How much did you pay for your 1st Gen pro?/Problem with AC

[ali vegas]

300 cdn
had over 250km on it, now its at 290k in 7 months.

i want another protege...a dohc one, might buy one from the states and swap evreything over into a cdn dx since importing protege's from states is imposible

[MazdaMadness]

i also have the 3rd gen 1.6 DOHC and i dont like it. it is stronger and everything but 1st gen is so much better, faster, its a fun machine!

[Ambassador]

I paid $1750 @ 94k miles. Now, 105,595 mi.

[Chad]

i payed $700 with 140k.., nothing wrong with it.. untill a month ago hwen the alternator went.. but then again what do u expect wehn the car was sitting for like 4months and was started 5 times

[protegechris]

lets not forget about the problem with my AC now ok? lol

[NoFear]

I paid $1200 for my 90' LX about a year ago. 3 months after I bought it the tranny went out. So I put $900 dollars in a new tranny, clutch,and a turned down flywheel.

[protegechris]

ya,it loks sharp man

[Boston]

I traded a set of four 36" offroad mud tires (valued at about $650) plus $100 cash for my '91 LX with 100,360 miles on it.

I put in another $700 or so to get it in good shape for the road. Three months and 8,000 miles later, it's been great!

[Kaimera]

93 SE 5spd , 2000 CAD. i love this ****en car , it rapes civics ,

[TLR5613]

Mine was 1000 seemed like a great buy at the time but now I am running into problem after problem. Alternator died, new battery, tranny is leaking. Burns oil like a mofo. Back window seal blown so it leaks horribly, horn got stuck 2 days after I bought it. And many more horror stories.

[TLR5613]

Oh yeah forgot to mention that it was an odomoter roll back that I didn't know about and failed to read the papers I was signing well enough,....

[bruce95fmla]

about 8 grand for the 95 protege and 620 for the 323

[nowan]

it's not impossible... transport canada laws states that non-compliant cars from the US can be imported once they are brought into compliance... making a US 1st gen canadian legal is easy... 2 things must be done:

-add DRL... crappy tire addon kits will work
-remove passive (automatic) seat belts and convert to conventional manual seat belts

I thought the speedometer had to be changed too, so it was KPM/mph instead of MPH/kpm. Still, not a lot of work to do to import an LX.

my Protege 91 purchased last summer for $250 w/290k. Needed a rad, battery and trailing links. A/C doesnt work.

323 92 purchased new in 93 <$12,000. No A/C.

[skr33t_rac3r]

i got mine for free becasue it had a bad motor and 3rd gear was burnt up

[skr33t_rac3r]

i got mines for cheap had a bad motor and third gear was burnt up