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Sold for $6500 via craigslist. I also replaced the alternator prior to sale as it was going out. Thanks all for the help during my ownership!

yep sold

Bump - price lowered to $6600!

Thanks everyone for the info; we're not ready to dip below $6K yet, but will definitely try out mautofied.com!

No interest? Is my price off? Opinions welcome!

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123782112&highlight=protege5 White, automatic, 73K miles

$6600 OBO Car is located in Peoria, IL White exterior, black cloth interior. Automatic transmission with the manumatic option. Interior is very clean (will post pics shortly). It has been a daily driver here in IL, so there is some small exterior cosmetic issues, but hard to see >5 feet...

FYI for those who are interested in this or are skeptical on the results, here is a post from m3forums that I used to frequent: http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=276191 This is from an actual member who tried the product, and shows before / during / after in the process of using...

thanks! I'll do this tonight and see if it helps

pics of the finished job? I'm looking to do this as well (after I sand off all the rusty-ness). What type of paint? Clearcoated?

I used this awhile back on my 2005 Jet Black BMW M3: http://drcolorchip.com/ It works pretty well and only takes ~30 mins of work (+drying time) for the front of the car, give or take depending on how many chips that you have. It doesn't *fill* any of the chips / scratches; it just colors them...

I picked up some seafoam yesterday, but can't seem to find the DIY on how to use it on this car. I normally would do 1/2 into the engine oil, 1/2 into the fuel tank. However, from reading around it sounds like the vac line is the way to go, but I can't find it under the "How To" section (tried...

Any reason why my idle is so high? I just got the car on Saturday, so it may be that I've only seen it at initial start-up at that high. Is there any way to reduce the idle down below 1000 rpm?

What should the "normal" idle be at for the engine? I'm at ~1500 rpm currently, and feel as thought that may be a bit high - is that what everyone else sees?

impressive work! I just picked up mine on Saturday; not as bad on rust as yours, but still not good...I'm going to have to do some grinding eventually to fix some of the rust. Subscribed!