4wdguy

SOLD!!

Well it's finally time to sell "the Goat" after 5 years of ownership. Here's the spec:

1990 Protege 4wd, 4cyl (103hp), 5 speed, 4door, blue (faded), all wheel drive with locking differentials, 199k, independent rear suspension, four wheel disc brakes, power steering, tinted windows, AM/FM/CD, fold down rear seats, snow tires with about 60% tread left. Gets about 28 mpg.

I've kept an extensive maintenance log on this car which can be emailed to prospective buyers. Besides oil changes, here's some of the highlights:
rear pads- 5k ago
front shocks and fuel filter- 15k ago
clutch-18k ago
rear muffler and downpipe- 30k ago
rear shocks: 42k ago
radiator: 45k ago
timing belt and front pads: 49k ago

Problem areas:
faded paint with some rust around one of the wheel wells
no A/C
no horn
fuel gauge (I use the "fill-it-up-and-watch-the-trip-odo" method)
back tires are a little cupped from previous wheels, little shake above 75 mph

Other than that this car is great shape, a VERY reliable and tough little car. That motor feels like it has at least another 100k in it, doesn't really burn much oil. It's been such a great communter, as well as a perfect mountain bike/ snowboard/ camping/ go-anywhere-you-wouldn't-take-most-cars type of car. If I didn't need something a little bigger (I just bought a Passat wagon AWD), I would happily drive this thing into the ground. The interior is pretty good shape, no major rips or stains. It starts up every morning and settles into a smooth idle.

From what I understand, this is a pretty rare car. Only about 1500 were produced with the AWD system, with most of them making it up to Canada. I've never had any issues with the AWD, it really doesn't make itself known until your in some crud, and then it just pulls you through. Never been stuck, even in a foot of snow!

Aside from the issues mentioned above, it doesn't really have any bad habits. It comes with a car cover, bike rack, two extra oil filters, and an extra fuel filter. I'd be happy to email you some of the pics that I have along with the maintenance log, as well as answering any questions.

The price is $1500

Please email me at timmyj72@hotmail.com

Roddimus Prime

post some pictures man. I'm pretty interested in something like that. Is it the 1.6L BP engine?

macdaddyslomo

it's a B6 matty....ROCK solid engine...same as the 1.6L Miata...

4wdguy

Quite honestly, I don't know how to post pics. If someones got a service for that, I'll email them. Otherwise, IM your email addy, and I'll send pics and maint. history straight to you...

KrayzieFox

If you have the pics saved to your computer somewhere, you can simply attach them with your reply.

Click the Post Reply button, and when the message box comes up scroll down. You'll see a button that says "Manage Attachments" .. click it. New window comes up in which you click to Browse for the pictures on your PC, and once you've found them all just click Upload. Wait a few moments for it to finish and then Submit your Reply.

If the image is too large to be uploaded, you'll have to upload them somewhere like www.imagestation.com that offers free web hosting for uploading pictures. Once you've uploaded them into an album just post a link to the picture and it will come up. Let me know if you have further Q's.


~K-Fox~

Roddimus Prime

my email is perrymuk@bellsouth.net


thanks.

4wdguy

Pics posted, thanks for the help!

Roddimus Prime

omghi2urbewbies!!

any chance we could get some detailed pics? engine bay? interior?

4wdguy

Those bewbies are my wife's, so watch it! I'll get some new pics tomorrow, so stay tuned...

4wdguy

More pics posted in two different replies of mine.

Stueck

if only you lived closer to nc, i would have bought asap!

vtec-this

its not the miata engine its a sohc version on the 1.8l bp motor, pretty sure the dohc head can be made to fit though. GTX swap would be the first thing to do with a car like this.

4wdguy

Sold!!