Fucknag posted:

Eh, gently caress your 10k nonsense.

I drive a Mazdaspeed Protege. First factory Mazdaspeed model, last hurrah of the Protege/323 platform before the 3 replaced it. Only 4500 made during 1 model year; 1,700 2003s, and 2800 "2003.5"s (with a different body kit and darker wheels). Mine in particular is an 03.5, and one of only 500 in Blazing Yellow Mica, the Best Color (tied for rarest color with Sunlight Silver Metallic).

It also has the distinction of being the most powerful Protege ever built, at 170hp from the factory.

Also, the platform is the successor to the BH chassis; because Mazda skips the letter I for whatever reason, it's therefore called the BJ.