 I bought this car a few months ago with 200k in the clock!  I previously had a 99' protege 1.8 sedan that I loved, but always wanted to upgrade the handling. After a wreck, I got the opportunity to purchase my beloved 02' P5!  Everything about this car was a dream come true!  It handles noticeably better than the sedan did, being a standard I feel it has a little more pick up.  Only issue I had with this car is in the 02' model but fixed for 03' is the a/c & a/c light cutting out on some speeds, after reading into the problem, the only permanent solution is to wire in resistors to the climate control unit, but after that fix (about an hour) the a/c works perfect again. EVERYTHING else on the car works!  Working on the motor is a little harder than the 1.8 due to different coils & the strut bar. Timing belt was replaced around 150k. I have no doubt this betty will see 300k I have absolute faith. I love love love this car. 100% would buy this car again.