I finally did buy a 2002 Protege 5 this summer, but not from any Ottawa dealership. Ended up taking the bus to Toronto and picking it up from Gyro Mazda. Where do you guys prefer to take your P5 for servicing? Performance, Carling Motors, or Bank Street? How understanding are they with respect to warranty and not by Mazda installed (e.g. do-it-yourself or professionally) work/mods?

I had a not so good sales experience with Performance but would like to clear the slate for the service department. Funny thing is my sales contact at Gyro used to work at Performance and he was shocked.

Nammo

 

performance mazda seems to be the best one

 

Alright, I'll give them a visit. They shouldn't have too much of a problem pleasing me on my first request: touch up paint, oil and filter change.

Their sales guy tried to pull a fast one when I went to buy my Protege 5.

 

I have been driving Mazdas since '89 and have dealt with Bank Street Mazda.

I have nothing but praise for the way they have treated me and the work they have done.