it's been a good car so far (only has 700 miles on it)...the power windows all go up at different speeds...the drivers side window just started making a clicking sound...5-4 downshift is notchy and you have to center the stick to do it consistently

those quirks aside...it handles really well and i put on a ractive short ram intake (i swear there's a whole undistrubed cubic foot of space in the engine bag on the drivers side)...with the stock intake on it wasn't to happy to be revv'd and there was a hesitation at 4,500rpm for no reason...the intake made a huge difference and got rid of that hiccup

as for mods there's not much available for this car (compared to a civic)...there is a turbo out there but it's $3k for the kit...comes with a i/c though...you can also get the mp3 ecu and camshafts to get near 150hp

the real beauty is it's a wagon...and honda doesn't make a real wagon...just suvs and minivans (i hope in 3 years the upcoming tsx will be offered in a wagon variant)...but i read that the new proteges and focus will have the same engine/chassis so i definitely won't get another protege b/c i won't buy a car that was designed by ford that has killed so many people