Just called my fleet manager at irvine mazda and asked if the pricing might be droping due to the arrival of the 03.5s (my sisters boyfriend wants one) And her answer was: NOPE! they are still in just as high as demand as when the rolled the first one on the lot, infact some people will pay just as much to get the color choice. She said: look at this way there are about 30 protege 5's on our lot right now and we have only had 8 mazdaspeeds all year. We know people want them and we are going tto get every last dime they are worth. She procceded to tell me that she wouldn't even be able to match my price for my sis's boyfriend (b****).
Looks ike you got a case of the old "Wishful thinking" Newf.
If you run into a different response tell me and I am moving back to canada where people are still nice.