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Originally Posted by dnieves
Just curious, why was one Lancer a great car and the other a piece of crap?
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AM surprised anybody read that far!
Long story but here is reader's digest version
2008 GTS had tuned suspension, front and rear stiffing braces, bigger brakes, 2.4 litre engine, touch to open door handles (more on this to come), 18 inch wheels and handled REALY nice for a front FWD car.
Wife was trading her Outlander for an RVR and they had a 12 GT in the showroom. It had the new Evo style grill and leather interior and looked sweet. The salesman said he would give me a good trade (which he did) on my 08. I asked if everything was the same as the 08 and he said yes. We even pulled it up on the computer and sure enough there it all was. They didn't have one to test drive but I figured the same so what would I learn. My 08 already had 400000 kilometers on it and a pile of paint was blasted off the side so I figured why not.
They had to bring one in for me and it took about a week. When I get the I look it over quick and it looked great. Went in signed the papers and it was mine.
Walk out and notice it has 16 inch wheels. Point it out to the sales guy and he says "all the Canadian ones do now". OK not a big deal I spend a lot of time in the car and the improved ride won't hurt (the 18s did beat the crap outta you). Got the fob in my pocket and grab the door handle and it doesn't unlock. Again ask the sales guy and he tells me "oh they dropped that on all the cars". OK again not a big deal.
Jump in drive away. Something just doesn't feel right but not sure what. Drive around in town for a week and still not sure what feels off. Think it is just because it is a bit heavier.
THEN went on the highway! Started on the ramp headed up to my usual 80 kph entry speed and thought I was gonna die!!!! Body roll, whole car twisting, all four tires sliding out!!!! WHAT THE HELL. Pull over at service center and start looking close. There is NONE of the GTS suspension.
Go home look it up. The GT in the US has all the GTS parts but in Canada the "GT" is just a regular SE sedan with some cosmetic add ons.
Went back to dealer and wanted to talk to sales guy and manager (only a week later remember) sales guys no longer there. Tell manager the story, admitting that I screwed up by not doing more home work but hope they will make it good. His response was just sorrta "sorry about your luck".
They did offer to trade me for a 2010 Ralliart with 60000 kilometers on it for only $8000 more on my financing. I told them that after owning 7 Mitsubishis between my wife and I if that was the best they could do they could shove it.
Drove that thing and hated it more every day for 2 years! The sad part is that it actually was a perfectly fine car for an entry level economy sedan it just did not compare in any way to my 2008!
So when I went to buy the FRS I put in about 40 hours of research (about 25 of them on here) before signing a THING!