I just bought the Mazdaspeed Protege, but I wont be getting it until the end of next week. The anticipation is just killing me! Anyways, I was surprise and little disapointed that there's no sunroof/moonroof on the car! The guy at the dealer told me Mazda couldn't put one on because it wouldn't go well with the moving of the frame or something like that. But there's Mustangs out there with 200+ HP and they have sunroofs. What's the deal with this? Anybody else disapointed about not having it?
Where's the sunroof/moonroof?
- Thread starter UFO70
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
there was a recent thread about adding an aftermarket moonroof / sunroof. the general consensus is to NOT do it for a variety of structural, cost, and quality reasons.
as for Mazda's insistence that there be no such option - purely a cost cutting measure in the same vein as removing the cruise control.
as for Mazda's insistence that there be no such option - purely a cost cutting measure in the same vein as removing the cruise control.
03MzdSpdSTP
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Sunroofs leak after a while right?
I agree, sunroof and cruise control would be nice. I mentioned to my dealer that I thought the sunroof should have been an option but he pointed out that since the car was made in very limited numbers, Mazda couldn't (or didn't want to) build any variations to try and accommodate different tastes, they just built them all the same. I suppose this makes sense as other limited cars don't have many options either. I was looking at the Spec-V and it only came in two versions: with the option package or without.
Still, it probably would have been worth a bit extra for the sunroof, and I definitely think cruise control is a must. I don't do a lot of highway driving, but anytime I am on the highway for more than a few minutes, the cruise control is very nice. I drove from Vancouver BC to Sacramento last year in a Cherokee with broken cruise control and it sucked.
Oh well, they didn't include them and we all bought the car anyway
Still, it probably would have been worth a bit extra for the sunroof, and I definitely think cruise control is a must. I don't do a lot of highway driving, but anytime I am on the highway for more than a few minutes, the cruise control is very nice. I drove from Vancouver BC to Sacramento last year in a Cherokee with broken cruise control and it sucked.
Oh well, they didn't include them and we all bought the car anyway
Little Beavis
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- 2001 MP3-T (#911)
The MP3 was the same deal.
I had a moonroof installed, aftermarket. It is very nice, one of the best I've seen (even compared to factory units), but there is an issue in that the headliner isn't quite right since it isn't factory. It looks good, but it isn't solid in some places (kind of just fabric stretched over the roof). I was told that Mazda was going to come out with a cruise control for the MP3 (which would likely work on the MSP), but I have yet to hear that one is out.
I had a moonroof installed, aftermarket. It is very nice, one of the best I've seen (even compared to factory units), but there is an issue in that the headliner isn't quite right since it isn't factory. It looks good, but it isn't solid in some places (kind of just fabric stretched over the roof). I was told that Mazda was going to come out with a cruise control for the MP3 (which would likely work on the MSP), but I have yet to hear that one is out.
Yeah thats about true because Mazda won't even ship out a turbo for warranty untill they get the old one back:wtf: I guess they really dont want anyone to be able to make an exact replica of the MSP. Thats good for us MSP owners but bad for you guys that don't have an MSP!
