As you may or may not know, back on Friday February 13th (hehe) of this year, I was in a minor fender bender (um, yeah).
As a result of that, I was given one week by my lovely insurance company to find a car or they were going to cancel my policy. As you may or may not know, I was forced into buying what I can honestly call, a ****box.
In the time being, I completely stripped the totalled car and sold alot of parts to various people (my interior now lives in Cali) in an attempt to make back any money I could. I saved alot and kept an eye out for a 1st generation Protege GT and let everyone know about it. They are hard to come by (Production numbers: 1990 = ~1500; 1991 = ~1500; 1992 = discontinued; 1993 = 500 (brought back for Mazda Canada's 25th Anniversary); 1994 = none) and even harder to find in decent condition.
I have told alot of people to let me know if they see any for sale and a handful have contacted me (thanks to all).
However, this past Thursday I got a call from Simon (7plymaple). Turns out he was cruising his old neighbourhood and took notice of a 1st gen Protege that was turning into a parking lot on the other side of the road. After a second glance, he realized the reason he took such notice of this old Protege; it was a 1993 Protege GT. In a spectacular display of autocross precision and city driving techniques he performed a flawless U-turn across 4 lanes of traffic in afternoon rush hour quickly enough to catch up to the car as the owner was stepping out. He questioned the stunned owner:
Simon: "Is that a '93 Protege GT?"
'93 GT owner: "Yes."
Simon: "Would you be selling it any time soon?"
'93 GT owner: "Actually, I was thinking of selling it next month, since I have alot going on right now."
Simon: "Awww yi! Hook up dem digitz!"
Half an hour later I was on the phone with the owner and planning a viewing of the car for that evening. A quick trip to the bank on Friday and ministry for the UVIP and I was driving the car home Friday night.
That's it! After 4 months of agony in my LX (aka ****box), my search was over! My mind put at ease in a last minute panic-frenzy in which I was able to scoop up an identical (sans non-working A/C) 1993 Protege GT and have it safe at my house.
Once again, I must send my love out to all those who've helped me. :inlove: It has touched my member and enlarged my heart (or is that the other way around?). All in all, if you still haven't realized or just chose to read the bold font, I'm a pretty happy guy right now. Another piece of this accident ****storm has passed and the future is lookin' good!
As a result of that, I was given one week by my lovely insurance company to find a car or they were going to cancel my policy. As you may or may not know, I was forced into buying what I can honestly call, a ****box.
In the time being, I completely stripped the totalled car and sold alot of parts to various people (my interior now lives in Cali) in an attempt to make back any money I could. I saved alot and kept an eye out for a 1st generation Protege GT and let everyone know about it. They are hard to come by (Production numbers: 1990 = ~1500; 1991 = ~1500; 1992 = discontinued; 1993 = 500 (brought back for Mazda Canada's 25th Anniversary); 1994 = none) and even harder to find in decent condition.
I have told alot of people to let me know if they see any for sale and a handful have contacted me (thanks to all).
However, this past Thursday I got a call from Simon (7plymaple). Turns out he was cruising his old neighbourhood and took notice of a 1st gen Protege that was turning into a parking lot on the other side of the road. After a second glance, he realized the reason he took such notice of this old Protege; it was a 1993 Protege GT. In a spectacular display of autocross precision and city driving techniques he performed a flawless U-turn across 4 lanes of traffic in afternoon rush hour quickly enough to catch up to the car as the owner was stepping out. He questioned the stunned owner:
Simon: "Is that a '93 Protege GT?"
'93 GT owner: "Yes."
Simon: "Would you be selling it any time soon?"
'93 GT owner: "Actually, I was thinking of selling it next month, since I have alot going on right now."
Simon: "Awww yi! Hook up dem digitz!"
Half an hour later I was on the phone with the owner and planning a viewing of the car for that evening. A quick trip to the bank on Friday and ministry for the UVIP and I was driving the car home Friday night.
That's it! After 4 months of agony in my LX (aka ****box), my search was over! My mind put at ease in a last minute panic-frenzy in which I was able to scoop up an identical (sans non-working A/C) 1993 Protege GT and have it safe at my house.
Once again, I must send my love out to all those who've helped me. :inlove: It has touched my member and enlarged my heart (or is that the other way around?). All in all, if you still haven't realized or just chose to read the bold font, I'm a pretty happy guy right now. Another piece of this accident ****storm has passed and the future is lookin' good!
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