Are you happy with your P5?

[Fasta76]

Just wondering if everyone is happy with there P5?

If there is anything you would change? Or do different? I have a 2003 Yellow.. Leather,5speed. Mods, Lowered, 18" wheels,Injen Intake,Exhaust,JDM Tails,Lots of DG Carbon Fiber, AutoExe Front lip. My lease is up in about 7months and am trying to figure out if i should keep it? CAr has been great.. MPG is not as good as i thought it would be Seems to Rev way to high on the HWY.. And starting to have little problems with the ABS??

Let me know what you guys think!!

TOm

 

[5PADZAM]

Mine is an '02, and it's been a great car. I wasn't sure when I first saw it on the lot, but from that first test drive, I knew I had to have it.

Don't know about any abs problems, as mine is not equiped with that. If I could ask for one thing, it would be about 50 more horsepower. It does alright for normal driving, but there are times that I would like to accelerate a little faster than it does.

All in all, if I were you I would keep it.

 

[Cellerator]

Yeah, overall it's a very good car and I'd prefer it over any others in the category. Also glad I got this car and not some more powerful car for it would probably mean a lot more trouble for me vs the blue dudes...

 

[Sveivo]

I with it had a better transmission. First-to-second shifts are clunky as hell at high RPM. I think motor mounts have to do with this as well, but motor mounts can be changed.

 

[kura808]

i love my p5 xD its an '02.5 and also my first car hehe. as soon as i saw it when i was in 8th grade, i fell it love wit it.i did much searching in the classifieds and stuffs till i found it about a yr ago. i was snooping around these forums for a while and found out that this car is pretty reliable. i thought mazdas werent that reliable b4 cause of the rotory engine konking out lol but when i read more about it, i came to believe in mazda. as soon as i drove it, i fell in love wit the handling too hehe.i had it for a little over half a year now and had no big problems. just had to take it in a bit cause the previous owners didnt take it in for any servicing just oil changes.all in all, i'm very happy wit my p5.made me into a mazda believer lol.

if ur not getting that good mileage, i'd check out ur sparkplugs(mine were worn so it ate my mileage up alot lol),tire pressure, or just take off the roof rack. simple things can increase ur mileage. if ya dont like the high reving, i think ya can swap out the tranny and put in a different one.( i read a thread about a tranny that lowers ur revs) also if ur car is an '03, i think ya might have some of ur warranty left. mine is gonna expire at the end of this month so i took it in for everything. if u still got ur warranty, i'd check out the abs sensors at the dealer or ya can use the cheat code(disconnect the battey for like 10 mins and the cpu will reset<-i dont advise that lol)

haha long post but i could have made it long LMAO. anywayz its totally up to u on what ur decision is. if u got the money to buy an upgrade go for it but if ya dont, i'd stick wit this car cause i personally think this is the best bang for the buck. plus ya dont wanna put all ur hard work from ur mods to waste

 

[Freeridin' Al]

Well, my P5 is no Buggati but then you could look at it the other way as well - the Buggati ain't no P5...

Super happy with my P5. Any issues that I have with it really aren't issues at all and aren't worth mentioning. I like it. My girlfriend likes it. Our friends like it. It's fun to drive and it handles well even when it's filled with people and is carrying 5 bikes. Decent milage (ok, not the best in the world it encourages me to go GREEN anyway and commute by bicycle) and great looks. I mean, it's a sport wagon. Best of both worlds for me, who comes from a background of wagon of all shapes and sizes. Only this one's sporty!

Sure there a plenty of other great cars out there but just like what we have - they all have their + & - points. Meh, what can you do but enjoy it and smile on those sunny highway days with the lid open.

 

[kura808]

btw i forgot these cars bring alot of good attention xD hehe i like it when the girls say ooo nice car (i hope theyre not thinking its a chick car lol) plus u wont get any stupid ricer comments like "hmm rotory right?" or "wow is that a new model subaru?" hehe

 

[carter1551]

Im pretty happy but my tranny seems to hum in a certain rpm range which is worrying. Other than that I've loved the car.

 

[Phoenix5]

Hell ya!I love my car(Especially w/ the mods I've done to it and will do to it)!Granted it isn't the fastest thing on the road but it is on of the sexiest,haha!The only problems I really had w/ the car are a broken motor for the rear right door lock but that was it.Everything is superb!

 

[BadKarma]

LOVE my P5. Only thing that's bugged me lately is the unintuitive way of setting the clock. Arrg! I do it so infrequently that I seem to forget which buttons to press to actually change the time.

 

[the tortoise]

I was gonna write a long post, then I read what Freeriding Al had to say. Turns out he said it all.

I'm really happy with my P5. It's an 02 with 102,000 km on it and it's running great. There's a few more rattles than last year, but the -25 C temperatures play a big role with that. Mechanically it's in great shape. Cosmetically I've seen few cars that catch the eye in the same way.

Here's to another 100,000 km on motoring. (drinks)

 

[Fasta76]

Thanks for the replys guys!! I love the car!! But just wanted to know how others felt!! I wish i could put a trany with longer legs in it but im sure the $ would be huge! Everything else has made me happy. But always hard to not look at a new car. When the lease is up.. But i leaning towards keeping it..

Tom

 

[JoshP5]

I don't know about the install cost/effort, but you could get NSN's 5th gear swap for $255. That would help a bit.

 

[iracemine]

Super happy with my P5. Any issues that I have with it really aren't issues at all and aren't worth mentioning. I like it. My girlfriend likes it. Our friends like it. It's fun to drive and it handles well even when it's filled with people and is carrying 5 bikes. Decent milage (ok, not the best in the world it encourages me to go GREEN anyway and commute by bicycle) and great looks. I mean, it's a sport wagon. Best of both worlds for me, who comes from a background of wagon of all shapes and sizes. Only this one's sporty!

X2

fix da tranny its worth it. and far as the ABS it cant be that much of a biggie.

 

[P-Funk!]

Just wondering if everyone is happy with there P5?

If there is anything you would change? Or do different? I have a 2003 Yellow.. Leather,5speed. Mods, Lowered, 18" wheels,Injen Intake,Exhaust,JDM Tails,Lots of DG Carbon Fiber, AutoExe Front lip. My lease is up in about 7months and am trying to figure out if i should keep it? CAr has been great.. MPG is not as good as i thought it would be Seems to Rev way to high on the HWY.. And starting to have little problems with the ABS??

Let me know what you guys think!!

TOm

Uhm, all these mods on a leased car? Would you have to bring it back to stock to turn it in? If so - you would be *way*better off buying it. Two years of payments and then no more debt = a 'good thing'

 

[NMMotorsport]

p5s cool all round motor, but id do a couple of things to it stock if i had been mazda.

1. give it a 6th gear
2. give it 200bhp
3. half leather racing seats
4. better standard alloys, and lower stance from the factory.

 

[Kansei]

No car brings a smile to my face like my P5 does. I can't wait to see her back together soon.. should be about two weeks from now. It honestly pains me quite a bit to drive the rental car with it's slushbox 4-spd automatic, awful visibility (pontiac g5 coupe.. it's the cobalt with a different front grille and taillights), horrible sounding engine, cheaptastic interior, less than 20mpg fuel economy, terrible ergonomics, world's longest doors, craptastic hubcaps, awful smushy suspension, plastic steering wheel, crappy thin seats, horrible rear seat room, tiny trunk opening, gaudy spoiler, bad looking muffler, mirrors that don't fold in, no map lights, no cruise control... I could go on for months about all the huge ergonomics and human interface design flaws that this car has...

You really don't realize what you have until it's gone. I will be much more excited when I get my car back in a couple weeks than I was the day I bought it just over 3 years ago!

 

[TreFlip999]

i love it...my only regret is not getting a 5 speed instead of the sport auto..if it was just just a straight automatic i think id go nuts

 

[JoshP5]

slushbox 4-spd automatic, awful visibility,...horrible sounding engine, cheaptastic interior, less than 20mpg fuel economy, terrible ergonomics, world's longest doors, craptastic hubcaps, awful smushy suspension, plastic steering wheel, crappy thin seats, horrible rear seat room, tiny trunk opening, gaudy spoiler, bad looking muffler, mirrors that don't fold in, no map lights, no cruise control...

I'll take my underpowered, rubbery-motor-mounted P5 over any of that crap. American cars FTL.

 

[nKukoly333]

Yes, I love my Protege5, unfortunately I am a broke college student so I can not mod my car heavily :/.