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Dinu
In Canada, heated seats would be a good option.
fowler3
fowler3
So the PRO has an iron block that keeps me warm in winter? Great!
Dinu
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Thanks for any advice.
-larry
http://udel.edu/~mm/anime/speed/
http://udel.edu/~mm/anime/speed/startup/
http://www.speedracer.com/
Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer
He's a demon on wheels
He's a demon and he's gonna be chasing after someone
He's gaining on you so you better look alive
He's busy revving up the powerful Mach Five...
Dinu
-larry
This is from Autoweek.com's Detroit preview section:
MAZDA
Mazda is being secretive about the concept vehicle it will unveil and won't reveal its shape or size.
Any thoughts on what this might be? Tarted up Mazda3, new derivation of the Mazda9, new 2 door rotary concept, or maybe the Mazdaspeed M6?
And NO, I was NOT in Yankee territory (that's a slap in the face for the "southern'r" label) over Christmas. I have a 2000 Emerald Mica ES with amateur radio plates. (And no, Paul, they're not the same as my Yahoo username -- I've upgraded license classes and changed my call. And the Yahoo name was my old call in reverse, btw.)
The real way to distinguish my car from other green '00 ES's is to look on the trunk lid where I have a deck-mounted UHF antenna that looks just like a cell phone antenna -- except unlike most cell phone antennas, it's mounted directly to the trunk lid (hole through the metal) about two inches forward of the spoiler -- cellular antennas are usually glass-mounted.
(That and the "zoom-zoom" decal on the back of the trunk lid, along with "OBX" and "Wave Riding Vehicles" decals. And the fact that the car's in the shop right now for having hit a deer.)
Meade
Get this -- when I came to a stop, right front fender and his left front fender were about an INCH from each other, and on the other side, my left front tire was about a HALF-INCH from a very tall curb! Thank god the car stopped in a straight line -- must've been my excellent Dunlop SP Sport A2s, combined with equally excellent front disc/rear drum brakes! (Hee hee, here we go again!!!)
Meade the (fortunate) instigator
P.S. What's wrong with an OBX sticker? ... And I'm surprised you know what it means! (Or do you ...?)
P.P.S. If you'd come to a MAPP instead of a stupid football game you can record on your VCR, you'd know these things!
And I'll be attending another stupid football game this weekend!
And if you had rear disc's you would have been 2" from his bumper!
And I've been to Duck a few times, that's the OBX I know. But maybe thats not what you mean?
;-)
I won't glorify your other remarks, although I will say I HIGHLY doubt you have a DVD recorder -- unless you're stupid, paying a thousand bucks for one now when you could wait a year and pay half that.
And TIVO is dumb.
Meade
Meade: What's OBX?
G35: The PVR is great! No more tapes and you can replay TV! Woo hoo!
Dinu
Ray ... I didn't realize you'd unsubscribed from our little group. Please return; you're missed already. Besides, I'll be in there looking for you for noontime chat today.
Affectionately, ;-)
Meade
Doesn't work on the "adult" channels though, doggone it!!!
;-)
Meade
In Europe almost everyone has them - the oval decals w/their country's abbreviation.
Dinu
Meade
Meade
Happy New Year!!
Couple of weekends ago, I swapped out my spark plugs (old ones were over-heated, judging from crusty white deposits, but no black deposits) and plug wires (old ones had been on there for 85K+ miles). Used OEM Mazda/NGK plugs and wires.
The car idles smoother, accelerates better and gas mileage (which had dropped noticeably, mainly because of winter gas composition) has increased again. Well over 30mpg on my XMas road trip, 3-4 more than on my Thanksgiving road trip.
If you have more than 60K miles, change the wires, and every 20-30K miles, change the plugs - makes a huge difference and your car will thank you
God, I can't even post friendly replies without drawing your ire! May not be much Protege talk today, but at least this discussion is now back to normal! Fifty-how-many hours without a post the other day???
In my defense, O Host of Hosts, please note that I have spent a little time on the Posse today too ... OK? Peace? Love? Proteges?
Meade
P.S. Please read over the posts of the past nine days during my absence and note the off-topic banter that took place in my absence ...
Didnja see my grin??
This, my dear host, proves without a shadow of a doubt that I am ... and I take great honor in being ... your whippin' boy.
THANK YOU MA'AM, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!!!
Meade
Bye now.
I was envisioning the rack or the cat o' nine tails ...
Servant Meadeball
;D
Meade
I was driving around town in my Emerald Mica 2000 Mazda Protege ES 5-speed today, admiring the pull of my 1.8-liter, dual-overhead-cam, 16-valve engine with more than 48,500 miles on it, the quick, fluid throws of my 5-speed shifter, and admiring the comfort provided by this sedan even with its tight suspension, attributed to Kansei engineering, when I suddenly thought ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
See you all January 2, and Pat, enjoy your day off from me!!!
;-)
Meade
She still looks like the day I picked her up. Hope that last check up goes well.
Regards,
Mark.
p.s. What's with Pat the host? She seems to single you out in a prejudicial manner? My brother works in the same building in CA. as Edmunds. Let me know if you need any help. ; )
Happy New Year everybody!
(Meade likes it when I pick on him -- can't ya tell?)
Plus, the car in question is clearly the Protege5 replacement, not the sedan so its not surprising that you think it looks a little "SUV"y with all the extra cladding on it.
I know a Mazda dealer principle who has seen pictures of the new Mazda3 and he was very impressed with the way the car looks - lots of styling cues from the RX-8.
I got my fingers crossed and my hopes up on this one. I think the car is going to be a real winner for Mazda.