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Never gonna buy a NEW one. Might eventually get a miata for the wife. I'm not terribly impressed with the P5, but it's been a reliable car over the last 5 years and 172K miles....

Most of the standard bolt ons are pretty easy if you have basic tools. Like Flat Black, I do all my own work. Almost all of the installs of the mods should be covered here if you search around. That was you could determine what you'd be comfortable doing.

Hopefully the customers stuff come out better than what was on the owners truck. It's right off Rt26 about 2 miles from the intersection of rt 32...

Good bang for the buck- VTCS removal and an OBX header.

AAA FTW. And I have a spare car to drive... As for the motor issue, many many people have had the issue. It's a crummy pickup design that only rears it's head if you really really push the car HARD-which I surely do.. I know lots of people with 3rd gen proteges and with close to the same...

Paid mine off with the tax return... sure is a nice feeling.

It's always had clutch chatter.... Dealer wouldn't replace it when they did the motor at 30K. I just deal. It's getting much worse though. Not gonna make it to 200K. Might do it this summer with the timing belt and WP.

Nope. Still original. It's non interference, so I'm just running it until I feel like replacing it-like when it breaks. What I listed is what's been done. Still got the factory clutch too...

I can't afford to take it to the shop. And if I could have found a inexpensive press, I would have bought it and done it myself. And I don't trust any shops either. Except the one I know and trust. Too many horror stories. There is the fact that I like working on cars. So much more rewarding...

Wish someone would do that to mine....

That's about right... DC isn't cheap. Heck I live on the PA line and commute- and it's still really expensive!

I took the spindle off myself and took it to my old shop and had them swap the bearing. 40 bucks labor and 40 for the bearing. Can't beat that. Didn't take long to take the spindle off or put it back on.

Yup, he's a member. There was another member that worked over there too. Haven't seen his car over there recently though.

I got the hub fixed tuesday. Cost 80 bucks for the bearing and install. (40 ea) No point in replacing anything else. All is good. The Tokico Illuminas have been doing great. 140K on em and working perfectly. It's 4K shy of my 89 wagon....

Drive it till the rest of the wheels fall off....then fix...drive some more...and so on. Needs the timing belt and clutch done soon though. Should hit 200K this year.

I regret taking my mods off....

The car broke! Drivers side front hub bearing wore out. Cracked the outer race. Luckily I caught it before it damaged anything. Pretty damn reliable. Only big thing that I had issues with was the oil starvation that forced a motor replacement at 30K (under warranty) 3 sets of brake pads...

I work right across the street. Probeturbo works over there, He's a Sgt at Arms.

Were the 2 times it acted up while the engine temp was still pretty low? The VTCS being closed in cold temps might do it.

yeah, I think back in the day it was... This car.. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111632&highlight=red+marble+msp