Why do all the new EVOs have rusty engines? - apparently not aluminum

Finally decided on a blue EVO - can't find one - are they rare, or is this just a coincidenc?

Dealer said incentives were over as of Tuesday AM; will I still be able to get invoice or below in next few months?

 

The block is cast iron but I've only seen the heat shield get a little rusty on new Evos. Water is allowed to drip directly on it from the hood vents.

 

If it bugs ya, Krylon paint that rusty beyotch BBQ black

I'm thinking stainless steel header myself... it would look cooler

 

It's probably the heat shield your seeing, but it's only surface rust. No big deal. You can paint or get a nice SS aftermarket piece.

 

Doesn't cast iron rust?

 

i think is just a coincidence....i have see nothing but blue and silver on the street where i live and almost all the dealers i've been to have a blue one sitting in their showroom.

 

Most certainly does, at least on the surface. It would take a while to rust through an engine block (Titanic?). I was assuming what he would see from the engine bay. I doubt he could see the engine block rust.

 

Where are you located? A local dealer, Lou Fusz Mitsubishi, located here in the St.Louis area has/had a blue on the showroom floor just recently. Let me kno if you need me to check on the availability!


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Depending on where you are. McCarthy here in KC also has a blue one.

 

Of course when I was looking for a blue one, nobody in St Louis was getting one.

 

there is a blue one out here where I live, as well as most of the other colors...INSTOCK!!...call them, it's called Alcoa Mitsubishi, or Andy Malik Mitsubishi, in Alcoa,TN.

 

Thanks for all the help! My maxima is doing well, so I'll probably tell him to find me a blue one, and I'll buy it if he can still sell for invoice (hearing cruise may be coming 2004, may wait but I doubt it)