, you guessed it, a two-year-old Mazda Protege with automatic which my wife will use to get to work. I will then drive our four-year-old Nissan (that has half the miles of my current Mazda)--it has a manual transmission, too. I do not like automatics nor have I ever but I must put this aside to accommodate my wife who, due to nerve damage caused by steroids (she had a pancreas/kidney transplant)she can no longer feel the clutch pedal.
BPI, when I asked for comments and suggestions, I meant I wanted some input about the listing. Instead, you chose to attack me.
It is the likes of you, BPI, who have made the Mazda forum the nasty place that it can be.
Just like some others that do not own a Protege, I have never felt unwelcome here. However, watch out for that Meade fellow.
I am on my way to the Mazda lot right this minute--they have a handful of 1999-2001 Proteges sitting on the lot--one ES model with auto that has really caught my eye.
Dale...from group hugs to busting knee caps? Yikes!
Hank, meet Curt. Curt, this is Hank.