![]() Ok, my little mishap has kinda derailed my thread, but while I'm waiting to hear back the results from the insurance, here's what I've done so far. This thread won't be so much a "build", but more about replacing and repairing worn and broken items. If there's one thing I would change it would be to have a stick shift, but it runs, it's comfortable and it gets decent mileage. 23, 2012, I took possession of a 1999 Mazda Protege DX:ġ39K miles, 1.6L with automatic. I consider myself very luck, because it could have been so much worse. 6, 2011, another kid in a Mustang lost control and hit me on the driver's side rear quarter panel, which spun me around into the ditch where I hit a tree going sideways. But it didn't really matter, because on Dec. Required major repairs on second day I owned it. Probably not the wisest purchase I've made. 29, 2011, I replaced it with this:Ģ000 Mercury Cougar with I4 and 5 speed. 10, 2011, a kid in a big SUV was looking at a deer off to the side of the road and failed to see that I was stopped waiting to make a left turn. I had a 1999 Ford Contour with a V6 and 5 speed. In my case, however, this car has been solid as a rock.First, a little background. I was actually looking for some info on tires for my car when I stumbled across this site, and was surprised to find the number of problems reported here. If you count my wife's 2006 Mazda 3, that's 450,000 miles on three Mazdas, with nothing more serious than a water pump replacement on the old 626. My previous Mazda (a 1987 626) ran well until 275,000 miles, also on the original engine. I have consistently gotten 31-34 mpg from this car (summertime - a bit lower in the winter), and have yet to burn even a half-quart of oil. My driving is a mix of freeway driving at 70-85 mph and around town short hops. I replace the oil and filter every 10,000 miles (did it every 3,000 until the warranty expired). I've bought three sets of tires for it, counting my snow tires. I did replace the windshield when it suffered rock damage. The clutch, transmission, engine are all original with the car. 30% of their life time left intact, and are the originals. I have replaced the front disk brake rotors once, at 100,000 miles. I have replaced the timing belt twice, both scheduled maintenance. To date, here is the complete list of unscheduled repairs or maintenance I've had to have performed on this car: I currently have 158,000 miles on it and drive it daily. I have owned this car since it was new on the lot, bought it with 12 miles on it. I have a 1999 Mazda Protege DX, 1.6L engine and 5-speed manual. Any tips? I am going to make the trek to my old dealership in two weeks anyway. Oh, and coincidentally, it has been wet each time it occurs. Car runs almost fine except I feel a slight hesitation when asking for acceleration. The light's come on three more times since then, same symptoms and then, within 48 hours, it goes out. They checked it out, cleared a message indicating misfire and sent me home. Took it to my boss's mechanic the next day (highly recommended) check engine light went out on the way there. Two days later, the car felt like it was going to stall, did some strange whispery things - really scary - and the check engine light came on. I've moved and the dealership is miles and miles away and he does his own cars, yadda, yadda, yadda. He also thought he was helping by adding a fuel injector cleaner. She's seen the same dealership mechanics and I've never had a problem until, just 5 weeks ago, I allowed a friend to change the spark plugs. My '02 P5 was delivered to me right off the boat in Sept '01. Hopefully I am posting to the correct area here.
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