Ever forget your MS3 has power?

[alchemy will]

I tried to pass some people leaving my car meet last week and spun the tires like a complete jackass. Thus becoming THAT GUY. (blowup)

I am still back up to my old tricks of making people go off the road when they follow me on a certain extremely tight bend close to my house. Sure, car behind me, if a station wagon can take it at 50mph you can too!

Sucker!

[85rotary]

no but sometimes i forget my protege isnt a ms3 and get my ass kicked by everything, almost everythng:wedgie:

[CTt3P5]

Oh, you are one of thooooose guys? lol

Wish I had that problem. :frown:

[Blake]

sometimes I forget I drive a protege....thats all I got.

[85rotary]

ya that sux, ive pulled up next to benzes and mustangs thinking i got it, then reality kicks in and i lose. but once on a deserted highway i went against a mustang and hed pull ahead than id pull ahead then hed pull ahead, and it went like that for a good hour or so until he had to pull over to get gas while i kept it moving cuz ididnt need gas. protege 1 mustang 596

[alchemy will]

Oh, you are one of thooooose guys? lol

Wish I had that problem. :frown:

I take turns driving my MS3 and my Miata up to the meets and the Miata gets me instant THAT GUY status.

Welded diff, open headers, top down.

:threestoges:

[kansei]

I'll admit I was that guy most of the first day I got my Protege back after driving a Malibu, Corolla, Olds 88, and Taurus throughout the end of november and all of december.

I hit the gas, lots of wheelspin (stupid open diff I hate you), noise then some rapid acceleration, and painfully loud blow off valve.

makes me feel like a jerk but the acceleration feels so good :(

I try to restrict myself to highway onramps for doing such things :P gotta get up to speed very quickly on city onramps ;)

It must be nice to have a fast car and a not fast car so you can keep living that 'omg wow I forgot this car was fast' moment over and over :)

[alchemy will]

My MS3 is boring to drive because WHOP-DE-DO 260HP. I hardly EVER actually touch the throttle to the floor because what's the point?

Now the Miata? You have to DRIVE that bastard or you're going to stall, spin out, die from the exhaust fumes.. You name it. Even doing the speed limit and staying in my lane takes actual concentration and thought. That's good times.

[CTt3P5]

My MS3 is boring to drive because WHOP-DE-DO 260HP. I hardly EVER actually touch the throttle to the floor because what's the point?

Now the Miata? You have to DRIVE that bastard or you're going to stall, spin out, die from the exhaust fumes.. You name it. Even doing the speed limit and staying in my lane takes actual concentration and thought. That's good times.

lol Well when you get :Yawn: bored of granny driving the MS3 I will gladly take it off your hands so you can feel the rush of driving the Miata on an everyday basis! :drunk:

[Jackelope]

the ms3 has power? ;)

[alchemy will]

lol Well when you get :Yawn: bored of granny driving the MS3 I will gladly take it off your hands so you can feel the rush of driving the Miata on an everyday basis! :drunk:

I seriously think the MS3 is a boring car to drive, believe it or not. My Protege felt so much more raw and connected to the road. The MS3 feels too soft to be fun in my opinion. It's fast, but having a fast car isn't as amazing as you think it is after you've driven on the track a full 10/10ths of the limit.

[85rotary]

in that case u can definitely pass the ms3 to the next person, i would kill to have more than double the horsepower i have now(for the record not really kill a person but kill my engine from all the boost needed to obtain that much hp, not the computer, horsepower):)

[alchemy will]

Take over my payments. :)

[85rotary]

how much a month, as long as its not 1000 a month ill do it. is it hard to get insurance on that thing, i have 10 pts on my license so getting insurance is sometimes hard

[alchemy will]

how much a month, as long as its not 1000 a month ill do it. is it hard to get insurance on that thing, i have 10 pts on my license so getting insurance is sometimes hard


Ha ha, then why don't you get one?

[85rotary]

cuz im afraid of what the insurance is gonna be

[alchemy will]

It went up a little up from when I had my Mazdaspeed Protege.

It went from RAPE to DOUBLE PENETRATION if you are wondering. :(

The insurance on my Miata is $40 a month which I still think is too much.

[Raider]

Will, if you get rid of the Speed, and the Miata, what are ya gonna do, walk?

I love it when douches high beam me on the freeway to get over. nothing a little throttle can fix!

[85rotary]

damn thats cheap. ur probably over 25. last year i got into an accident (i rear ended a damn jeep w/ a tow hitch) where i was at fault, cancelled my insurance for a couple of months while i fixed my car, called up the same insurance co after it was fixed and it was cheaper. i was like :omg:then i was like " thanks alot insurance lady"(butthump)

[85rotary]

if it makes u feel better i used to pay 140 now i pay only 120

[alchemy will]

For the record I am 24, but insurance on a 1991 car with no options is pretty cheap. :)

[Maxxpwr]

It must be nice to have a fast car and a not fast car so you can keep living that 'omg wow I forgot this car was fast' moment over and over :)

yeah that is so true. now i had to get a pos blazer for work, so i literally drive it everyday when im working, but everytime i get back in my car now it gives me that feeling.

[Jackelope]

For the record I am 24, but insurance on a 1991 car with no options is pretty cheap. :)

I'm 30, mine is $100/month (IIRC) on my MSP, $75 on my 01 ES (wife's), both are full coverage ;) - and i <3 my insurance, VERY easy to work with.

[85rotary]

damn, i need to age already, the 120 for just my 00 lx is for basic coverage. insurance sux. one time someone had shot at my windsheild (fuck!ng kids have nothing better to do than mess with peoples $hit) and i ended up having to get a new windsheild. thats what u get whn u have basic insurance tho.

[Mazda.doll]

gahh you don't even WANT to know what I pay for insurance..
here's a hint I'm 19 with commercial insurance.

[chiefmg]

Someone told me when I was much younger that if I were married my insurance would be cheaper. I'm like, gee, what a good reason to get hitched!

As for fast/slow cars, it is nice having the difference. However I do enjoy driving the Protege because it seems so light after the Speed, I can just toss it into a curve.

Oh, and I do the same thing in my Speed with people following me. Ususally just a light tap of the brakes then blow through the turn. Then watch as they plow through behind me. I guess they don't realize a 4 door sedan can handle...

[85rotary]

o man i drove my friends msp this week and i got that feeling when i got back in my protege. i want a faster car :(

[Jackelope]

i can tell a big diff in my wife's ES and my MSP, two totally different cars (not just power wise)

[chiefmg]

Dude, you need to upgrade her suspension. Or are you doing that on purpose?

My gf says she wishes we had a car with the handling of the Protege and the power of the Speed. She has no idea what is in store once I get the RX-7 to its final place...

[Jackelope]

she wont allow me to touch her car ;) - and she doesnt like my car (mainly b/c its loud and i complain about all the little things wrong)

[85rotary]

hey does the ms3 have alot of torque steer? im selling my lx and might get a ms3 or msp, when i drove the msp i noticed it had some torque steer when i almost hit a mailbox cuz i down shifted while turning.

[Jackelope]

i figure that is a problem w/ any FWD drive car w/ decent power? (excluding msp, it just does it haha)

[kansei]

i figure that is a problem w/ any FWD drive car w/ decent power? (excluding msp, it just does it haha)

It doesn't have bad torque steer because it doesn't have much torque haha

[chiefmg]

It also has to do with the mfg using unequal-length halfshafts. IIRC at least one generation of the 626 had halfshafts that were equal in length thus avoiding torque steer. Not sure why Mazda gave that up, probably money. Let's face it, Joe Average probably doesn't even know what torque steer is, let alone why it is bad.

[alchemy will]

The MS3 gear box has equal length halfshafts and the traction control takes care of the rest. My MSP on the other hand.. My girlfriend almost took out a mailbox the first time she drove it.

[chiefmg]

I didn't know the MS3 had them, so the problem there is down to HP/TQ. Rear wheel drive for the win...although there you have to deal with the back end stepping out.

[85rotary]

good thing she didnt hit the mailbox, that wouldve sucked. its a great thing i didnt hit the mailbox, wouldve had a hard time explaining that.

[Jackelope]

just say the mailbox jumped out in front of you, came out of nowhere!

[Turtle of Time]

I love me sum MS3

[rally2003]

I like the respnose when I pull up to a stop light in my MSP. Everyone and their mom wants to race it, but why? I think it's quick, but she isn't that fast. I like just picking off the morons. Last week a Caviler Z24. hehehe. He didn't see it coming. First he piped off and squeeled his tires. I let him go off the line then smack that A$$. It's fun to put retards in their place. Most people think I'm that guy, but I'm really not. I've been driving long enough to know who or what not to mess with.
I'll take the MS3 off your hands though if ur board with it.
Ur not getting my MSP, but I'll let u think about it.

[lewisb01]

Well I'm 30 with 3 kids (by the way insurance $99 hehe) and I have a Speed3 and a F'n Ford Windstar!!! When I have to drive that stupid mini van around town for a few days and then I get back in my Speed3 i'm like good lord this car is amazing!!

Respect the Speed3!!! lol

[pdhaudio83]

nice :)

welcome to TMF by the way :thumb:

[KesTrel]

" The mommy van " as we foundly call windstars ;)

[wes.pro5]

i have an n/a pro5 and an rx7 turbo II. when i drive the pro5, i usually end up double clutching and waiting for the boost to kick in.

[Mr.Pickles]

I spent the weekend before last driving around my mom's Yaris hatchback. (auto!)
It was raining a bit when I got my car back and I laid tires without really putting much foot into it. I was just accustomed to the awesome power of the cuddly assassin.
My tires sometimes hate me.

[pro5x2]

i have an n/a pro5 and an rx7 turbo II. when i drive the pro5, i usually end up double clutching and waiting for the boost to kick in.

With the Pro5, the title should be

"Ever forget your pro5 doesn't have power?"

[fez]

teheee

I have a '93 camry, which I drive as my daily car ...

then I drive my baby on the weekend ... needless to say, it's always a blast. :)