Got a second car today.

[240HKS]

Got a 94' ford probe GT with 120000 miles today for 500 bucks. Needed a battery, and two new tires. Runs suprisingly good (so far). hopefully it will last me a year or so to commute to school in. It looks decent as well with the roughest point being the roof which is severly faded and oxidized. looks flat black compared to the rest of the black paint.

[naed240sx]

sounds like a good deal. Ive heard that those things have horrible reliablity though

[MS180SX]

congrats... is that the 4-turbo (2.2l) or the V6? My first car was an 89 Mazda MX-6... which is the same thing... bad wheel hop though... makes me love my 240 so much more

[574-240sx]

can't go wrong for that cheap and runs decent.

[240HKS]

congrats... is that the 4-turbo (2.2l) or the V6? My first car was an 89 Mazda MX-6... which is the same thing... bad wheel hop though... makes me love my 240 so much more

Its the 2.5 V6. Yeah i deffinately LOVE my 240 compared to this car, the probe is nothing more then transportation. There is like ZERO "feel" for the road compared to my 240. 240s rock!!

[TachyonS14]

Hey, for $500 bucks what more could you ask for. Sounds like it's still in pretty good condition, and you said it runs good. For what you said you are using it for sounds good.

[GrilledCheese33]

nice find, got any pics?

[fatboy]

the v6 is not very reliable. they have horrible problem with the rubber intake tube breaking cause of the sharp angle right before the throttle body

[ddgsxr504]

This brings back memories of a guy I passed on the freeway about a year ago with "ok don't flame me" a nice 96 or so white Ford Probe with black wheels and tint. Nice car but when I passed him I noticed he had stickers "in a clean way" going down the front of both doors, I said ok that looks decent until I noticed he had a Nismo sticker.. lol Too bad I was driving my wifes car at the time 2001 BMW 325i, I never seem to run into these bozos when I'm driving my 240! Anyway sorry, this is way off topic. Nice job on scoring a daily driver. I wish I had one so I could spend more time on my S14 since it is my daily driver right now!

[HashiriyaS14]

$500 for a good daily driver is pretty solid...

[Dattebayo]

BTW all GT models came with the V6.

As far as genuine reliability, its just like a usual ford. I wouldnt say they cost alot to maintain either. Good solid buy, get some lower stabilizers for it and hadling will improve greatly. Ford made some weak chassis' for those cars.

[Deadrodent]

i hope you got a manual cuz the gt's automatic is straight Ford status...i.e. it sucks mad donkey ballz. i have a 93 ford probe gt just sitting in my court because the torque converter blew up TWICE. i'll have to fix it at wyotech and then sell it...probably get some coilovers with the money i make

[fatboy]

i hope you got a manual cuz the gt's automatic is straight Ford status...i.e. it sucks mad donkey ballz. i have a 93 ford probe gt just sitting in my court because the torque converter blew up TWICE. i'll have to fix it at wyotech and then sell it...probably get some coilovers with the money i make

ford actually makes soem good automatic trannies. if you ever have trouble with the car, im more than happy to help. im a ford tech, imagine that. a ford tech driving a nissan. ive put together many probes though, its a pretty simple car, contrary to all other ford

[WeldingHank]

the probes engine is mazda manufactured. and not ALL gt's were V6. only the GT's from 93-97 were V6. all the 89-92 GT's are turbo-4's. i have owned 2 probes and have nothing but good experiences. a friend of mines 95 V6 probe just put down 250WHP at 5psi on a T3/T04 turbo with a megasquirt. the engines can reliably handle 350WHP. the mazda V6 is a well built machine.

[fatboy]

the probes engine is mazda manufactured. and not ALL gt's were V6. only the GT's from 93-97 were V6. all the 89-92 GT's are turbo-4's. i have owned 2 probes and have nothing but good experiences. a friend of mines 95 V6 probe just put down 250WHP at 5psi on a T3/T04 turbo with a megasquirt. the engines can reliably handle 350WHP. the mazda V6 is a well built machine.

the layout of the engine (2.5l dohc ) is great but ive seen too many of them ****ed up. ive seen nothing but bad so its hard to think good things of these cars

[Deadrodent]

well, i'm a chevy guy driving a nissan haha...from my experience (atleast with this probe) the auto transmission can't handle the power the engine makes...you have to drive it like a grandma otherwise you end up destroying your transmission...by the way, fatboy, you're an ASE mastertech already at 18? wtf? i'm currently going to wyotech...gonna go the BMW step route...

[fatboy]

well, i'm a chevy guy driving a nissan haha...from my experience (atleast with this probe) the auto transmission can't handle the power the engine makes...you have to drive it like a grandma otherwise you end up destroying your transmission...by the way, fatboy, you're an ASE mastertech already at 18? wtf? i'm currently going to wyotech...gonna go the BMW step route...

yea, started working in shops at 15, took all 8 last spring and happened to pass em all. i hear pretty good things about wyotech. i went to a local tech school but i only went ot get my associates degree. my senior year of highschool, i only took english (i had 29 credits going into senior year) and went to votech all day. now, im all graduated and stuff. it was a two year degree but i got to test out of most the stuff. i really only went for auto trans as i knew nothing about them before i went in. i find in this line of work, you get out what you put in. i still have tons to learn
Modified by fatboy at 5:55 AM 8/31/2005

[WeldingHank]

yea, started working in shops at 15, took all 8 last spring and happened to pass em all. i hear pretty good things about wyotech. i went to a local tech school but i only went ot get my associates degree. my senior year of highschool, i only took english (i had 29 credits going into senior year) and went to votech all day. now, im all graduated and stuff. it was a two year degree but i got to test out of most the stuff. i really only went for auto trans as i knew nothing about them before i went in. i find in this line of work, you get out what you put in. i still have tons to learn

Modified by fatboy at 5:55 AM 8/31/2005

and on the flip side, i have seen nothing but good. the 2 probes i owned, nothing wrong with either. one is still going around with over 220K on it. all my friends with them have never had any real big problems other than normal wear items. maybe an extra alternator or 2, but alternators suck anyways.

[Dattebayo]

Wasnt the Probe turbo motor was the same as the one in the Mazda 626 GT? It looks almost the same from the valve cover...

[240DRFT]

i guess its a good deal, but... a probe?