Mid Life Crisis Car Recommendations?

Thinking of getting a 2004 Tib v6, 6 speed, and wondered what recommendations you could give me? Father owned a GM dealership and I spent my summers working in the shop. I've always done my own maintenance to a point - rebuilt manual transmissions, clutches, replaced intake and head gaskets, timing belts, and the routine stuff. Are these cars self maintainable? I've looked under the hood of a couple and wondered if this really is an engine or what? It seems to me vehicles are becoming less and less self maintainable and this may be one where you are at the dealers mercy. Comments? Posts like this thread worry me.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=454593

The warranty on these cars seems very good. Is the secret to get rid of them before it expires?

Ron

the engine bay on the v6 is a bit cramped, but very manageable...
headers may give you a hard time tho... (if you plan on puttin aftermarket headers on)

modding the v6 is pretty easy, so you shouldnt have a problem with the delta since you have previous general knowledge of engines

The warranty on these cars seems very good. Is the secret to get rid of them before it expires?

Ron

yeah ditch that one and buy another :lol:

well if you look at some tuts on how to instal the headers, its really cramped but its not to cramped to the point where you cant do anything, its very possible to do alot of things by your self on this car, and i plan on getting mine in april ^_^ cant wait

get a morgan areo 8 its your mid life crisis

If you have access to a shop and lift then you should have problem maintaining it.

evo 8 or 99gsx

evo 8 or 99gsx
mitsu lover........

tho i do love the evos, if i could own one i would

Hell, I'd take a 2002 Right Side Drive, Nissan Skyline GT-R R34...

But then again, I could settle for a 2006 Prosche 911 Turbo S

But thats just me...

Hell, I'd take a 2002 Right Side Drive, Nissan Skyline GT-R R34...

...typical

:lol2:

...typical

:lol2:


You ever drive one? Its awesome...

evo 8 has the same warrenty as the tiburon. No brain'r

evo 8 has the same warrenty as the tiburon. No brain'r
i saw one of those new evo sport wagons (forget the name)
i like em... tho i doubt id ever get one... :uhoh:

get a lotus elise or the exige (has more down force cause of the hardtop) or maybe if you have a million dollars laying around buy a bugatti veyron...or you could settle for a tib i guess

I didn't "settle" for a Tib, it was exactly what I wanted.

I didn't "settle" for a Tib, it was exactly what I wanted.
same here... i was planning on gettin an RD2, but then the 03s came out, and i jizzed myself... :eek:
rick how many CT guys are coming down with you for the NE meet tomorrow?!

same here... i was planning on gettin an RD2, but then the 03s came out, and i jizzed myself... :eek:
rick how many CT guys are coming down with you for the NE meet tomorrow?!
4 including me.

wait tell next year to buy the new redesined convertable Tib. My prefrence is the 4g63.

im not one for many convertable cars, dont like em too often........ Whats this NE meet going down??

im not one for many convertable cars, dont like em too often........ Whats this NE meet going down??

wouldnt you like to know

and guys i was jokeing about the settling part

im not one for many convertable cars, dont like em too often........ Whats this NE meet going down??
its happening right now.....
well im off ill post up pics/ vids later...

Thanks for the suggestions. On doing some checking it appears the Lancer Evolution VIII is not available in Canada. Not listed on the Mitsubishi's web site, nor are there any listed in AutoTrader. Also not so sure I'm into the rally look (not a Subaru fan either). It does seem to have some impressive performance for a car. Acceleration seems to be about on par with a 500 Kawasaki bike I had many years ago.

I had looked at the Eclipse despite being told it was a chick car. But I found it more expensive than the Tib and the 2006 is the first one that I like the looks of - way too expensive compared to a 2004 Tib.

I have wondered however, why Hyundai does not put the higher HP Sonata V6 in the Tib?

Ron

my guess is because it would perform just the same, its a heavier engine, so itll add more weight to the car, plus whatever fabrication would have to be done to the car.

they dont have Evo's in canada because it didnt pass low speed front bumper testing or some shit like that.

they dont have Evo's in canada because it didnt pass low speed front bumper testing or some shit like that.

I lied. There was one listed in Autotrader.ca. This must have been the one that failed the bumper test!!

http://www.canadatrader.com/result/detailinfo.aspx?ID=1128632&pgno=1&srt=1

Ron

good find man