Prior to P5s, what did you drive?
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drgnzadiel101
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- 2002 mazda protege5
you got 3 cars repoed.....hows your credit?
Focuz_Freek_XxX
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'93 Ford Escort LX (LOVED the car)
'00 Ford Focus ZX3
Now I have a 2002 Mazda Protege 5 fully loaded with 97,011 miles on the body.
57000 miles on engine #3.
Should have lemon lawed this car because of the huge list of problems ive had with it.
'00 Ford Focus ZX3
Now I have a 2002 Mazda Protege 5 fully loaded with 97,011 miles on the body.
57000 miles on engine #3.
Should have lemon lawed this car because of the huge list of problems ive had with it.
1988 Buick Somerset coupe V6
1994 Buick Century V6
Both Buicks were hand me downs lol
1986 Mustang GT 5.0 slow
1999 Mustang GT ,13.8 1/4mile with some bolt ons
1991 Mustang LX 2.3T , motor swap from '88 tbird , T3 ,3" downpipe and custom magnaflow exhaust..lots of parts were added to this car. and it was fun tobeat people that thought it was a 5.0.
1994 Buick Century V6
Both Buicks were hand me downs lol
1986 Mustang GT 5.0 slow
1999 Mustang GT ,13.8 1/4mile with some bolt ons
1991 Mustang LX 2.3T , motor swap from '88 tbird , T3 ,3" downpipe and custom magnaflow exhaust..lots of parts were added to this car. and it was fun tobeat people that thought it was a 5.0.
Those GM 3800 series V6 are nothing to sneeze at. They'll last forever and a day, and make some power to boot. The 3.4 DOHC in my Lumina was pretty quick. It just had a really weird timing belt setup and that 4T60E transmission was a total POS. I always loved the way the body looked on those Z34's though. That body and comfy interior on top of a v8 frame of some sort would be badass
ganzhimself
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- 2012 Mazda 3 Skyactiv Hatch
Yup, the 3800 is the best production V6 engine GM ever made. They were SUPER easy to work on and mod, as someone who had no real experience working on a car, I was able to pull the entire top end off, swap all the gaskets and put it all back together with no problems at all. But the transmission was the weak link, couldn't handle any extra power, which was a shame. With better hard parts it was a little more capable... The Impala SS with the SC 3800 would have been a truly great car if it was MT and RWD.
MonkeyBone
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- Silver 2007 6 Sport
1992 Mazda Protege SE (Totalled)
1993 Nissan Altima SE (Shock went through the hood)
2003 Mazda Protege5 (Current)
Soon to come...Suzuki SV1000S 2004-2006
1993 Nissan Altima SE (Shock went through the hood)
2003 Mazda Protege5 (Current)
Soon to come...Suzuki SV1000S 2004-2006
Hahaha. It's fine now. That was right before the housing bust. Wife got new job, got pregnant, got let go. No work for a year. Either lose the house or lose the cars. We decided to lose that cars and buy used and then short sale the house.
Very bad times I tell ya. Now I have 2 cars (P5 and A4) and no car payments and very low insurance!
We bought the Civic 1st, then Prelude, then STI.
Civic and Prelude were on same loan. STI was on it's own loan. So when we bought them, I had great credit. But things turned sour all at the wrong time.
Previous post explains it all.
drgnzadiel101
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- 2002 mazda protege5
was it a gte? cuz if it was thats my dream car right there
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i had a 1974 mercury metor.....a production merc only for the canadian market, funny thing about it though, was that it had a 351ci Cleavland engine in it, which were manufactured in the u.s.a. great car, a little piggy on gas, but damn did the girls love it.
....somethinng about being 22ft long and seating eleven on two really really comfy bench seats lols
....and i sold that, (kinda wish i didn't know) and now i have my 03 stary blue p5 =)
....somethinng about being 22ft long and seating eleven on two really really comfy bench seats lols
....and i sold that, (kinda wish i didn't know) and now i have my 03 stary blue p5 =)
1sicP5owner
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- 2002 Mazda Protege5
I drove a 96 Lexus SC300
I'm starting to miss it.
The front suspension was starting to make funny noises, and when I checked on how much it was going to cost to get new parts I about S**t a brick! So im not missing it as much now.
I'm starting to miss it.
The front suspension was starting to make funny noises, and when I checked on how much it was going to cost to get new parts I about S**t a brick! So im not missing it as much now.
thecrash91
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
why the hell would you downgrade from that to an p5?!? (boom07)
Man, everybody says that!
Well, mostly money, it was paid off, it wasn't my daily driver until money got tight, it was so expensive to maintain, and to modify, everytime i took it to the track i was afraid something else would break or i'd start hearing a NEW noise from the diff./ clutch/ tranny, my girl and i have a 1 yr. old, and to top it off, i totalled the car. so at this point in my life...having a cheap, good-looking 4 door is best for me right now. but don't worry, when i catch-up on my bad-economy money situation....i'll have another project/ fast car! i miss the evo!
Well, mostly money, it was paid off, it wasn't my daily driver until money got tight, it was so expensive to maintain, and to modify, everytime i took it to the track i was afraid something else would break or i'd start hearing a NEW noise from the diff./ clutch/ tranny, my girl and i have a 1 yr. old, and to top it off, i totalled the car. so at this point in my life...having a cheap, good-looking 4 door is best for me right now. but don't worry, when i catch-up on my bad-economy money situation....i'll have another project/ fast car! i miss the evo!
