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Being an '07 with 90k miles, it really isn't worth anything, except the low cost of ownership. Take the buyout from insurance and tell them you want to keep the car. Get some used bumper parts off eBay, and drive it for another however many years you want to keep it.

Nice score!! Those will make the rear end nice and tight. Not sure you "NEED" to 3D scan them. I would think tape measure would be fine, as they aren't critical dimension pieces. They just need to hold the rear sway bar in place towards the bends.

I saw an incident where someone tried doing that and claiming a rear-ender, but the car had a dashcam that caught the driver backing up. Stuff like that convinces me that a dash cam is a requirement these days.

I never put any faith in those on-board fuel economy readouts. I always view them as "interesting to know" tidbits. Probably only good for "miles to empty" information. If you are at all interested in actual fuel mileage, the hand calculation using tank fill up gallons and trip miles will be...

Sounds like you're reading your fuel economy numbers from the on-board mpg display? The correct method is to hand calculate based on mile driven per tank and how many gallons at fill up. I imagine you'll get vastly different numbers performing the hand calculation.

Nice! I always did like the Spicy Orange. Interior looks a little crusty. Hope it cleans up good. Body relatively rust free? Looking forward to see what you do with it.

I started using that stuff on my Mini. Right after application, it looks great. I'm anxious to see how long it lasts. I'm hoping with another application, it will last through the winter.

With minor suspension mods, the little 5 is a great handler! Looks like you had a fun day (y)

The silver "connector" is the HID igniter. To remove it from the bulb, twist firmly to the left and it will pop off. There are two tabs on the bulb that hold it on. The igniter has spring clips that hold it to the bulb. If you try to just pull it off, you'll break something.

It is a great looking car. But, unfortunately, not coming the the USA unless they can build them somewhere outside China.

And yet, it makes a HUGE difference....

https://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/m-models/m2-coupe/overview.html Yes, inline 6, twin turbo, 473hp. Its a completely different engine from the 2.5 Mazda turbo engine. For one, Mazda's 2.5 turbo is a 4-cylinder... Also, Mazda doesn't go for big horsepower numbers, like BMW's M cars.

Just because they trademark it, doesn't mean they will use it....

I tried to find some pictures of the modifications, but there are some gaps in my photo stream from back then. I also never ran them with halogens. I used a plug-n-play HID kit. I liked the brightness, but the beam pattern stunk. The best headlight output I ever had on that car was with the...

Our 2008 Mazda5 with HID had the level switch. Even with the car loaded down, the headlights never appeared to need adjusting... I always applauded your dedication to using OEM parts on your cars. When I had the Protege5 headlight swap on my sedan, I drilled out the "city light" hole and...

Awesome! Glad to see you're still running around. Makes me wax nostalgic about my old Protege. I too purchased the ES because I couldn't swing the MP3 at the time.

What kind of malarkey insurance company will only provide coverage within 15km of home?!? I would start complaining, or at least reading your policy deeper. Plus, if you were rear-ended, fault would be placed on the other driver...

Something is seriously broken. The timing belt should be turning those gears, which are the camshaft gears. Time for a new engine, or at the very least, a tear down.

Our CX-9 has 214k miles, and hasn't had any water pump or cooling issues. I would be more concerned with the transfer case, if its an AWD model.

Skip the 626 manifold. You'll lose some high end flow, and you'll lose the VICS chamber. Keep the Protege manifold, and remove the VTCS butterflies at the head ports. The MP3 manifold kept the VICS, but deleted the VTCS. By running an MP3 ECU, you want to keep the VICS.