Recent content by Protephile

Beautiful. I miss my 2003 ES so much. I was in the same boat as you were, in 2003. I wanted the MSP, but that additional $3000 (or something close to that) was out of my price range at the time. I did what I could over the years and paid for my mods by doing group buys on this forum. Sadly, my...

Really cool to see some familiar names.

Hey, vinyl made a comeback, so I have hope for forums. I truly despise FB groups.

That's a lot of projects, damn. Where do you put all that stuff??

In my experience, it does seem to drain the battery pretty quickly. I was cleaning my 2022 CX30, which I've only had for about a month, and left the hatch open for at least an hour. When I got in to start it and put it back in the garage, I got a screen warning that I need to 'run the car for a...

We just got our CX-30 two weeks ago. Waited 3 weeks but paid MSRP. However, I think that it really depends on where you live. Even though availability is practically zero, there are enough dealers around here that they haven't risked charging more than other dealers.

You can still get the JDM bumper??

I was originally a member of two other, smaller Mazda forums way back in 2004, not long after I bought my Protege. I would occasionally check in on this forum, but it was intimidating and I honestly, at the time, was wary about joining. This was by far the biggest Mazda forum and as I am sure...

Funny, I was just gonna say the same thing to you! Dude, people would get so pissed at you when you spoke the truth.

iirc the only difference is the MSP has a limited-slip differential, but it has been a long time and there may be other differences.

Nope. Performance Chips are a useless waste of $$ and may even interfere with the ECU. OEM-style Spark plugs are fine when you change at regular intervals.

You're still around too!?

Brought home the new baby Monday! In a typical Florida summer thunderstorm no less.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Protege, but don't waste your money---even 15 years ago when parts were easier to get, 300 hp on a NA Protege was a LOT of work, even if adding a turbo. Proteges are fun to drive even without a ton of power. Keep it as a beater and look for some used mods if you...

The flaming used to bother me, but in comparison it was nothing like the crap on FB now.