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fatoni · 05-19-2011, 03:38 PM

i just bought one of these things for $8000. it only has 37k miles. pretty sweet, even smells like new. too bad its orange as hell but pretty sporty car. one of the best fwds ive ever driven

tranzformer · 05-19-2011, 03:56 PM

Very nice. The MPS is a great car. Can't believe you found one with so few miles. What year is it? I am jealous.

n2oinferno · 05-19-2011, 08:11 PM

Congrats! I loved my Protege5. It's just too bad the engines need a lot of beefing up if you want to crank the boost.

Exage · 05-19-2011, 08:15 PM

Very rare sport compact (under 5000 made). The turbocharged engine has some Callaway magic. Nice buy. Have fun!

tranzformer · 05-19-2011, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by n2oinferno

Congrats! I loved my Protege5. It's just too bad the engines need a lot of beefing up if you want to crank the boost.

Hey me too!!

fatoni · 05-19-2011, 11:40 PM

thanks. its a 2003, the only year they made them i think. i responded to the craigslist post within a half hour. it was an older lady who said her kids were outgrowing the backseats. i plan on keeping it stock as it will be my dd replacing the miata. hopefully i will be commuting from s. orange county to loma linda for school. the miata was not up to that challenge

tranzformer · 05-20-2011, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by fatoni

thanks. its a 2003, the only year they made them i think. i responded to the craigslist post within a half hour. it was an older lady who said her kids were outgrowing the backseats. i plan on keeping it stock as it will be my dd replacing the miata. hopefully i will be commuting from s. orange county to loma linda for school. the miata was not up to that challenge

Yeah thats right. I thought they did 2003 and 2004 but it was just a mid year refresh.

So LLU for grad school?

Fortunate Few · 05-20-2011, 05:22 AM

ha you got the "spicy" orange. i had two friends with that car and one with a blue one.

fatoni · 05-20-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tranzformer

Yeah thats right. I thought they did 2003 and 2004 but it was just a mid year refresh.

So LLU for grad school?

nuclear medicine...well hopefully

05-19-2011, 03:38 PM	#1
fatoni Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430 Location: socal Posts: 4,416 Thanks: 599 Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	mazdaspeed protege i just bought one of these things for $8000. it only has 37k miles. pretty sweet, even smells like new. too bad its orange as hell but pretty sporty car. one of the best fwds ive ever driven

05-19-2011, 03:56 PM	#2
tranzformer Delights in pure handling Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Zoom Zoom Location: KS Posts: 4,854 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Very nice. The MPS is a great car. Can't believe you found one with so few miles. What year is it? I am jealous.

05-19-2011, 08:11 PM	#3
n2oinferno Praise Helix! Join Date: Jan 2011 Drives: Accord 2.0T, Silverado Location: Upstate SC Posts: 2,859 Thanks: 428 Thanked 2,208 Times in 1,072 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Congrats! I loved my Protege5. It's just too bad the engines need a lot of beefing up if you want to crank the boost.

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Exage GL 86! Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: Maybe FR-S... maybe not Location: NA Posts: 356 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Very rare sport compact (under 5000 made). The turbocharged engine has some Callaway magic. Nice buy. Have fun!

05-19-2011, 11:40 PM	#6
fatoni Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430 Location: socal Posts: 4,416 Thanks: 599 Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thanks. its a 2003, the only year they made them i think. i responded to the craigslist post within a half hour. it was an older lady who said her kids were outgrowing the backseats. i plan on keeping it stock as it will be my dd replacing the miata. hopefully i will be commuting from s. orange county to loma linda for school. the miata was not up to that challenge

05-20-2011, 05:22 AM	#8
Fortunate Few will photoshop for ft86 Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: 07 Mazda RX8 Location: Upland,CA Posts: 281 Thanks: 10 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	ha you got the "spicy" orange. i had two friends with that car and one with a blue one.

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