Amen

My friend that took it to the auction said it was like a hooker. Fun to drive for a few days but impossible to live with for very long.

 

for all my cars, when I bring them in to get their synthetic oil change (yes, all synthetic to all the cars!), I tell them immediately, no road test please. I road test their loaner (lexus) but none to my cars. I still have my sigma and after I told a dealer back in chicago to bleed the brakes because of air in it and they could not fix it, I did it myself and saved some money. like the evo, when the high tech sigma was introduced, nobody knew how to fix and diagnose the ECS that they just recommend replacing parts. after replacing almost all parts, only after I looked at the service manual did I realize that they had the air lines wrong. after that it worked like a charm. even my A/C works, ECS works etc.

 

I really like it so far. Nice compromise for a daily driver and a very pleasant car. Compared to the Evo some of my race cars feel soft! The Evo is harsh...which is great if you're flying but not so great on the bumps roads I commute on. I was surprised how nice the R32 pulls and how wide the power band is. As far as handling and brakes it's been very strong. I would not call it soft but it is certainly softer than an Evo.

 

Thanks and that is one of mine....although personally I liked the magazine that called the Evo a "pig in a tracksuit." I thought that was pretty funny.

 

I prefer the ride of the evo versus my cushy IS300. I bought the IS300 new at 2003 and it only has 12500 miles while my 06 evo IX MR has 4500 miles already in 4 months time.

 

They were plain lazy...and cound not have done less even after the car was there for a week. And yes there is some odd jaded warranty atttitude I'm seeing with Mitsu or the Evo.

 

man the vw has so many electronics problem and engine seals go bad pretty often, replacement parts are more expensive than evo. I will never own a VW if it's out of warrenty period. You should get a 07 v6 camry (270hp) w/navigation and leather seats or something similar if you want reliability/comfort, it is and always was #1 in service and reliability ever since it was introduced in the US market

 

sounds to me like the whole issue comes down to 2 things..
1- you had poor support from a dealer
2- the car was getting to the point that some of the "consumable" items needed replaced and the warranty had expired.
can't blame all that on mitsu. it's more on the dealers. I have experienced the good/bad dealer syndrome with the evo and some will not work with warranty issues and some will, not the fault of mitsu or the cars, it's all the dealers. did you push the issue with mmna hard at all? posts don't indicate that. if you had the diagnostic records showing the problem had been reported ahead of time, mmna probably would have done something with it.
no doubt the r32 is a good car, but once the warranty expires, the expenses will be the same as the evo and at the hands of another dealership that didn't sell you the car new to begin with so, from the way I read the original post and this thread, you REALLY just wanted another car with a warranty attached, and even if the brakes had been repaired, the car probably was headed for the chopping block shortly anyway.

 

Yea I wish I had the time, expertise and tools but I don't. Unfortunately I think most mechanics (dealership or otherwise) have you by the short-hairs unless they are a friend or family.

 

yes but wait until they get the good engine in the AWD Lexus IS....then it will be interesting....cushy but interesting.

The Evo ride was fun when the weather is nice and the roads are twisty. Cushy is OK the rest of the time. When you break it out here in the northeast with my commute, 95% of the time is cushy time.

 

I really am lucky to have not only a commandant Dealer, but they will warranty all my WORKS parts. They sell & wrench a ton of EVO's.

They even call me & let me know when my service is due.

 

Actually I checked it out and the R32 has not had those sorts of issues, at least not in any frequency. Its actually been a pretty reliable car historically. I expect It will eat bulbs like my last VW. We'll see if they make an AWD Camry it might be an interesting car--it certainly looks much better now than earlier models. I don't plan to keep the VW out of warranty. As I mentioned above the AWD Lexus IS with the good engine may be fun too. Also BMW is supposed to come out with a 2-door 335 xi with the 6-cyulinder turbo in a year or so....that may be interesting too. We'll see.

 

OMG... you bought an R32

You thought the Evo was expensive, and it was always broke... dude your in for a world of hurt. I am a tech for VW's at a dealership.
Let me say this;
Look out for the upper timing chain that stretchs... you will need to pull the trans to fix that... And TRUST me you ain't gone pull that in the driveway. Its proly a 15+ hour job on a lift... last one I did. And I am very qiuck at it.(8 year master tech)
Coolent temp switchs ALWAYS go bad.
Brake light switchs ALWAYS fail... we have had 2 recalls on them, and the replacement switchs still fail.
I just can't get over how you think the Evo was expensive to replace parts on... Dude you are F*cked.
Good luck putting gas in it, sometimes it takes 15 mins to fill it up
The tranny's really suck in them things, shift forks break(there are made of brass), mine was so loud. 2 weeks after I bought mine I had to pull the trans out and replace a bad rear main seal that would leak a out a quart of oil in a week
Bulbs always blow out, and some of them a dealer only bulbs that cost $5 or more.
Have fun with your new peice of sh*t, you'll be making alot of payments on it while it sits at the dealership waiting on parts, cause VW depots never have anything in stock.

 

Great point!

 

yep...except that Mitsu supported everything the dealership did. I spent Hours on the phone with MMNA and escalated the call to every level I could. I also spent hours on the phone with the regional and district reps with no relief either.

I will likely not own the R32 out of warranty either. Actually the plan was to keep the Evo at least another year. I planned to hold it until the Evo X came out or something else. I could have traded the car at any point I owned it any time I wanted....without all this hassle. Had they paid for the $500 master cylinder I'd probably still own it.

No one has even discussed in here the brake issue itself. How comforting do you think it is t have the brakes come on full tilt at 60MPH, and then have it happen again and again after they fixed it....then have the dealership put 60 miles on the car over 8 days all the while the brakes are locking until they were smoking. Would anyone trust the car after that or not worry about what damage that has done to your brakes, rotors and clutch???