1st Gen Protege owners advice please!
I am thinking about buying a used 1993 Protege for about $1,500 as a second beater car and was wondering if there is anything I should look out for or should know about?
The car has 110,000 miles
new belts, waterpump,battery,
some kinda 17" rims and tires
Cold AC
paint is bad
any advice would be appreciated and if anyone has pictures of first gen proteges i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
i love my car. i just broke 100k a month or two ago. I've owned the car for about 2 years now i guess . . . i've had to replace 1 bearing and then 2 axles. I get anywhere between 25-29mpg. Some pics . . .
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59575
Thanks for the pics! Dayum its in good condition! Nice car! Well i'm going to go look at it tomorrow. Its a toss up between that car and a Toyota Camry....Originally Posted by JProtege
By the way do you have any pictures of the interior? I don't know what the interior looks like. Thanks!
i dont have any pics of the interior right now, i guess i'll take some tomorrow. If you haven't seen it by then, i'll post.
anyway, a camry will outlast a pro anyday but i like the pro's look better :-p
1500 is a bit much but i guess the 17" rims adjust the value alot
anyhow, gl with whatever you decide. I know my friend's sister has a ~93 camry and she drove the car w/o oil for like 200 miles and the car still was ok afterwards. . . i've always had respect for toyota reliablity but i mean damn, she really does not know how to take care of a car. i'm talkin like, she changes the oil 1.5 times a year. That car is a fighter; i dont think a pro could take the abuse she dishes out.
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Thanks for the advice, yea actually I was leaning towrds the Camry but its older and has 200,000 miles but runs great! I also found a 88 Mazda 929 for sale...dam...does anybody own one of those?
is it an lx or dx? what condition is it in? for more pictures go to www.protegeclub.com and go to the photo gallery, and choose 1990-1994 you will see tons of pics of stock pros, pros that are modded, what it can be and what can be done
1993 DX 110,000 miles
New Water pump and new belts. White paint faded
$1,500 obo
ah. dx is teh sux0r...u might wanna look for an lx if you can find one...its a much better car.
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Well I went ahead and picked it up for $1,000 without the 17" wheels which I didn't need anyway. The paint is crap but the body, interior and engine is very clean and good. No stereo though but he's gonna give me the stock stereo, gotta see if I can install it.
here's a few for you to check out.
http://www.cardomain.com/id/cablemirc
http://www.clubprotege.com/images/sweet.jpg
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first gens are very very sexy.
Last edited by cablemirc; 04-11-2004 at 09:38 PM.
dave...urs is teh uglay
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Dam you sure fixed that car up nicely...hey tell me where is a good place to find parts for this car? I want to start replcaing some things like the lights and stuff cause they look all oxidized and cloudy.....
Hey any first gen owners got stock parts to sell? Let me know what you got I might buy em!
i have stock amber corners, stock a lot of things in a box at home...stock springs, stock exhaust, stock struts, hmmm....
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All right! I'm serious give me a list of what you got and I may purchase them from you. I just got the car so I gotta see what exactly needs replacing. So far I know I want to change the headlights cause the plastic is all white and cloudy looking.
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