2003 Mazda Protege5 Review! Officially 20 Years Old!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2023
- Mazda, please bring wagons back! They always looked good when y'all made them, like this and the Mazda6 after! Hard to believe but this is what cheap cars looked like 20 years ago! I still love them and will never stop buying them!
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I'm so glad I have one of these. It's my project car that I'm turning into my daily. Such a great car man.
The interior is actually really solid . I have the same car and compared to other cars they definitely used some better than economic materials
I have 2 of these cars. I love them! My white 03 is a “SE” not the regular “ES” model. Leather interior, leather steering wheel, polished mags, power moonroof, Mazdaspeed shocks, etc. All factory. It’s a rare care. Not too many on the road back then. Probably because they were expensive. Lots of fun to drive! Zoom! Zoom! Enjoy!
I still Have mine till this day I Had it for over 9 years now. it was my First car and I wouldn't change it for nothing best car hands down. Great on Gas
Rocking my 03 Starry Blue Mica automatic P5, just 130k miles on the clock and I cannot get enough of it. got it 2 years ago and am keeping it until it wont go no more! Nice ride man. you dont see so many automatic p5's around, and I really like the auto in this car.
Also your shift knob is on backwards!
Really?? I had no idea!
ME AND MY LIL RED WAGON AGAINST THE WORRRRRRLD!!
i've had my 2003 P5 since about 75k miles, and it's almost clocked 200k. it's never let me down and i've given it hell over the past decade. she's for sure in need of some TLC, but even if i have to load it to the roof and drive 6+ hours, i know we can get it done.
The white and gold/bronze just works imo, sheeeeeeeeeesh
love love love the protege 5
*Very, very clean. You did good, especially at that price. A little TLC will easily get you to 300k miles. Cruise controls only fail if someone ignorant F!'s with it when removing stress bar for battery R'n'R. Else, fuse and relay are good starting points. Source of rear wheel well rust is permanently correctable with new tail lamp seals and acrylic caulk. Unlike others of the time, fog lights are real, not a fashion accessory. Mazda still offers printed FSM 9999-95-017B-02 (-03 for you) suitable for 3-1/2", D-ring binder. My 2002 has 240k miles, CC and OE radio/CD/cassette stack work like a champ. (If it ain't broke, don't F! with it) Respect!*
Glad you are enjoying your car. I have one of these in the "Laser Blue" and am the original owner. Replaced the engine at about 250K miles. Was burning too much oil and the replacement was less expensive than the rebuild. Currently have over 400K miles and have no intent to trade this machine in. Been so many places in this.
Holy crap nice!
Loveeeee it!!!! Mines the blueeee bansheeee and im gonna make a video today ive gotta get something done on him!!!
With your transmission in manual mode you should be able to start off in second gear. And you can take off in 1st and rest way of course by selecting the manual mode.
Just going off of what you said about not having a first gear selection, and the D was basic.
I always think about putting an LS swapped rear wheel drive version . That shit would be so hard
I spent about 150k on two new cars and I have more attachment to my SP20/P5. 110k on my 5.7 hemi new and bought a 2016 Audi A1 1.4 TFSI for 41k new the it was outhandled by my 1.6 Protege in a corner I loved speeding through daily. Max speed I could do round this corner in my Audi was 65km/hr. In my 1.6 protege with 17inch forged wheels and pedders suspension I did it at 85km/hr and it didnt budge.
Then realised how light these things were so sold the audi and bought more Protege/Astinas and did the same suspension and wheel work. Never EVER selling them. So far Ive gone through 7 dishing them out to friends and family cause the platform is so good. Its basically a 90s Toyota Corolla in terms of reliability. Parts are cheap, they look awesome with just a wheel upgrade and weigh 1100kg with me in the car and im over 120kg lol. Since its light weight, I started throwing in heavy audio gear and hasnt affected cornering that much.
I like the fact that noone knows how good these cars are cause it keeps the price down so I can keep buying more of them.
Love that bro! I hope these cars stay underrated!
@@equalspro some still sell for 7-9k in AU if paint is in good condition and its been looked after so once they go, then I can pick them up for 1k otherwise they linger in the 4-5k mark lol.
Oh the AU definitely more expensive there
Sweet! I'm rocking a 2002 Familia Sport20.
So lucky! Another classic that we didn't get in the states :(
My auto '02 has a 'row' shifter instead of the Jigsaw one, just up or down on the column. My cruise control did work for a year or so before breaking somehow. Got the same white cluster sitting at 155K, paid for a used transmission to replace my slipping transmission. Need to get my alternator and belt replaced.
Love it
They are slow but so underrated in my opinion i love my p5 she might give me problems but ill never give up on her even like you said if the engine blows im im doing an engine swap sadly mine burns oil but she still runs
Same they all burn eventually
I have an 03 midnight blue 5 speed 181k miles still running good. With a Sony deck w aux😂🔥
I should get a double din to fill the void 😂
Only reason i keep my spare tire in mine is cause the oem sub in the back sits on it
I have the same car but I don’t know how to take off the plastic trim that went around the roof racks
I like that you took good car of the car. Does central locking also unlock the boot as well so after you remote unlock you can just put your hand underneath the where you unlock the boot and lift? Or do you have to put the key in manually every time you want to open the boot?
Every time
There's one with 200,000km (Canada) for sale for $3300. It's very clean and has some aftermarket wheels and lights. Runs well. Do y'all think that's a good deal? It's standard too.
I'd say get it under $3000
Did bro just said “Com bi nation”
It won't blow up; these engines are SOLID. Especially if strapped to an automatic. They are non-interference. Regular oil changes every 10,000km with full synthetic oil and using 98 Octane fuel and it lasts for a very long time.
i have a manual trans 2003 one of these that ive converted into the “speed protoge5” car rips
Hell yeah
I’m looking to get one but it’s got 205,000 is it worth the buy?
Yes!
"no check engine light" 😅
no check engine light.. shows check engine light*
It wasn't fully on 😂