LOL. Tell them you need them to go ahead and reflash it. And strap it on a dyno. It's just not "cutting it."

 

Don't you have to test drive it first isn't that a law? Or atleast thats what the dealership told me.

 

Hey cuban evo I seen you ride there. Real nice!!!! I bought my blue evo there, nice car but they sold me it without a cat and transfer case going. Good thing I put a cat on caus ethe Mitsu guru came and lifted the car. After 8 hours of waiting they ordering me a new TC. I'm happy now

 

dealership doesnt let you have to test drive if the don't want to. It is at their own discretion. And before I get flamed think about it how many of us will just hand our keys to someone we barely know and let them drive your car around especially an evo. anyways i didnt mean to take this off topic but yeah that would be pretty funny. Funny thing happened to me I took my car in for a 30K at HB Mitsu because my UIC hose kept popping off. Service manager calls me back and tells me that I'm overboosting the car to 19psi and thats why it keeps popping off

 

I'm looking at buying an Evo 9 new from the sole Misubishi dealership (Al Habtoor Motors) in Dubai, UAE.

They only stock one model the GSR which costs approx. US$35,000.

My biggest concern is that they wont offer any kind of warranty, saying that Mitsubishi will not provide them with a warranty for this car model so they therefore cannot offer it to customers in the UAE (other models such as the pajero and standard lancer have 3 yr warranties).

So my question is when I eventually get the evo and drive it out of the showroom, in the unlikely event something goes wrong with it, where will i stand, will Mitsubishi HQ direct be able to replace the faulty part? Or should I not be worrying about the warranty in the first place? And why do you guys in the UK/US get at least 3 yr warranty?

Also, what colour shall I get bearing in mind it was 47 Celsius today - choice: Flame Red, Black, Electric Blue, Solar Yellow, Cool Silver & Frost White.

 

well it depends..how many evo's exist is UAE?

 

if they sell a bunch of them than id assume they would give a warranty but if its very few then they can just ignore you

 

You are dealing with an issue that has hit many people elsewhere in the world. I got only one issue corrected by a Mitsu dealership in the US and now they will not touch the car. My advise is to learn how to turn the wrench yourself if you must have the Evo, otherwise live with the Pajero. I will be traveling through Dubai on September 6th and again on the 17th. If you have any questions or concerns, I'd be happy to chat with you about it as I make my travels through there. WOW, 47 degrees and coupled with the humidity there...the Evo will not be happy.
-chris

 

HA! I have yet to see an Evo in Dubai but I have seen plenty of DSM's. I got to sit in an Enzo at a dealership there once. I guess that is the closest I will ever get to having one, lol.

 

haha that would suck if that were to happen to me..no warranty=no evo..try subaru and see if you can get an sti with a warranty

 

Look at it this way if you buy it without warranty, then you can modify the shiznit out of it and not have to worry about it getting voided. Although I must say, paying $35,000 and not getting warranty is s**t.

 

Lol - have you felt the body roll on those pajeros?

Anyway, I think there's quite a few around - from what the guy at the showroom told me, they had around 40 evo 9's in the first batch (which were all sold), they now have another 40 (which i'll hopefully buy from) and they should get one more batch in of 40 in the near future. So thats an eventual 120 Evo 9's and I believe they stocked Evo 8's as well. I dont think that quite compares to sales in UK/US tho!

The question is, when something goes wrong with a stock evo in UK/US does the dealer in the UK/US replace the part or do they send it back to Japan?

I dont really want to mod the evo for the first 10,000-20,000 kms and i've read on posts here that people have had blown turbo chargers and stuff like that while they're still breaking their stock evo in...

 

the dealer orders parts from japan and replace them here

 

hi matti live in UAE and i drive Evo VII daily since 2004. mine is black color which i recomend u stay away from because of the dusty and hot weather. try the red or silver blue.

what i can tell u from my experience is that the evo is very relaiable car if you kept it standard (engine) which standard boost level and careful driving.

dont misunderstand carefull driving (i do a full season of autocross in Dubai each year)

i know that the warranty is a privillage but if its me i will go without.

i know many friends in uae who have Evos and we are even tring to form a club in the near future.

i know some workshops which offer good service for the Evos.

if u need any help in getting service or u like to do meet other drivers please email me.

Cheers

 

the only difference between having a warranty and not is having to pay for repairs. If you can pay for those kinds of repairs down the line at some reputable shop, go ahead and get the Evo! If not, it would be pretty risky buying the Evo..