well gee, this goes to show why your evo isnt lasting.

 

^^ this is y mitsu doesnt want to cover warrenty with mods

 

I've been driving stick for 27 years (most of 'em high performance cars and many of 'em AWD) and i've never had any clutch or tranny problems....period.

I'm in the market for a new car later this year and it's a toss-up between the evo ix and sti. After lurking here for a while I was seriously leaning towards the sti because of all the clutch/tc problem posts i've been reading. However, I'm beginning to think that most of these problems are due to abuse, poor driving, constant 5k lauches, drag racing etc. Think about it; the evo's been around for a LONG time in Europe with many iterations. If the clutch, tranny etc. were really crapola I think Mitsu would have done something about it before now....and the evo wouldn't have received all the aclaim that it has and achieved worldwide cult status.

 

I get a kick out of threads like this.. 4 clutches is a problem with the DRIVER... PERIOD.. you either rest your foot on the clutch, or drive like a moron..

I have 30k on my car, have run a 12.93 **STOCK** a 12.42 on a buschur stage 1 setup, and have done even better recently with some of my more recent tuning.. WITH A STOCK CLUTCH and never had any problems with my driveline except for a TSB related repair.

Any car will give you grief if you are hard on it.. Occasional abuse happens, but geez.. I drive pretty normally most of the time, and occasionally I let it all hang out.. and the car seems to enjoy it and get faster and faster..

Nuff said..

 

Sounds like it's just a bad connection between the steering wheel and the clutch pedal.

 

There was a car built exactly for you a few years ago.....hmmm, let me think, what was it..........oh yeah, '89 Camaro IROC with an automatic.............I think it would suit your needs much more apropriately. Rather than people like yourself throwing their money in the trash I wish you would just give it to me, please?! PM me and I'll send you my account number.

 

Aww man, that's hilarious. Thanks for the new signature quote.

 

Muahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

 

sorry guys I also am believing I should have got an STi , I admit I am not a great driver but i accept the responsiblity of my clutch, not my suspension failure and having them not replace both tires as consequence of the suspension failure. at first before i biotched they werent gonna give me 1 tire just fix the suspension , by the way the rear tires due to the failure are bald while the front tires are not near the wear bar . go figure

 

nice

 

Here is what my stock clutch has been through, and is still going strong.

1. 20k miles 'in town driving'
2. 9+ 2 day opentrack events. (very hard events )
3. Stage 1+2 AMS setup
4. WIFE LEARNS TO DRIVE STICK
5. MY 11 YEAR OLD NEPHEW LEARNS TO DRIVE STICK (Straight A's 2+ years)
6. Wife learns to autocross on STOCK clutch.

I guess for those of you going through 4 clutches and TC's, I can see what my nephew is doing, maybe he can give some pointers.

 

i suggest you get a motorcycle!

 

I read through the first few pages of responces and then decied to look if he ever came back and it looks like he didnt. i just hope he got the point and didnt get pissed and storm off.

 

Sorry, I didn't read all replies, but if it hasn't been suggested, I suggest looking into the Lemon Law.

 

does anyone listen to howard stern. arte lang would say " four clutches and one transfer case waa waa."