 Fun to drive, well made car with 
vroom , thats less than $15k.
Get the 5 speed, very smooth. 
The handling on this car is excellent, 
better than many sports sedans selling 
for 25k+! 
The fit finish/reliability is better 
than any JapanMexOhiocan from Honda, 
Nissan or Toyota. Lets face it, how 
many older 1's of those do u see out 
there lately???
You still see many older Protege's 
though, still made in Hiroshima by 
workers whos average tenure with the 
company is 21 years!
 The only downside to the car is resale 
value, but if u want a great car, that 
u can beat on trouble-free for 100k+ 
miles, this is the car.