i'm mike. i'm 28 and live in cherry hill, nj - just outside philadelphia. i mechanical engineering degree, and worked on gas turbine engines aboard ships and hovercrafts for the Navy for several years after college. i'll graduate law school in may 06. after that, i'll be working in the patent law group of a relatively large law firm in philadelphia. i have a g/f of 6+ years and two retired racing greyhounds.
my first car was a '90 protege SE that i bought with 140,000 on it. when i sold it w/ 225,000 on it, it had not once given me any trouble. it's still the best car i've ever owned. after that i bought an '02 RSX-S the week they came out; sold it when i decided to stop working and go to law school. i chose my '02 Protege ES over an '02 MINI b/c i preferred the way the mazda drove; everything felt tighter and higher-quality (had i known what the resale difference would be, i might have gotten the MINI!). i also have an '87 corolla FX16 hatch that i use to carry around the dogs and for most of my daily driving. that car is all kinds of fun to drive; i might never get rid of it.
my protege is (lightly) set up for STS autoxing, which i've been doing for about 3 years. it's got MSP springs/struts/rear bar, and 15x7 wheels on the front, 15x6.5 on the back w/ just-about-bald kumho MX tires. it's fairly competitive regionally as-is, except for the civics. i have a wagner shorty further mods.
currently trying to decide on my next autoX car.
my first car was a '90 protege SE that i bought with 140,000 on it. when i sold it w/ 225,000 on it, it had not once given me any trouble. it's still the best car i've ever owned. after that i bought an '02 RSX-S the week they came out; sold it when i decided to stop working and go to law school. i chose my '02 Protege ES over an '02 MINI b/c i preferred the way the mazda drove; everything felt tighter and higher-quality (had i known what the resale difference would be, i might have gotten the MINI!). i also have an '87 corolla FX16 hatch that i use to carry around the dogs and for most of my daily driving. that car is all kinds of fun to drive; i might never get rid of it.
my protege is (lightly) set up for STS autoxing, which i've been doing for about 3 years. it's got MSP springs/struts/rear bar, and 15x7 wheels on the front, 15x6.5 on the back w/ just-about-bald kumho MX tires. it's fairly competitive regionally as-is, except for the civics. i have a wagner shorty further mods.
currently trying to decide on my next autoX car.
