Does anyone out their HATE their MSP?

[RallyeRedSi]

Had a love/hate relationship. Some days she was the best than some days she was a b****.

 

[BadBandar]

I personally love my MSP. I use to have a auto 1.6L protege and i hated that car. When i saw the msp come out i was in love. I wanted it so badly. Just last year i saw my msp on sale. I could have gotten a MS3, Evo, Sti or s2000 but i chose the MSP. Just because of its rarity and because of the love i had for it. And ive never had as many issues as you have. If i did ill work around them not complain about them.

 

[MAZDA_SPEED]

i really dont blame the op..msp weren't tuned right by mazda..mazda flaked out on us and just slapped a turbo on a es and called it a day. everybody would agree that mazda tuned it like s***. and the list the op posted, ive seen some of those parts break on other people cars. there are over 1000+ thread alone in the problem section ...but this guy thats the cake..sorry bro, sell it and by a ms3..at least mazda did something right. off topic: but im guess since this vehicle is a performance car mazda wont recall any parts?

 

[blaineog]

Love My MSP, but yeah they have a really bad tune out of the box, which isn't easy to alter. Thanks to the forum, there are tried and tested solutions for most of the problems. Besides I really like having a limited production car.

 

[Mazdaspeed2oo35]

The only thing i have to say is , if you don't believe in your car, he/she sure wont believe on you.. i had lot's of problems and lot's of parts breaking since day 1 i bought my car and it was brand new 0 miles on it. but i sure decided to keep it, deal with it, treat it good, give it some love, and now she's giving me back what i have done to her. all i have to say that I'm the happiest man in the whole freaking world and feel proud to own a Limited Edition Protg not to say a Mazdaspeed !!!! i would never sell it, trade it for any other car in the market, no matter price, model or year, I feel proud and why not to say i own one of a kind Car !!!!!

 

[StreetStyleJPTI]

I guess that's my only option seeing how I spent the weekend trying to trade it in.

 

[MAZDA_SPEED]

The only thing i have to say is , if you don't believe in your car, he/she sure wont believe on you.. i had lot's of problems and lot's of parts breaking since day 1 i bought my car and it was brand new 0 miles on it. but i sure decided to keep it, deal with it, treat it good, give it some love, and now she's giving me back what i have done to her. all i have to say that I'm the happiest man in the whole freaking world and feel proud to own a Limited Edition Protg not to say a Mazdaspeed !!!! i would never sell it, trade it for any other car in the market, no matter price, model or year, I feel proud and why not to say i own one of a kind Car !!!!!

dude, your car looks awesome, i wouldnt trade it in either (bow)

 

[livelyjay]

I bought mine used with 28k on the clock and the following mods: CAI, FMIC, CF hood. I sold all the parts and put it back to stock. I loved it modded, I love it stock. If I crashed the car today I would go out and get another one.

 

[StealthWyvern]

I bought mine used with 28k on the clock and the following mods: CAI, FMIC, CF hood. I sold all the parts and put it back to stock. I loved it modded, I love it stock. If I crashed the car today I would go out and get another one.

Why put it back stock? Was it not runnign right or something?

 

[livelyjay]

Why put it back stock? Was it not runnign right or something?

FMIC was too much for stock boost. Even with SS-AFC the car still bogged under heavy acceleration when shifting gears. Professional tune may have fixed it, but I didn't really care. Running car in SCCA with mods would have put me in class where I would have gotten killed, so I put it back to stock. Drives much better stock than with the mods.

 

[shane02pro5]

You don't hear those words spoken about a MSP very often!

Drives much better stock than with the mods.

 

[livelyjay]

You don't hear those words spoken about a MSP very often!

It was only because I was at stock boost with FMIC. Had I put on a SMIC it would have driven better than stock, but then I would get owned in DSP class with the killer BMW 323is cars that run national events. I can't afford everything that needs to be done to run DSP.