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http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=45151.0
The story of my car.
Please feel free to post comments here or on that website. I prefer you post in the same thread I started over at mazda3forums.
Please only reply if you have personal experience with both cars (meaning have owned both cars or have driven both for a long time, I know I don't qualify but that's why i am posting this).
So my gf is looking for a car currenly. Since she likes mine so much I suggested to her that she should...
We are looking into getting a 2002 P5 (auto) but we want to know what are some of the common problems with this particular model. So we know what to look for when we go car shopping. :p
So far I've read that:
1. Auto tranny slips and fails (how do we detect this?)
2. AC doesn't work on...
Was it in 2001 for the 2002 model? How about the last generation of protege? When did that start? Also isn't the P5 very very similar to the protege? If not, please explain.
I own a mazda3 and I've been reading a lot of posts on the P5 because my gf is getting a used car and we are considering the P5. (yes) However this question is realated to my mazda3.
Every time when the car starts from 1st the engine would seem to shudder a bit. It gets worse with load (2...