_Kansei_

I'm just going to post links to cars I find online.. if anyone else finds any post them up

I will try and post all that I find here but I'm also bookmarking them all on del.icio.us here: http://del.icio.us/clauretano/cars
Here are my requirements:

Miata:
- pretty much any colour is fair game, but I really hate the tan interior so yeah without that.
- must have an LSD. From what I remember, on the NB miata if it has a power retractable antenna it has an LSD.
- no leather seats.. but if there's the ultimate miata with crazy low miles at a great price I think I'll live with the leather seats.. I can always trade for someone who wants leather.
- Low mileage. I'm really liking the 20k mile Miatas I'm able to find, yay for lots of people using them as weekend-only cars.
- No rust. When I look on autotrader I'm searching within 500 miles of Miami.. but yeah just anywhere that it doesn't snow.
- Mazdaspeed MX-5 is a plus, but it's incredibly difficult to find without leather seats. I dunno if I'm a fan of the red cloth seats I've found.

Mazdaspeed Protege:
- must be orange
- must be mint, no rust, and stock.
- must be low mileage (relative to it being a 2003).

Other cars (if you're really that bored to find cars for me):
- I really like hatches/wagons
- I'm not a fan of front wheel drive. Basically, it needs to handle as well as a Mazdaspeed Protege or Mini Cooper S (hence those are the only two FWD cars I am looking at)
- I like getting over 30mpg highway because I do a lot of driving
- I really don't have a color preference, I'm very open.
- Absolutely must be a manual transmission.. pisses me off because I set that as a requirement on Autotrader but people have automatics listed as manuals on there.. argh
- No rust, and low mileage is a big plus.

_Kansei_

Some miatas:

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_Kansei_

um I found a nice non-mazda
http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/dd...ler_id=2980828

and it's silver


pretty high mileage and german so I wouldn't trust high mileage.. I only found it because I was checking that shop because it's the only shop I'd trust in Rochester (not that I've taken my car there but a roommate has and it's a GREAT shop for euro cars).

another
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...uperSpotlight=

but it's an 03 and the 03 has all sorts of undesirable stuff goin on.

KrayzieFox

Have you considered an MP3 by any chance?

_Kansei_

Unless you found a yellow one, no. A yellow MP3 I would do but it would be impossible to find a low mileage one. Then I'd also have to put a LOT of money into it.

_Kansei_

http://images.autotrader.com/images/..._A.562x421.jpg

2003 white Protege5 20k miles!

KrayzieFox

Dude!! Get the white P5, that's a great color on our cars. Panda-mobile FTW?!

Jackelope

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...uperSpotlight=

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...uperSpotlight=

Jackelope

and if you want ultra low mileage

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...uperSpotlight=

but... j00 gonna pay.

Jackelope

and.. you said you liked the hatch look....
Best D34L Eva

_Kansei_

That silver P5.. costs more than my P5 did when I bought mine in Feb 2004 (a 2002.5 model made in June 2002) with 8k miles on it.

<3 gremlin though

_Kansei_

57K miles is the lowest I can find
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...uperSpotlight=

JoshP5

3rd gen Proteges are such handsome vehicles!

But their driveline inadequacies preclude me from considering them for future purchases.

Miatas have none of those issues.

Oh, and the LSD is a standalone option, not correlated to the retractable antenna.

D-rock240

I vote for a spicy

I checked autotrader and the only spicy MSP in my area has like 75k miles or something

_Kansei_

from what I read on miata.net the trim level or package that the retractable antenna came in also gave LSD or something like that.. it's the only easy way to know.