P5Scott

Hey gang, just thought id intro myself... my names Scott, I live in London, ON, Canada...
I currently have a Midnite blue, 5-spd P5 with a sunroof and AC, no mods (yet) other than a sunroof deflector. Prior to this car, i had a silver ES sedan with the GT pkg... loved this car too except that when i found out the P5 would be out sooner than i thought i had to have it! After drooling on it at the NAIAS in January but not really thinking id ever bother to get one cuz i had a 99 VW Golf GLS TDI at the time, i ended up deleting the Golf from my life and tossed back and forth between a Sentra GXE and Protege ES/GT. Glad i went with the Mazda or i wouldnt have a P5 right now!
So anyway, im glad to see theres lots of enthusiasm for this car, i wont likely be modifying the P5 much because my true love (and money) fall on my 88 Jetta Slalom, but its nice to have such a cool car for a daily driver and it looks better than my buddies WRX wagon (handles as well too )
This forum is now the best one on the net i think, thank god it was updated from the ezboard setup, that was horrible...
Thanks for listening!
Scott

GNO

Welcome to the board. Looks like another member that loves the twisties.

I wanted a WRX, but my wife refused to test drive it because it was so ugly. She also grew up in a Subaru family and vowed never to own one.

The 2001 Wolfsburg Edition Jetta was her #1 choice until we test drove the P5.

Makaveli

good to have you onboard for the board. So many Ontario people here... is there lots of proteges on the streets there?

paulf

I get mine in about 2 weeks... its on the boat and arrives in Vancouver next week.... I too looked at the WRX... yeah its got the hp but I couldn't fork out 36K+ tax.

Protege5chick

I've had my car for just a little over a month now and no complaints yet! The novelty has yet to run out and new car smell is still there!

Anyhoo, I just wanted to say that this is an excellent discussion board and I really think it's cool that there are a lot of ppl from Canada on the members list!

Thanks guys!

ZackyFarms16

yea ontario must have a lot. Where are all the so. cal people? (southern california). Ive seen like 3 others around here(over the period of like 3months). I hope that not many people get em out here because i like to have a unique car, but i except another P5er with open arms! haha, whatever, peace.

Greddy917

Yeah...I have mabe seen two other Protege5's running around in the SF Bay Area....no mods though...hehehe

Its nice having a new rare car...but I wouldnt mind meeting some other local P5 enthusiasts.

Welcome to the board!!!

I tested a WRX before buying my P5...you cant beat AWD TURBO...but it was just too much $$$$ so I settled for a cleaner looking car for alot cheaper. I am not dissapointed in the least. This Mazda is almost as much fun to drive as my old CRX SI. Plus, it looks a hellova lot better

The people on this board are great!

P5Scott

Makaveli, yeah there seems to be alot of P5s on the street here in London, ive seen at least 7 or 8, chatted with one at a gas station, and exchanged thumbs up with a couple others! No matter the age of the driver, everyone with a P5 seems very friendly and are enthusiastic about their car, and so far i seem to be the youngest one in town with one (if 27 is young )

paulf

Greddy! You lucky bastard... to have a P5 and the PCH right there!
Don't worry... you'll find P5 friends close to home soon

Greddy917

I must be an idiot...but what does PCH mean?

GNO

PCH - Pacific Coast Highway, Hwy 1

Hey Greddy, I go out to Cali (mainly SJ and Monterey Bay, but my dad's in SF) once or twice a year. We can hang, so you don't feel so lonely

Protege5chick

i guess i am one of the younger ones out in Calgary...21...

Greddy917

Thats what I thought it meant...but I wasnt sure.

Sweet!!!! Email me when you come into the area

We can go Civic hunting