MazdaSpeed Protege or....? (Advice)

[Karas893]

Hey guy's, my name is Marcus. I've always been a big Mazda fan since the Miata, and the Rx7.

Now, the reason I'm posting a question here, is because I need your advice on something.

My next car is going to be a Manual Mazda. However, I'm having a very difficult time trying to locate a Mazda Speed Protege here in Louisville, or around here, that isn't way over priced, or beat to crap.

My next car is going to be a daily driver. I like off the line speed, but it doesn't have to go 0-60 in 2 seconds. Just something fun I can play with, and enjoy myself when I drive. Hoping to spend under 10 g's.

So, do I keep looking for one, or is there another car (no bias) I should try to locate?

If so, what are they, or can I turbo a reg Protege, worst-case?

Love the look of the mazdaspeed protege though, no joke.

Thanks guys, God bless, you're really helping me out here.

 

[thaikim]

Run away!!!!!!!!!

 

[velokid]

I really like mine...I've had a 2003 Black Mica Mazdaspeed Protege since new - over 9 years and almost 85K miles. The maintenance I've had to do on mine is stuff I'd consider routine for a car being driven 10K miles annually - clutch (50K+ miles on the original), rotors/pads, plugs/coils, etc.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd still choose the Mazdaspeed Protege over anything else that was available at that time in the same price range.

 

[JCell]

The mazdaspeed protege is an amazing car. tons of fun and easy to learn.

Their reliability is strongly related to how much money you throw at it