evonewbie2016

hello everyone,

Where can i start? ever since i was a youngster Mitsubishi has been one of my favorite motors on the road. The evil beastly looking style, purse like a tiger and there are many mods you can place on the Mitsubishi! I am a little bit of a gamer and if the choice for a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution that would 100% be my choice. Yet i have never driven one in real life only on console games .

So it is time to change i have saved up enough cash to treat myself to a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. I have had my eyes on a few on for sale sites like Ebay, Craigslist etc. But the one i will describe below seems to be the one for me

Specs
Make: Mitsubishi
Year: 1999
Model: Lance Evolution
Fuel: Gasoline
Transmission: Manual

Then the description from the seler
"CAR CONDITION:
- Auction grade 4/5 : clean title, no rust, no accidents
- Landed in Vancouver and BC-registered
- BC-government safety inspected
- Brand new tires
- Oil serviced
- Daytime Running Lights Activated
- Approved headlights
- Original odometer certificate
- Professionally detailed on delivery"

So sounds all good from that perspective. So what do you think of the car as a driver a user?? whats the maintenance like and what should i be looking out for when going to buy the Mitsubishi??

Editted:
After some research: check out http://www.canada.for-sale.com/mitsubishi-lancer which have a lot of choices, models years etc and are more local



Thanks

nemsin

iTrader: (19)

What is the price? You can usually get a much better deal if you import the car yourself through a site like http://jdmconnection.ca/ or https://b-pro.ca/

Also, do you have a local shop that has experience working on early model evos? All evos require maintenance, especially 17 year old ones.

P.S. If you can, get a 6 TME or 6 RS for the quicker ratio steering rack and better turbo.

evonewbie2016

The 6RS is more up my street so to speak. i will check out them links and see if any local garages can actually work on the Evolution!!

Thanks for the advice couple things i did not take into consideration

evonewbie2016

Iv'e checked out the http://jdmconnection.ca/ and they have no evo's in stock but they have a sh** load of Subaru's though.. And i have sent a message to https://b-pro.ca/ see what they come up with

Thanks again

nemsin

iTrader: (19)

Its not just about "whats in stock", there are daily auto auctions in Japan. You can browse upcoming auction cars through https://b-pro.ca/jdm-auction/ (and a number of other sites).

Finding the car you want, then letting the Importer know how much to bid up to. You can also look on sites like www.yahoo.co.jp/ and http://isicar.mine.nu/ for auto listings from dealers and private parties. A good importer will have people in Japan they work with that can get you any car for the right $$$

I have done the above before, it took about 2 months for me to find a clean Evo 6 RS at auction. It was actually pretty fun checking daily though.