Am I The Only One That Thinks The P5 Is Kinda Quick?
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Rio Racer said:
check this for an sti.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1151951
btw, they under rated the wrx. add two more spinning wheels and your whp would drop even more so.
awd is priceless.
there is some corner pulls i did going pretty deep in the pedal in the wet and the car just pulled like a gorilla.
if all you want is hp, nevermind then.
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FinalResort
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lol my friends have 91 integra and a cheve truck like 92 or somthing its a S10 has a lot of hP though
I will never understand the attitude of some (many? most?) people on this forum. One would assume they're on here 'cause they like thier car, yet they consistantly b**** that they're "slow".
The Protege was Mazda's "economy" class car. Many people on here seem to be comparing them to Evo's and STI's. Those are much more expensive, performance-focused factory tuner cars! Of course the Protege feels slow by comparison! For the price of a Protege, Mitsubishi and Subaru dealers offer much lesser cars that are much more on par with the Protege.
As econo-boxes go, the Protege is pretty quick. Not drag strip-burning muscle car quick, but quick enough to be fun, and certainly quick enough to get on the highway. (If you're having trouble having fun or getting on the highway, read my up coming book, "Driving Above 3000 RPM For Dumb Asses")
I think the Protege is kinda quick. We all seem to agree that it handles quite well. The P5's especially were really well equipped for the price Mazda asked. As a trade-off for not have twin-turbo, 8.5 liter, 900BHP V-10 engines, they get pretty good gas mileage. They're good cars. If you people want really fast cars, pay really fast car money, or STFU. If you want an inexpensive car that handles way better than it has any right to, and gets along pretty well for a 2.0 liter 4-banger, this is the car for you. All others need not apply.
The Protege was Mazda's "economy" class car. Many people on here seem to be comparing them to Evo's and STI's. Those are much more expensive, performance-focused factory tuner cars! Of course the Protege feels slow by comparison! For the price of a Protege, Mitsubishi and Subaru dealers offer much lesser cars that are much more on par with the Protege.
As econo-boxes go, the Protege is pretty quick. Not drag strip-burning muscle car quick, but quick enough to be fun, and certainly quick enough to get on the highway. (If you're having trouble having fun or getting on the highway, read my up coming book, "Driving Above 3000 RPM For Dumb Asses")
I think the Protege is kinda quick. We all seem to agree that it handles quite well. The P5's especially were really well equipped for the price Mazda asked. As a trade-off for not have twin-turbo, 8.5 liter, 900BHP V-10 engines, they get pretty good gas mileage. They're good cars. If you people want really fast cars, pay really fast car money, or STFU. If you want an inexpensive car that handles way better than it has any right to, and gets along pretty well for a 2.0 liter 4-banger, this is the car for you. All others need not apply.
AlturredMP5
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nobody here said they dont like their car. nobody even seems bothered by the fact they are slow. i take it most of us test drove the p5 before we bought it, we're just explaining the reasons we bought a slow car, i.e. economy, looks, versatility, handling. no ones here to bash on the p5.
Alturred, I mean no offense by this, but not one person on here mentioned their great gas mileage in this thread when they called the P5 "slow". You yourself said
edit: and I'm just poking fun back, Donas!
Those are all V6's. The Pro is a 4. To say "I've had these V6 cars, the P5 is slow," is kind of like me saying "I've got an MPV, the head room in the P5 sucks". You're comparing apples and breasts, they're just not even in the same league. I'm just saying that for what it is, the P5 is a lot more fun than it has any right to be. If you get it up in the Revs, it feels pretty quick. It's kinda quick for an economy car. I just don't get the people that call it "slow". "Slow" in what context? It's faster than a bicycle, it's faster than a cow with a broken leg, it's slower than and Evo and it's slower than the earth, hurtling through space, so what? It's all about perspective. From my perspective behind the wheel at 6000 RPM in third gear passing someone, the car feels quick. That's all I'm saying.
edit: and I'm just poking fun back, Donas!
AlturredMP5
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Foolish said:Alturred, I mean no offense by this, but not one person on here mentioned their great gas mileage in this thread when they called the P5 "slow". You yourself said
Those are all V6's. The Pro is a 4. To say "I've had these V6 cars, the P5 is slow," is kind of like me saying "I've got an MPV, the head room in the P5 sucks". You're comparing apples and breasts, they're just not even in the same league. I'm just saying that for what it is, the P5 is a lot more fun than it has any right to be. If you get it up in the Revs, it feels pretty quick. It's kinda quick for an economy car. I just don't get the people that call it "slow". "Slow" in what context? It's faster than a bicycle, it's faster than a cow with a broken leg, it's slower than and Evo and it's slower than the earth, hurtling through space, so what? It's all about perspective. From my perspective behind the wheel at 6000 RPM in third gear passing someone, the car feels quick. That's all I'm saying.
edit: and I'm just poking fun back, Donas!
i did say the p5 was slower than all those v6 cars. but if it bothered me, id still have those v6 cars, wouldnt i?
carter1551
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lets all go drive a scion xb and then get back into our p5's and well all feel like were riding in a lambo
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heh i raced an xb - dead evencarter1551 said:
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it had intake, full exhaust, udp, header etc.
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