I took my 8 in for service this morning on the two recalls and the oil pan TSB (I only recently started seeing the oil light come on, though the level was fine).

 

check your oil when you pick it up
they love to over fill the oil

 

yea and they say they overfill it because the 8 likes to burn oil. lol

 

Well, they're going to have to keep it overnight, because they don't have the new oil pan in stock (even though I called ahead and told them about the oil light and the TSB to make sure they'd be prepared). GRRRRR!

They gave me a 2002 Protege sedan as a loaner. It has a Mazda logo on it -- that's where the similarity ends. I will say that it's pretty peppy for a 4-cylinder econobox.