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Originally Posted by NyC Zn6
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Well now!
Not going to reply to each person but NyC called me for a reason.
Between mywife and I we have had 6 Mitsus and a DSM (thinly disguised Mitsu) so needless to say I WAS a fan.
Here are my thoughts:
1991 Eagle Talon TSi AWD - My favorite car prior to the FRS. Served me well for almost 450K miles. The only real issue I had was I didn't change the timing belt after about 200K miles and even though it was warning me and I disintegrated the engine. Would buy again in a second.
2003 Lancer OZ Rally Edition - My third favorite car after my Talon. Great little DD with enough pep and pretty tight handling for DD purposes. Lasted me for 5 years and 250K miles without ever one single hic up. Not a thing ever went wrong with it. It now belongs to a guy down the street and I can visit whenever I want. 98% rust free and still has never had an issue after 13 years of Canadian winter and god only knows how many miles on it.
2008 Lancer GTS - Sweet car and my second favorite car pre FRS. 2.5 engine with gobs of DD power and tuned suspension that even for a FWD car rivaled or surpassed some of the "better" ones on the road. Loads of features and overall well done for a dressed up and factory tuned econo sedan. Lasted 200K miles and again never even a single little issue.
2012 Lancer GT - Since I was offered a smoking deal to trade in the 08 I went for it. What a rolling piece of shit that did not deserve any form of badging and should have rolled off the production line straight into a crusher where it would be smashed to little bits, burned and the remains sent into interstellar space where they could never plague mankind again.
It was nothing more than a freakin' ES with a fancy grill and some leather seats. No performance, no suspension, brakes the size of tea saucers and over all the biggest turd in automotive history. I despised that thing so much I tried anything I could to trade it even though I would lose my shirt. I didn't care I just wanted done with it and the dealer just sort of said "well you should not have bought it then" (how I came about buying it is a story unto it's self though). Finally traded that waste of automotive space in for the FRS and only lost half my shirt (I now wear a crop top).
Now the wife's two different Outlanders (one bare bones and the next a full packaged GT) and her RVR GT were all good and I never had any issues with them.
So...
Would I buy an Evo? Yes in a heartbeat even today.
Would I buy one of their SUVs? Would have to see what they have done to them but probably.
Would I buy any other level of Lancer? Not a hope in hell and tell your buddy to turn and walk away or Tcoat will come there and slap him on the back of the head.