YACT: Good deal on this car?

[nageov3t]

as a result of this, I've been looking for a new car.

one of my dad's friends is a repo guy... he has a 2002 Mazda Protege5 that he'd sell me for about $7K and change. car as ~10,000 miles on it and has had no problems that he's aware of. I'd pay for it in cash.

good deal or should I maybe hold out for something more reliable?

 

[Aimster]

my girlfriend has a protege that is I think a 97 with 100,000+ miles.

I think proteges = corollas.
Well the older ones were corollas

 

[chiwawa626]

pshh, dude save your money and get like a ferrari

 

[sniperruff]

good price for a protege5 with low miles. those have a higher value than the regular protege's

and although they do look like the corolla, there is no way in hell a protege = corolla. it's like saying the mustang = corvette.

btw just run a carfax on it and check out kbb for the value. chances are the title is not clean.

 

[JACKHAMMER]

Originally posted by: loki8481
as a result of this, I've been looking for a new car.

one of my dad's friends is a repo guy... he has a 2002 Mazda Protege5 that he'd sell me for about $7K and change. car as ~10,000 miles on it and has had no problems that he's aware of. I'd pay for it in cash.

good deal or should I maybe hold out for something more reliable?

Good deal, and you will NOT really be able to find something more reliable.

 

[Actaeon]

Protege5s are sweet cars. I heard they're fun to drive and handle great for a FWD vehicle.