suggest me a daily driver, please

[Distrb]

altezza seats IMO are perfectly reflective of the type of car you are in. Which is a medium sized family car, that weighs lots, and has an engine that has enough go to pull its fat ar$e around.

it wont set the world on fire with its extremeness... just like the seats wont set your ar$e on fire.. hell i spent 8 hours in mine last saturday and i've got absolutely no complaints. Neither does my backside.

those seats pictured are exactly the same as mine, trim and all..

[fuel]

Price up maintenance type stuff for V6 Mitsi's before buying one

No worse than V6 Toyotas, Nissans, Mazdas etc

After owning two Mitsubishi V6's, and working in a parts job I can tell you Mitsubishi V6s are one of the cheaper V6s to maintain/get parts for. Try pricing up a head gasket set for a Mazda V6 and compare to a Mitsi V6, or any other V6 and you'll see which is the worst for spare parts.

[Mr Revhead]

dude.... no way..... in my experience mitsis would be the dearest!
toyota service parts are cheap.

[2LTR Rona]

dude.... no way..... in my experience mitsis would be the dearest!
toyota service parts are cheap.

you price a FULL gasket set for a 2ltr V6 Prominent (Camry) then....I think you might be surprised at the RETAIL on those eh

providing its the right one i am thinking about

[Defective]

yeah, i had a diamante before my trueno, and yup, the gearbox poo'ed itself and 3k to repair it...

but even tho it was only a 2.5 non mivec one it still went all right... i seem to remember an ex-nelson toyspeed member's levin having trouble keeping up with it...

but yeah, even lowered it handled like a boat, but supremely comfy on the open road, and lots of cool gadgets, like auto lights, auto wipers, hidden compartment, factory tv, touch screen controls, heated electric seats, 10 disc stacker, 8 inch sub all factory....


and they are CHEAP as now....
id buy another one...

[Mr Revhead]

dude.... no way..... in my experience mitsis would be the dearest!
toyota service parts are cheap.

you price a FULL gasket set for a 2ltr V6 Prominent (Camry) then....I think you might be surprised at the RETAIL on those eh

providing its the right one i am thinking about

i reckon $202.31 is cheap!
anyway gasket set isnt normal service!

try cambelt parts.... not uncommon for the mitsi belt alone to cost more than the entire kit for a toyota

[rollaholic]

doesnt toyota subsidse the cost of cambelt stuff on its cars to standardise pricing? takes a hit on the big ones, makes its money on the smaller more common ones...

eg i did a cambelt on a 4.3 lexus the other day, belt from giltraps was $75 retail, aftermarket was $205 trade price ex australia!

[fuel]

Yeah Toyota genuine parts on the whole are USUALLY cheaper than most other makes, not just Mitsubishi! Hyundai also subsidise their parts to get a standard price between the cars.

When talking aftermarket it's a different story though. I'm rebuilding my MIVEC 6A12 Mitsi V6 (not because it shat itself either... just because I wanted a fresh engine to start with) and head set is $180, rings are $100, water pump $75, cambelt $110, tensioners $120 all up, infact the most expensive part were the bearings which had to be ordered direct from Mitsubishi as ACL didn't make aftermarket bearings for my engine.

Last time I priced up a head gasket set for a 4A-GE 16V it was just as much as my Mitsi V6, which has two of everything!

Everything else for Mitsis is no more expensive than any other make - brake pads are often shared between the models (ie early Evo 1-4 brake pads are the same as Pajero and Diamante etc), oil/air filters, spark plugs, shocks etc are usually the normal typical price.

[BigDon]

If you didnt want to go toyota and want to go to the dark side what about an Accord Euro or similar?

[2LTR Rona]

dude.... no way..... in my experience mitsis would be the dearest!
toyota service parts are cheap.

you price a FULL gasket set for a 2ltr V6 Prominent (Camry) then....I think you might be surprised at the RETAIL on those eh

providing its the right one i am thinking about

i reckon $202.31 is cheap!
anyway gasket set isnt normal service!

try cambelt parts.... not uncommon for the mitsi belt alone to cost more than the entire kit for a toyota

Yep...that is cheap....must have been something else I was thinking about....for some weird reason I have $700~RRP for parts for the 2ltr V6 in those Camry's....its going to bug me for the rest of the weekend now

[Leon]

its going to bug me for the rest of the weekend now

Get trollied on Saturday with a midget and a pirate.

That'll take your mind off it.

[Lloyd]

Why not a late 90s Primera? For the price bracket you're looking at you could get damn near anything. Altezza would be a nice option though.

Peronsally I have to get a boring daily or I seem to want to spend money on it. Hence I'm driving a diesel Bluebird Having said that, it costs nothing to run. Gutless as hell but its only around town so doesn't matter.

[Leon]

Mazda SP20? Looks fast, but isn't really.

[perfk]

those seats pictured are exactly the same as mine, trim and all..

after seeing yours they are different
so it's good to know I can get hold of nicer 'tezza seats to bolt in if required

[Boosted_162]

Why not a late 90s Primera? For the price bracket you're looking at you could get damn near anything. Altezza would be a nice option though.

Peronsally I have to get a boring daily or I seem to want to spend money on it. Hence I'm driving a diesel Bluebird Having said that, it costs nothing to run. Gutless as hell but its only around town so doesn't matter.

Haha, i got a late 90's primera cos it stops me spending money on it . Mines a 97 Camino, its SR18DE auto, good on gas. Only cost $9500 from a dealer as well, only had 33000km on the clock. It is a basic car tho, its not the most comfortable car on the road, but it suits me fine.

[Distrb]

those seats pictured are exactly the same as mine, trim and all..

after seeing yours they are different
so it's good to know I can get hold of nicer 'tezza seats to bolt in if required

those ones pictured arent from the car you looked at anyway