1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST review from North America

Where do I begin?

The head gasket blew.

The alternator died.

The starter died.

The MAF Sensor was shot.

The ECU died.

The O2 sensor needed replacing.

Great handling.

Looks great - Turned many heads

FAST

Inside very comfortable (if not sitting in the back seats)

Turbo spooling/BOV ptshhhh sounds WONDERFUL.

However, do not buy this car if you're anywhere close to having a money crunch. I was a Sophmore in college when I bought my 98 Eclipse GST.

Ran great for 2 weeks, then the head gasket blew. 2 grand later ran great, then the alternator died, then the starter died, then so on so on.

Finally I couldn't even figure out what was wrong with the car. The dealership told me it was it was the ECU or the MAF Sensor (Mass Air Flow sensor). They were offering to fix it for 1500, which I couldn't afford. So I bought new parts off eBay and it still didn't fix the car.

2 years later, I'm still feeling the money crunch accumulated from the disaster piece of crap Eclipse I bought.

To sum it all up.

Unless you have a lot of money to put into the car, or rather just look at it in your drive way, DON'T buy this car!!!!!!!

DSM's are a Piece o' crap. Really fast and really fun to drive, but hurt you in the long run.