Do people hate ur PRO?

[91ProtegeLX]

nothin!

[itzkcatz]

LOL a miata guy is dissing your protege. even though it shares the same motor :-/ funny stuff dont worry about them just more reason to get a bpt in

[websurfer970]

I get it occasionally, mainly just messin around nothing really serious. The only kid I ever met that truly disliked my car had his own very serious car crisis concerns, He drove a 99 chevy prism completely stock under the hood with dragon decals covering the sides of the car along with a 10 foot aluminum drag spoiler. When he started on my pro I just had to sit back and laugh

[Protoss]

i get the odd diss... but just let if roll off your back. i have been around enough to even give civic guys advice. look worst case scenario(sp) build a sleeper. more peole will respect a sleeper than a gody ricer.

[Tai Mai Shu]

EVERYONE hates my pro. Even my sister.
One of my friends has a 97 jetta gls and will **** on it non stop, and whenever I wanna race him, he says its a waste of time. I'll show him.
It's all good though. What other cars do you see out there that are grocery getters that go from 17's and up to 12's-13's accomplished right in our own garages? Let them talk **** all they want, but they'll be on mazda's nuts when they see one of our cars in the super street "street challenge".

[silver03p5]

i agree...our cars we put our hearts and souls into...ur average cibic owner doesnt know what he has, he just sees everyone else with a civic and decides that he too wants to be like everyone else, and lowers it, gets a kit and forgets about performance

[Protoss]

Originally posted by Tai Mai Shu
EVERYONE hates my pro. Even my sister.
One of my friends has a 97 jetta gls and will **** on it non stop, and whenever I wanna race him, he says its a waste of time. I'll show him.
It's all good though. What other cars do you see out there that are grocery getters that go from 17's and up to 12's-13's accomplished right in our own garages? Let them talk **** all they want, but they'll be on mazda's nuts when they see one of our cars in the super street "street challenge".

i'll help you turbo that car... we'll see who is laughing then...

[Roach220]

Yea mazda kinda of has the right motto now ZOOM-ZOOM not oh well aint it just a pretty little thing but slow as hell so **** what any else says spend some and make it go fast me Im going upgraded GTR motor and then will buy some looks for it.

[silver03p5]

Originally posted by Protoss
i'll help you turbo that car... we'll see who is laughing then...

after my na upgrade, i think im going to buy a gtx mani. and get a gtx turbo...that seems to be the easiest

[Tai Mai Shu]

Originally posted by Protoss
i'll help you turbo that car... we'll see who is laughing then...

ya dude that sounds like a good idea. Im goin all out in the spring. are you goin turbo too?

[KiddX]

two guys at my work, one drives a 4 door accord 4 cyl with headers and a 4 inch mufler and wheels and all that ****. he bags on my protege all the time but ive asked to race him 3 times, every time hes like "nah" he's herd my mighty bp!

the other has a rsx(non type-s) he brags about it runnin a 15.9 with full exhaust and intake. i might be able to take his ass stock.

my gf made me buy the eclipse i have now, and she sees how much i hate it, she has accepted that im going to drive my baby and not a 18 SECOND GIRL CAR!!!!!!


btw anyone wanna buy a 2000 eclipse gs?

[ne3ek]

You thnk you guys got it bad ? I drive an Escort.. How do you make an escort sound cool ? Some people hear protege, and are like.. cool. I say Escort they are like wtf ? At least I haver the GT trim backing me up. I usually just say escort for fun though..

[TheLastMarauder]

Originally posted by ne3ek
You thnk you guys got it bad ? I drive an Escort.. How do you make an escort sound cool ? Some people hear protege, and are like.. cool. I say Escort they are like wtf ? At least I haver the GT trim backing me up. I usually just say escort for fun though..

Here's what you do.. Get a Protege front grille and magically replace your Escort one. Replace any Ford badges you might have with Mazda ones, and then just tell people it's a rare 2-door Protege... People are stupid, they will fall for it. Or, sell your Scort and buy a Pro.

[silver03p5]

Originally posted by TheLastMarauder
Here's what you do.. Get a Protege front grille and magically replace your Escort one. Replace any Ford badges you might have with Mazda ones, and then just tell people it's a rare 2-door Protege... People are stupid, they will fall for it. Or, sell your Scort and buy a Pro.

i like the sell ur scort idea

[Tai Mai Shu]

you shouldnt have to worry about the reputation of the escort. **** what they think. Its a wolf in sheeps clothing. **** it, surprise the mother ****ers. You'll get your respect. Better to get a 12-13 second escort and do the work yourself than someone with an eclipse or mustang that pays a mechanic to do all their ****. But If you're self concious and worry too much about what those mother ****ers think, don't trade it for a pro either. It'll be desha vu (sp?) all over again.

about five months ago I was shopping for a car after parting with the 3000gt, and the first place I went to was the honda dealership. There was a 97 civic ex w/ the v-tec thing going on, cool looking spoiler and such, with 175k miles on it going for 2500. Man I thought I struck gold. Since the dealership was closing up shop, it was too late for any paperwork so I had the night to sleep on it. I immediately went home on the computer and started planning on what the first mod I was gonna do on it. Shopping on the net for body kits, fart cans, all that ****. I was yearning for the car.
Later on I remembered I never gave the salesman a deposit to hold the car for me. No sweat, nobody's gonna want it with that many miles on it right? Next day I'm at the dealership bright and early looking for the civic only to find it was sold already. I was confused since I thought I was the early bird and now someone already has my civic? I was dissapointed as hell. They told me their business never flourishes, and each day they sell and take trade ins at a rate of at least 2 dozen a day.
So the dude showed me a few different cars he thought I'd like but I wasn't interested in any of them. I wanted my civic.
A week later I got over it and decided to go hunting again. This time my goal was to go home with an integra. So I get down to the Acura dealership. The first car I noticed was this little protege I have now. It caught my eye since it was ugly compared to all the spankin new acuras surrounding it (looked sad though, like it needed some TLC). A greedy salesman greeted me as soon as I LITERALLY got out of the car. "Show me some of your integras under 5k."
"We don't have any in stock but I can put you in a brand new Acura with 5k down"
"No credit"
"we have a loan program, would you be interested?"
"no. How much for that old mazda?"
"Well how about we take it out for a spin and when we get back I can talk to my boss about cutting you a nice deal?"
"Sure"
While he went to get the key I was debating in my head that if that piece of **** was under 3 grand, and it runs ok, if I should buy it or not. I finally decided not to because this guy seems like a total greedy jackass. But I'd still take it for a spin since he already went in to get the keys, and while I'm driving I'll think of an excuse not to buy it. I kneel on the ground and wipe the underside of the car for any signs of oil leakage. Its filthy with gritty **** and oil and god knows what else.
He comes back outside and opens the trunk and the hood exposing a filthy engine bay, and all the while he's trying to impress me. This things a DX! Theres nothing special about it. I finally take it out for a test drive. I stalled a bit, still not used to catching the friction point on this one, and the clutch pedal is so friggin close to the brake pedal compared to the 3000gt and my pop's truck I'm so used to.
I get the hang of it and we hit up the back streets. This thing's great! Not perfect but it runs great and everything seems ok. We hit up the highways and I let 'er rip. The loud engine as it was revving was music to my ears.
We get back to the dealership.
"so how much?"
"2 and a half"
"too much."
"thats after paperwork and all"
"ok. I'll take it if you fix that oil leak"
We get into a little argument but I convinced him to just check it out and give me a call in the morning when its fixed.
It was like the honda dealership all over again, except this time, I put down a deposit.
I ended up buying it. Not thoroughly satisfied with it because I could have waited for a better looking car. I got home and hit up google search for any aftermarket parts for it. Then I saw protegeclub.com. Never registered yet since I still had doubts of ever purchasing it, but after reading about track times and racing stories and everything I was motivated to buy it. Since that day I've put 13 thousand miles on it in just 5 months, and over 600 dollars in repair work with help thanks to protege club/club pro. Even though my budget for the repairs was a burden, I still never fell out of love with the pro and I wouldn't be happier with any other car.
By the way, the dirty **** never fixed the oil leak, which came from a blown seal. He just cleaned it up. And he told me about this program, that If I refer a friend to buy a car there they'd send me a check for 300 dollars. I did my part. But I still haven't gotten the check. ****er.