You know that your'e a Mazda-maniac when...

[mp5jeff]

---leaving for work an hour early when it only takes 5 mins to get there but you were so anxious to drive the car! ....everyone always asks me why i come to work early but oh well..they just don't know

 

[DiS]

---leaving for work an hour early when it only takes 5 mins to get there but you were so anxious to drive the car! ....everyone always asks me why i come to work early but oh well..they just don't know

lol that is so true, same here bro.

......When you sit in a beach chair in front of ur house on a shiny day just to get a tan from the reflection of you very clean Protege.

 

[charles]

Thanks for telling, but I know that. All newer cars begining with 1997 models I believe, have that feature. BUT it works only when you are in 5th gear and trying to switch to reverse straight from 5th. When you are in 5th, put it in neutral and then it will go into reverse. But once again thanks for telling

Bah, reverse-lock is a lot older than 1997. Even if you defeated it, there's no way to get the car in reverse without a lot of thrashing.

Anyways, I've looked to go another gear when I was already in 5th, but I didn't actually try when I realized I was already in 5th.

 

[Aricjm15]

Bah, reverse-lock is a lot older than 1997. Even if you defeated it, there's no way to get the car in reverse without a lot of thrashing.

Anyways, I've looked to go another gear when I was already in 5th, but I didn't actually try when I realized I was already in 5th.

it would probably be like 1947 or something

how about, if your so stupid that you have actualy tried to shift into reverse thinking your car has a 6 speed

 

[batmang]

i yell at my GF when she doesnt close the door all the way, and uses her ass to bump it shut. its sexy.... but it hurts tha p5. i yell at her like an angry asian.

 

[Aricjm15]

she could dent the door, one of my friends did that to my car and i saw the door panel bend

that and it would suck if your girlfriend has little metal studs on her belt, or a rivit on her jeans right where her ass is going to hit the door

ouch

 

[sidpro5]

......when, after ten years and many attempts and requests from your significant other, you quit smoking 1)to keep the interior clean, and 2)to save $$$ for mods! $4 a day adds up! lol *cough cough*
plus about 95% of everything else that's been mentioned. (cheers)

 

[shaolin]

I always park far from the door where less people walk to avoid anybody brushing up against it. I also try to find spaces next to a wall, or at the end of the row next to the stripes on the ground so that only one side of my car will have someone parked next to me.

 

[JOS3]

when your wife insists on brushing her hair in your car despite specifically telling her not to.........i hate how it gets woven into the floor mats and seats.............

 

[Ceej]

7 hours to wash you car by hand!?!?!

Then you are either; slow or don't know what you are doing!

 

[JOS3]

damn, thats crazy.....................its takes me 3 hours to do a completely perfect kob, inside and out...................7 hours is too long

unless your doing the meguiars 4 step process, then i understand....................i wouldnt do it. but i understand

 

[MarkSpark]

...when you make sure your Mazda is locked and the alarm is armed even when it's secure in the garage.

and

when you park outside of your friend's house and rush upstairs to see the unique view.

 

[orange330]

just to get back to the original idea of this thread.

you know you own a mazda when...
your protege 5 handles better stock then your friends modded honda civic auto cross car

 

[sidpro5]

Washed my p5 this morning. 2:00 this morning! On my way home from work, had a little time to kill, she needed it, I obliged.........besides, there won't be any water spots on it from the sun baking the droplets into the wax. Gotta go shine the tires now..........(cheers)

 

[DiS]

damn, thats crazy.....................its takes me 3 hours to do a completely perfect kob, inside and out...................7 hours is too long

unless your doing the meguiars 4 step process, then i understand....................i wouldnt do it. but i understand

Actually thats my friend who takes 7 hours to wash his car. Washes it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then clay-bars it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then Waxes it. Waits for an hour, then polishes it. Waits another hour and polishes it again. FINALLY waits another hour and polishes it again. His car looks freaking sweet as hell when its done. Everything by hand.

 

[Dimitrios]

Actually thats my friend who takes 7 hours to wash his car. Washes it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then clay-bars it. Then lets it dry. Washes it again, then Waxes it. Waits for an hour, then polishes it. Waits another hour and polishes it again. FINALLY waits another hour and polishes it again. His car looks freaking sweet as hell when its done. Everything by hand.

...and then? it rains.....:'(

....when you see other Protege5s on the road and wonder if the drivers are thinking or do the same thing you are (i.e. all the stuff posted here!).

....when you know more about Mazdas/cars than the salesperson at the the dealer (I think we have all been there)

.....when you know part numbers and the way things get installed when talking to the service and/or parts managers.

.....when you think that your 1-2 shift *could* be just a *little bit* quicker

.....when you yell at people when they ask you about your "wagon" - it's a HATCHBACK!!! (rant) (argh)

 

[MotegiMazdA]

When you wont let anyone lean on your car....(i'll admit I have FINALLY gotten into this habit )

When you are sick at home but decide to go cruising anyway and your friends look at your car and go, "You know thats pretty clean and shiny...I thought you were sick" and all you can do is smile
(happend to me today)

 

[Protege2K]

When you wont let anyone lean on your car....(i'll admit I have FINALLY gotten into this habit )

I get real bad about that. Especially when I go to the cruise-in's around town. I think what makes me hate it so much is that I start to wonder if people that the person leaning on the car is the owner. I had my friend walk up to a guy who was leaning on my car at one of these meets and ask him where he got the kit. The guy told him that is wasn't his, so my friend asked him "well then why the **** are you leaning on it?"

 

[MotegiMazdA]

I used to sit on my trunk with my legs over my wing. The first time I went to Miami no one knew it was my car and I sat up on the trunk and they pulled me off of it like it was on fire. lol. Learned my lesson

 

[charles]

hahaha... I jump on my hood.... LMAO