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Hey guys..for those who own a protege 5 reply to this message

please. **If you have ur moon rack still on top of your car and

do protege5 look better with the rack on top or without.**


Because i know performance wise, its better to not have the rack

because of the wind noises and etc.



Thansk all.

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Ray....I think you will find that just about as many people have the rack on as do off....Personally...I like the rack on....and I don't have a problem with wind noise....you just crank up the volume on the HU and it goes away. :{D

I'm planning on taking mine off this week. Looks too much like a wagon.

heY guys..im about to get a new protege5

would u guys suggest auto/stick?

sticks are funner to some people, and a nuicense to others.. Sticks are generally faster because you can control the gears, and that is what makes going into a turn and exiting it fun, is the fact that you can put it in the gear you want.

travis put i exactly right..... the stick is just more fun!

i prefer my rack off! i brought it home from the dealer with it on, and took it off right when i pulled in to my driveway! it hasnt seen day light since then...

stick is more fun but is a pain in the ass in heavy trafic

personaly i think the p5 looks better without the roof rack

I have the roof rack on.....and don't plan on taking it off. I like the looks of it better on.....and personally........contrary to what a prior poster said......to me the P5 looks more "wagony" with the rack off. To each his own I guess!

looks like a wagon??? i thought it was, we shouldnt live in a dream world folks, u bought a wagon, and a pretty 1 at that.

my rack is off.
i love my stick, i have learned to avoid driving in traffic, but then again i live a more flexable life than most. personaly if i didnt i probably would have gotten a auto, and slapped myself every friday night for it.

-Jason

oh i forgot... is it possible to take off the frame left on the car after u take off the rack? i'm on vacation in canada and they dont come with it and i like it alot.

-Jason

Well,.....I consider mine a hatchback more so than a wagon. Not trying to sugarcoat anything as you're suggesting......just the way I view it.

I thought the rack looked fine but the wind noise bothered me. I could have bought the moonroof visor but I love having an unobstructed moonroof opening so the roof rack came off. :dunno:

laRRy
 

Dump the rack!!!:stickpoke

I have a stick, but if the autostick had been available when I bought mine I *might* have gone with that--not sure, I'd have to drive it. If you spend a lot of time in heavy traffic, I'd advise against a stick, as it's a pain. If you don't, then I'd go with a stick because it *is* more fun.

As for the roof rack, mine is on--I use it every once in a while to haul things that are too big for the hatch. And I think of it as a hatch, not a wagon--it's like 5" shorter than the sedan version of the car, so in my book it's a hatch, not a wagon.

As for how it looks without the rack, I think it depends. I think the Canadian P5's look better without than the American P5's, because the American P5's have long black stripes left on the roof when the rack is off, which I think doesn't look very good unless you have black or dark blue exterior paint, in which case it isn't very noticeable. But to each their own--it's a good looking car either way.

just thought I would add on the stick vs. auto issue guys....its not how an auto shifts thru the gears that robs power...its the torque converter...so an auto-stick will be a little more controllable than a regular auto,but a 5 speed is still faster and funner any day!