500 miles on our '03 yellow mp5 we just baught and have drove all over the place. Its our main car since I race with my civic It has to be reliable, this was why we bought it. When My wife and I were married we purchased a brand new 96 protege lx and when it reached 90,000 miles the exhaust manifold snapped in half between the 2nd and 3rd cylinder. When I looked at the manifold more closely I relised this was a design flaw, too much stress in that area. When I said this to the parts guy at Mazda he replied " I don't think so, why I will have to order that part......wait a minute I actually have two on hand, maybe this is a regular issue." Duh, just look at the design, there's no support there. Anyway, shortly after that my head had to be reworked cause the exhaust valves were bad, more than likely do to cold air leaking in through the exhaust manifold that was broken. Super hot to sudden winter air= problems. When they replaced the valves and milled the head, $1,100 later and no kiss first, the mechanic tells me well sorry we replaced the intake valves by accident and I just got the whole intake valve job for free. This made me feel better but at the same time a little scared about their work at the dealership. When I pulled out from the dealership with a complete rebuilt head the car had as much power as when I brought it there to be fixed, put-put. So, I sold it to my then ex-wife who tottaled it two weeks later. The good thing was we got twice what the car was worth from the insurance company since I still had insurance on it not her and split the money and I got a honda civic with the money.
Funny thing is my ex wife and I got remarried this year and we just bought a mp5 last week.
Funny thing is my ex wife and I got remarried this year and we just bought a mp5 last week.
