Yep pretty much. But it should say new cars.

And I'm at 4 years and I have a pukey slave cylinder that is going to result in a major repair soon. I could get 5,000 on a trade on a good day probably

My car has 36k on it I paid 18,000 for it. It has cost me $.50 a mile.

I had a 1991 Mazda MX6 I put 20k on it and paid 1,000 for it costing me $.05 a mile.

Beaters rule.

 

36k and mine still kicks since 2002 when i bought it brand new

 

And if I get run over by a speeding train today I would be screwed too

 

You can't tell me that in 5 years you are still going to be in love enough with you 103hp econobox that you won't want to trade it in or get something else.

 

in 5 years everything is gonna be a hybrid, and our econoboxes are gonna seem sweet! lol

 

Its not about still being in love with it. I mean sure I would like to have something else, right now, but I just don't want a huge car payment so, as I said, I am running this bi!ch till it dies and I will buy something else then. or buy a hooptee and stick this in the garage till I can afford a turbo. And I don't need the extremely accurate buttdyno to tell me I have more than 103hp

 

i though the lancer came 120hp stock???? thats what i read when i was researching the cars stats

 

Thats 120 hp at the crank. After your transmission-axels-wheels and all that stuff- you car only puts down about 100 or so to the road.

 

The manufacturer tells you the HP produced by the engine, not the HP at the wheels, or WHP, which according to Buscher Racing was something like 108HP. With Breathing mods it jumps all the way up to like 113HP. Yeah, they require a lot of moding and money to get anything out of it. Look at the dyno'd Lancer thread, the highly modified NA guys are getting around 130HP.

 

i have 190,000 on my 97 mirage and still runs great and passes inspection. cant imagine a lancer being any differet

 

thats great! Its kind of what I'm saying, Its not like after 7 years, which I'm already half of the way through, and 85,000 miles I might as well push my car off the pier into Lake Erie. Blah, Blah, Blah It doesn't matter. in a few years when its just about paid off and I sell it to some kid for $2500 we'll talk.

 

So what's the problem here?

You'll probably still be able to get 4 or 5 grand for your car if it's well maintained. There's alot of late 90 "Hondas" still selling for a few grand. So I don't see why you wouldn't be able to get some good money when you decide to part-out. Hey, the best feeling in the world is to know that you own something and don't have to pay for it! It sucks getting an expensive *** car and having to dish our hundreds of freaking dollars a month just to be able and say it's yours! I'm honestly tired of that **** and my payments are over in a few months.

 

Honda actually has a resale market. Mitsu.... nope.

 

Things could change in a few years Vomit....

 

Mitsubishi barely has an initial sales market.