View Poll Results: Did you get a good Protege5?

Yes, my Protege5 runs like a charm

93.48%

No, I had major problems(engine, powertrain, paint)

6.52%

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Did you get a good MP5?

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Sep 4, 2002 | 10:32 AM

#16

hihoslva

Show Layne some respect

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 2,458

From: Long Island,NY

Quote:

Originally posted by Hawkeye
got mine about 11 months ago, only have about 6700 miles. Runs great! No major or minor problems.

Jeez Hawkeye - do you ever even drive the car??

I've had mine 15 months, put on over 30,000 flawless miles. Reliability is better than excellent - it is exemplary. Love my P5.

~HH

Sep 4, 2002 | 05:19 PM

#17

pingdum

Protege Enthusiast

Joined: Jul 2002

Posts: 200

From: Winter Park, Fl.

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Originally posted by SHOracer
80,000 miles, not problems other than replace accs. belts, and normal maintiance.

Damn Homey, that's some serious miles. Glad to see it's holding up. I've only got about 3000 trouble free miles, but plan on many more for years to come.

Sep 4, 2002 | 09:11 PM

#18

mts3

Protege Enthusiast

Joined: Jun 2002

Posts: 70

From: Mississippi

I have somewhere around 3800 miles on mine (in 8 weeks). No problems whatsoever. Plus I'll note the build quality is top notch.

I've noticed you were looking at Imprezas as well; I owned a 95 that I bought new. It was also a great car. We had a few problems out of it by the time we sold it at 138K, but nothing major and it still ran great and still felt solid.

I think Mazdas can hold their own in long-term reliability though. My MX-6 LS (2.5 V-6) ran just as good when I sold it with 145K as it did when I bought it at 55K. I had a single mechanical problem during the ownership of that car, although I did replace a few items such as leaky gaskets, etc.