terrytek247
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- 2002 Mazda Protege ES 2.0
2002 protege es in sand. so far it's at 259,000 miles on the odometer. used to be a daily driver since new, retired to spare car status about 5 years ago when we got a 2010 corolla which has 90k as of now. this car was used as a commuter car 160 miles roundtrip a day. and it's survived 2 crashes, one in the front, fixed up 5 years ago, and 2nd one was last year, on the side, but we never fixed it up since. it's gone through 3 timing belts, and a set of struts. the engine, transmission, hell, even the clutch is still original. but i think it's about to become my daily driver for school, which is around 15 miles roundtrip. still would be afraid to push this engine a bit hard, though it still works all the way up to 4000 rpm. one hell of a reliable car, i'll tell you, especially if its done it in decent comfort, like leather, sunroof, and cruise control.