Hey everyone, been on the forums for a while now doing heaps of research on these cars. I finally bit the bullet and bought one! My original plan was to have a bit more money to have a lower mileage car, but every car in my area was selling for tons over blue book. 146,000 miles on the odometer as of now and runs strong! Came with mazdaspeed protege suspension and exhaust, racing beat rear sway bar, short shifter, cold air intake and the MP3 ECU.
The car's exterior could be in better shape, the original owner bashed it into a guard rail so the front right fender will most likely need to be replaced. Also, to my surprise the car started pouring smoke out the exhaust after I started it up, looked blue, most likely valve seals from what I have been reading on here. The car was warm when I checked it out so I wasn't able to see a cold start up and the owner claims to of never seen it happen. Going to film it when I crank the car over tomorrow to see how it does.
Here are some pictures of the car. The first picture is after I put the roof rack on and fixed the passenger door's lock actuator. The next two are from the seller, I'll post up some more tomorrow so I can get some input on the damage and how I should go about it.
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Overall I am just happy to finally have one! This is my first car purchase, and hopefully will perform well for me in the many miles to come. (2thumbs)
The car's exterior could be in better shape, the original owner bashed it into a guard rail so the front right fender will most likely need to be replaced. Also, to my surprise the car started pouring smoke out the exhaust after I started it up, looked blue, most likely valve seals from what I have been reading on here. The car was warm when I checked it out so I wasn't able to see a cold start up and the owner claims to of never seen it happen. Going to film it when I crank the car over tomorrow to see how it does.
Here are some pictures of the car. The first picture is after I put the roof rack on and fixed the passenger door's lock actuator. The next two are from the seller, I'll post up some more tomorrow so I can get some input on the damage and how I should go about it.
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Overall I am just happy to finally have one! This is my first car purchase, and hopefully will perform well for me in the many miles to come. (2thumbs)
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