omg you dug up a ripe one lancerman. . . this thread is freaking ooooooold. . . grammar is not welcome here either. . .



for the record to keep this on topic, I bought my lancer with 79K on the ODO and its now about to tip 84k i think. its been about 6 months that i have owned it so thats about normal i suppose. but i havent had a problem really. . .theres a funny noise im investigating, but it doesnt seem to be harmful at this stage. its definitely not a bad noise, just something im curious as to what is casuing it and if it may cause a problem. i love my car and i plan on seeing it well past the 100grand mark

 

Its old but we have more miles on our lancer now than back in 2004 so I figured this thread was still good to comment on.

 

I've got an '03 ES with a little over 62,000 on it and it's fine. Just do the normal maintenance like oil changes and it should be fine. I've drag raced (more for a joke than anything, these are pretty slow in a straight line, I've got a '71 Cutlass for that! ) and auto crossed my car too, and it still runs great.

 

I'm sure the guy that started this thread has made his decision by now, but just for S&Gs I'm going to comment as well. I have an 04 and I just hit the 50k mark last week. Never had a single problem with anything on the car falling apart or being cheap or crappy. Trust me I've beat the hell out of my car, I believe I've actually caught some air on my drive to work 2 years ago. screwed my alignment up a bit and my head hit the ceiling, but after fixing the alignment, its all good.

 

this is a good thread to keep going though. check in with miliage and problems every now and again

im at 70K. no problems so far, just need to do regular belt changes.

 

i'm at 93k. i'm about to do a mini "rebuild". new valve cover gasket, spark plugs, plug wires, belts, timing belt, water pump, etc. no problems until recently. i have a vacuum leak which is why i'm changing the vc gasket.

 

85k on my 02, never had a problem. *knock on wood*

 

65K.... running like a champ!

 

143k and i know someone on here has more than that.

wow, last time i was in this thread was march 24, 2004 with 73k.

 

74k and the timing belt went and bent the valves...had the turbo on for about 15k and its been running fine either then rpelacing brakes and struts afer being lowere for 60k+ miles

 

i forgot about the only thing that i dont like about my lancer. the only thing that is deteriorating after 80K. . . .

the paint job. .

 

^+1.//

I need one! toooooooo

 

82K and not one problem...well maybe one...its not boosted and that IS a problem to me!

 

115,000 with insane driving since it had 3 miles on it...had the belts changed at 100k (which looked absolutely fine to tell the truth and didnt need to be changed) and water pump...spark plugs changed at 80k(also were in good condition) and brakes/air filter/oil changes...

the car is still running great even after far to much abuse...

 

super reliable