New guy here

[Winterwagon]

Just wanted to see hello to all that read this. I am a car nut and with a new toy being added to the family I found the protege 5 to be the car. I am selling my 04 Jeep to buy a p5. I have been around for a week or so reading and looking at some of the nice rides here.
I have found a 03 auto yellow p5 for sale and think I am going to pick it up. Anything to look for? I am going with an auto for the wife and I can't seem to find any yellow manuals.
I will then add springs and some nice 17" black asa ar1's unless someone else has a good word about NEX-0??

 

[fono]

Another new guy

Hey winter, I have that same car that you are looking into buying and I love it! I am not a car nut but I am interested in hooking up my ride. Please keep me posted on any mods that you do to your car. I am looking for Rims also.

 

[Winterwagon]

Just wondering what a good price would be for a 2003 with 18K miles? I am trying to get something around $13K and think I can pick this one up for that price.

I have looked at wheel max and tire rack. The asa ar1 are nice but you can pick up the NEX-0 m7 I think for $200 less. I am not looking for a turbo but more of a car that gets 30mpg.

My jeep gets 15 mpg now so if I can double that and lower my car payment I would be in heaven.

Seems that either h&r or tein will be what I put on the car. I would like to see a nice lowered stance.

 

[xvdarkyvx]

13k? jeeez. that's expensive in my opinion. got mine about 15k out the door brand new in june 2003. so i have like 19k miles for a 2003.5 p5 right now. think you can do way better than 13k. oh yeah. btw welcome to the forums!

 

[Winterwagon]

good right now I have it for $10,900 I was hoping to get something sporty but have room for the family. The WRX is nice but I was lookign for something less expensive and I have heard things about the wrx that warn me not to buy.
I would love to have a manual but living in CO. I know the cold weather and the tranny knock will kill me. So the auto will do.

 

[lundevall]

Welcome to the $$$$$ pit. You will get some good ideas of what to do and what not to do. Enjoy. Oh, by the way there is a dealer in Utah that just took a 2003.5 P5 in on trade today in Silver with a M/T and 11k miles. They are asking $14,900 (lol) (lol)

 

[Winterwagon]

did I do something wrong or is this furom have the last post first and work backwards?

 

[orlandomsp]

It's set that way automatically when you're a member, but you can change it to go in ascending order if you want to. Just go to User CP and look around.

Welcome to the forums.

 

[Winterwagon]

thanks

 

[MyZmZm]

If you haven't decided to already, you'll want to get a set of winter wheels for the car. I went through one winter (I'm in Canada) on the stock wheels/tires, but after getting a set of steelies and winter rubber, I'll never go without again. As you've probably found already, this place is a wealth of information with a lot of really great people (and cars!, can't forget the cars ).

Oh, and once that modding bug has bit you... Let's just say there's no turning back.

 

[Winterwagon]

Wish I could mod it. More important stuff like buying a new home. I am 25 and have owned maybe 16 cars. I now need a garage for my toys and a place to work on them. I am from Nebraska, moved to texas last year, then moved to florida, now moving colorado next week. I haven't had a garage yet so no mods till then. I know a set of wheels and springs is easy to get but the cold air or intake is to hard for me. lol

Any advice where to shop?

 

[MyZmZm]

Protege Garage (aka Captain KRM aka Ken) - if he doesn't carry something you're looking for, he can probably get it. Awesome vendor/person/service/etc. NSN Motorsports (aka Turfburn) is also a standup guy to deal with. There are other great vendors on the site as others will attest, but I've only had the pleasure of dealing with these two.