I fucking hate this piece of shit.

>>17406701
It was a shitty car when new. Then poor morons thought it was good. Then they realized it was a shit car.

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>>17406711
Kinda glad I bought it for $1600 or I'd be a hell of a lot more pissed.

Is that a Mazda3 or a Protege?

>>17406755
>>17406755
nevermind, googled it.
OP: what year is yours? My friend has a 2000 Protege 4dr sedan and his is pretty bulletproof, except for a transmission problem.

>>17406755
2002 Protegé5. Yeah, don't get me wrong, it's not awful -- I think it just had a really shitty owner before me. I mean, good god, how stupid do you have to be to outright neglect the timing belt long after it's due? Seems like every other week I have to take it back to my parents' to fix it though.

>>17406775
Definitely sounds like a shitty owner, a timing belt change is preventative maintenance that should have been done.

Funnily enough the timing belt on mine hadn't been done when I got it either, it was only 25k kms overdue though.

>>17406775
Guarantee it was some single soccer mom who couldn't be bothered to do basic maint on the car while probably putting 2-300 miles a week on the thing. You'll be lucky if she did 3 oil changes in the 10 years she owned it.