I've been in several Mazdaspeed Proteges and they are REALLY nice cars. When I have money and I want another four door FWD car, that is going to be what I pick up. It would be even more badass if you bought a Protege5 (the station wagon version) and swap all the turbo parts over since it uses the same engine. Badass turbo station wagon slammed to the ground with a nice stereo = win!