2008 MR 108,000. This car is awesome!!

 

Same here 08 GSR...transfer case, timing chain(warranty covered it), ACD pump before the recall argggh.....if i didn't love her so much i would've got rid of her a long time ago

 

About to hit 146k fun miles!

 

How sharp are your guys' high mileage cars compared to when you first got them, if you can even tell a difference?

I've never compared a high mileage car vs. the same kind of car with low mileage; would you guys say that they feel identical to drive? This is just one of those curious things I've always wondered about

Oh and are you guys still on original struts?

 

Evos are so tight that you will not feel rattles even at high miles.

 

Excluding the interior though of course, right? lol

 

I'm at 158411 X MR
The Most reliable car i ever had!

 

You have over 100k on your original stock brake pads??

 

Awesome to see all the cars holding up strong. What mods and power is everyone making? Be interested to see how much is done to said car with high mileage.

 

amazing. did you ever require work done during the warranty period?

 

Besides oil and pads no.

 

I ended up trading it in and getting a new 14 lol. Hats off to you sir for hanging in there cause I know exactly what you went through

 

Mine had little interior rattles when it was 2 months old.
But I suppose they haven't gotten any worse in the last 8 years.

I just got mine tuned a couple of months ago: The engine is sharper than new.
It has quicker throttle response, and doesn't bog down at low RPM like it used to.
It finally runs right.
I didn't let the tuner do anything with the boost map, but the car feels way better to drive.
(I'm more convinced than ever that Mitsubishi assumed we were all going have our cars tuned anyway, and willfully gave us half-assed software.)

The clearcoat is peeling, mostly on the hood and roof.
You know all those Dodge cars and minivans going around with their paint peeling?
My Evo is starting to look like that because I got lazy about washing and waxing the last 4 years, and for a while there I had a driveway with a sap-bleeding tree over it.

At 120,000 miles, I'm still on the original struts and bushings. I'm not sure how good an idea that is...
When I first got the car, it reset my standard for steering. No slack in the steering, and if I let a friend drive it the steering response would blow their mind.

Now, there's some slack in it.
So, the steering and paint aren't as sharp as new. Oh, well...
I also haven't had car payments for 4 years.

EDIT: I just ordered new struts for it. OMG, Mitsubishi is proud of those things. I think the front struts were about $430 each.
My brakes went mushy the other day, and I took it to my favored shop for diagnosis.
They think I need a new master cylinder. I'm now at 127,000 miles, and I don't think a master cylinder is something to feel bad about, but that's another $400+ part that we have to order from the dealer.

EDIT #2: Now that I paid a zillion dollars for new struts, they didn't make a perceptible difference in the ride. I don't think I had worn out the old ones. :-/

 

That is crazy. Every other car I have owned required stuff like control arm bushings, and had a leak or two... saw the dealer more often than I cared for. If the Evo runs half as well as yours did... to say I'll be happy is an understatement. Thanks for sharing your experience!

 

2015 GSR with 91,000km (56,000miles) in a year and a half. I put about 78,000km in the first year.

Everything is stock, I've only changed fluids and filters. Brake pads still have about 50% left. But don't get me started on tires, I've just burned through my third set...