rustychops41

Roddimus is right, it's packaging. To get the nice low hood line, the "small car outside/big car inside", they cant be wasting space all around/on top of the motor. Fewer people are doing their own maintenance, and less is required these days on a modern car. The FS oil filter location is actually very common among small FWD cars.

olddognewtrks

Ladies and Germs; Be gentle on yourselves and others. Go to Wally World or your neighborhood car-parts box and buy some silver Rhino Ramps. They fit under the front airdam on my P-5 and raise it enough to make life reasonable. Drive up, change oil, drive down. .Jacks and jack-stands are a PITA for oil changes.
Note to isawyou: I concur. The Protege filter location is a royal pain.

03ESPro

Hey Matty, I'm confused? Is he agreeing?













Hey, he stole my line!

AzianDragonz

HAHAHA! Roddimus you crack me up. rktktpaul, I'm on board with that theory of yours as I thought of it myself. I also don't think Mazda really cares where they put thier oil filter either, its not like any has ever not bought a car because the oil filter was hard to reach.

Roddimus Prime

I love Jesse Jackson...that dude will make up any word he wants as long as it rhymes with a word he used 5 words ago....