make sure the rear wiper works, i found out mine was broken after i bought it...
I think the magic number is ~ 100,000 milesAlso, depending on the mileage of your car, find out if the timing belt has been changed.
Finally, I think one of the single best things you can do with a used Protege or P5 is to swap out the ignition coils immediately, since ours are notorious for going bad and could ruin your catalytic converter if they misfire (read: NOT cheap).
I think the magic number is ~ 100,000 miles
where can I find out more information about this?!?!
I live in canada and bought a blue one this summer. Seems that silver is the most common up here, and I had a look at a white one but unfortunately it was riced out so I opted for a stock well taken care of (box of reciepts from everything.... and I mean everything) Love the car except for the road noise and underwhelming performance.
I did run into problems with the EGT sensor? on a bunch that I test drove (rough idle) and some had really stiff steering but these were on a used car lot so I just attributed it to bad used car lot cars. All the privately owned ones I drove were excellent.
EGR, thats the one.