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#1 of 1132 by KarenS HOST Feb 20, 2001 (9:15 am)
How do you baby your Protege? Please share your care and maintenance regimen here.   KarenS Host Owner's Club Replies to this message: linds (Aug 01, 2005 12:12 pm)
#2 of 1132 by nikecar Feb 20, 2001 (11:54 am)
Well ours is new, so just washing it so far. it still has that new car smell!!! The wife drove it through one of those car wash places where its staffed this week. I was miffed. but what can you do.   There's a local shop here that has tons of car care products and I might go and get some in about 2-3 months to redo the entire wax and stuff. Replies to this message: sean17 (Sep 18, 2005 4:30 pm) autonomous (Sep 19, 2005 5:21 am) sean17 (Sep 25, 2005 2:32 pm) and 2 more...
#3 of 1132 anyone used Langka before? by the_big_h Feb 20, 2001 (12:11 pm)
Anybody used this thing before? Last week I tried to use some touch-up paint to fix a little chip on the rear door and, predictably, ended up with a pretty ugly blob of paint. I searched on the web the next day and I found this Langka thing (www.langka.com). Seems like too good to be true. Any suggestions/opinions/comments?   H
#4 of 1132 Synthetic Oil/Waxes by theparallax Feb 20, 2001 (2:23 pm)
I'm almost at 15,000 miles, and I'm thinking about doing the 15,000 mile maintenance from the Owner's Manual. Does anyone know how much it will cost? I'm also thinking about getting it filled w/ synthetic oil this time...I've heard a lot of good things about it.   What's everyone's favorite wax? I've used Turtle Wax Finish 2001 (not very good) and Meguiar's Gold Class. It has a good shine, but doesn't last long at all! Once I run out I will buy some NuFinish, we'll see how it works!
#5 of 1132 oil by nikecar Feb 20, 2001 (3:21 pm)
I have to change the wife's oil soon. its at 2500, and I'd like to replace it with dino oil until the 5K mark. After that it will go to Mobil 1 at 5K intervals.   as for the waxes.. Zymol is good.
#6 of 1132 Wax Recommendations by gamejunki Feb 20, 2001 (8:38 pm)
Nikecar listed the best waxes from Consumer Reports in the "Mazda Protege" forum on post #108. Hope that helps.
#7 of 1132 gamejunki by nikecar Feb 20, 2001 (9:12 pm)
nice... thanks.. i dreaded inputing all the info back again!!!
#8 of 1132 Cargo Net by pcalvin Feb 20, 2001 (11:51 pm)
I asked in the pro-discussion if you could get one for the 01, but I forgot to ask if anyone had one, and if so, how well it worked and looked. So...how does it look and work? Any model info will work. Thanx
#9 of 1132 langka by conheady Feb 22, 2001 (10:59 am)
Chances are that it's just an minor abrasive cream. Which means: Lots of elbow grease & Damage to your surrounding clear coat (even if it says clear coat safe) If it's abrasive enought to take out a blob of paint, it's also wearing down your clear coat.
#10 of 1132 Fogy interier by wang_n4 Feb 22, 2001 (11:16 am)
Especially in the rainy day. Is this a common problem of Pro? Any suggestions except AC on? I don't think turn on AC while outside temp. is 25 is a solution. Besides, it didn't help much at all.   Thanks in advance!   Sean

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