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    My car is making a terrible noise when I try to start it - what's going on?

    I let my brother borrow my 88,000 mile 2003 P5 and while he was on the freeway, the engine made a terrible clanging, banging, clunking sound and stopped working. After he pulled it over, it would not start. The battery is good and the starter is good. When cranking, the engine sounds like it...
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    Expensive to Insure?

    Hello folks, Prospective 2002/2003 Mazda Protege 5 buyer here. I'm wondering how insurance rates for the P5 stack up against other cars? I realize that driver history and age, etc. influence rates, but from a pure repairs/theft/safety standpoint, how would a P5's insurance rates compare to...
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