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Jan 6, 2004 | 10:08 PM

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Haul'n the Family

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My wife really likes them. Thought it might be a good little family car for my wife. She wants the room of the wagon, good for kid and dogs, etc. I like they styling and appointments. I'm looking at used ones. She wants an automatic, unfortunatly. I know they aren't too quick. But are they painfully slow?
I hope to test drive one soon, but I was just wondering what other Mazda owners impressions are of them. Thanks.

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Jan 7, 2004 | 07:49 AM

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I drove one a while back just for shits. It surprised me with the handeling, it was pretty decent and alot more then I had expected. We drove the 5MT and it was pretty damn slow though, I would probably guess that the auto would fall well under the "painful" mark.

Jan 13, 2004 | 05:28 AM

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I worked for a mazda dealership for a bit. I enjoyed the protege5, but would definatly get the 5 speed. The auto just seemed to suck up too much power for me. the handling is remarkable on anything made by mazda. their MPV even had great handeling.

I would definatly look into getting this car, but I would have to be the 5 speed for me.

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