do mitsubishi's last long? fact or fiction?

[RattlesnakeGST]

Im kinda skeptical about the crankwalkin issue... Even though 2 of my friends did have it.. Most people ive come across on forums and stuff claimed to have crankwalked and later found out it was just a clutch problem.. Blown way out of proportion.. Id really like to see the number of acual documented cases broken down by model year..

[BoostedSpyder]

nice job on the trivia oxy...

racecars break because they are racecars. high levels of stress will tear anything apart. that is just the facts. if you are concerned about reliability, you probably can't afford this. and i mean that in a way that this is a user maintainable car. if you properly maintain it, you will never have a worry. slack off and don't change your oil with premium oil or start to put in less than premium gas [well for turbo's mostly] and you will see how expensive it can get...

[1stGenRocks]

if you want it fast and good it aint gonna be cheap
if you want it fast and cheap it aint gonna be good
if you want it good and cheap it aint gonna be fast

hondas are number 3 unless you put tons of money into them then theyre 1
dsms (talon/eclipse/laser) are 1 if you maintain them well if you slack on the maintence meaning your cheap then they become 2 just like any other car

[etsl90]

Originally Posted by JoeWagon

Gee, the engine is good as long as you perform maintenence before your timing belt breaks, or your engine seizes? Sounds kind of similar to every other car ever made to me. Any 14 year old car is going to have problems. Not all DSM's have electrical problems for example, just because yours may.

Some other car doesn't last long even if you give a good care. Some other car last longer even if you don't give a good care.
Anyway Didn't I say "Just my personal opinion"? Sorry that I didn't mention my personal opinion comes from my personal experience.
If you guys don't mind, please look post #10 again.
Thanks.

[Drifty]

this is my 1st car ever ...the lady before me didnt take care of it it costed me a new main engine weld but under my supervison the olny problems ive had with it is 1 flat and a locked radio but the car after all that still rides like an animal

[anarchy1114]

Originally Posted by slowgsowner

156,000 miles 2 timingbelts 1 altenator 12 spark plugs an ungodly amount of tires but no break downs not one

i wish it was the same with my gs, right now i have a vaccum leak somewhere or a bad tps. but i mean except for jakes rst i mean the gs engine doesn't have nearly the stress levels(well ok it does if you horse beat your engine to death) on it that the 4g63 engine does.

mitsubishis are fun, reliable and fast when you take care of them properly(and even then they thend to reak down, my gs for example). if you start slackin in any respect on maitance then the car will fight back and become a stubborn lil bitch and start to break and not run correctly