Recent content by LarryS

I no longer have the Protege5 as of this past Sunday, I would have posted sooner but I have been swamped with work this week. While she was an excellent car I was worried about another mechanical failure after the tranny going, and she was already at 42k miles with the warranty expiring at 50k...

I got my baby back earlier today, however now I have to wait for a new lower drivers seat cushion to arrive next week. The morons at the dealership got rtv and grease on my seat, claiming at first it was there already. I told them no it was not, and after arguing for over 2 hours and threatening...

If you mean after it was repaired but before the failure today then yes shifting into 1st and 2nd was harder I should say required slightly more effort, but I figured this would subside after I had some miles on it. If you mean before the first failure happened no there was no signs except for...

At the first failure I had 37,934 miles on it at the second faliure today I had 38,159 miles(yes I had over 200 miles on my car in less than 24 hrs). The first failure was due to improper assembly and clearances from the factory, atleast thats what my dealer claimed. This new failure was due to...

You are not gonna believe this the tranny went again! This wouldn't have happened if they hadn't opened up the new tranny to inspect it. I took it to the dealer and guess what caused this failure, the tech who reassembled it installed my 5th gear and syncro incorrectly!!! I am beyond pissed...

Well got my baby girl back today would have posted sooner but I have been driving since I got her back(put over 100 miles on her today). The tranny is fixed so far no shifting issues and she drives like a dream. Got to see all the damage to my old one, broken shift fork, 1st and 2nd gears had...

Woot I'm gonna get my car back late Monday or early Tuesday at the latest! (yippy) My tranny should be here sometime today around 3pm, and the tech says he will have it apart an inspected on Saturday and the car should be all buttoned up late Monday or early Tuesday. I can't wait to do a burnout...

Tell me about it, has me kinda concerned what else could potentionally be not put together right. But I will just have to face that when the time comes, because even with a tranny failure I never plan on parting with my P5. Thanks for all the support guys and gals, it helps relieve the sadness...

Yeah sucks to be away from my little girl but atleast shell be 100% again once I get her back:)

Well my tranny went this morning at 1:00am while going to take her for a bath. Dealer said it looks like 2 syncros and 1st and 2nd gear are toast, and to top it off the tech told my advisor my tranny didnt appear to be assembled very well. The tech claimed the casing wasnt properly machined and...

I'm up to 37,934 miles and I bought my baby new on 1-9-04 with 124 miles. Basically near 38k in less than 16 months, lol my warranty should run out by the end of August at this rate! I average roughly 100 miles per day with my baby, plus all the idling my car does while at work sheesh I am...

Well the dealer replaced both mounts and partially fixed my braking issues(they replaced the valve but wouldn't replace the pads, so I had to do the pads), along with having to replace my fuel filler neck due to rust. But about 2 weeks afterwards I noticed the same issues resurface, I took her...

I got 19k out of my stock Dunlops before they got to the point that they wouldn't hold air(all for developed slow leaks) I was at the wear bars on all four tires too so I replaced them, those Dunlops were horrible. I bought some BFG G-Force sports but I am at the wear bars on 2 of those now...

Its nice to meet you Justin, I'm Larry and I'm 26. I went to North high myself over at 12th street and Thomas, my brother and sister went to Maryvale though. I am all over the Phoenix area, I love to drive everywhere heck I'll take a drive just for the fun of it. Mine is fairly stock with just...

Sorry I havent answered your question sooner I just got back from Albuquerque NM late last night. Been there since the 23rd, visiting some friends. To answer your question I live on Earll Drive which is north of Thomas at the end of a cul de sac. My mom lives on Osborn just west of 47th Ave...