Faults:

Cracked transmission within a month of getting the car, had a rebuilt transmission put in and everything has been fine since then. Problems with the lower ball joints but have been replace under factory recall, can't complain about the lifetime recall on the lower ball joints. Besides that I have had no problems with it.

General Comments:

The 7g Galant's are great cars for the money. The 2.4L I4 has exceptional power and great reliability. A very spacious car too, for how small it looks. The car is really comfortable also, I take it on a 4hr road trip each year and get out of the car not feeling exhausted. The multi link suspension lets this 4dr family sedan handle pretty well while making for a great ride.

Faults:

About 85,000 miles, the pulley of the afternator belt broke and literally fell off. Cost 300$ to replaced. Mechanic said it happened sometimes.

A/C stop working after about one year since I got it. The compressor needed to be replaced. Cost about 400$.

Water pump broke at about 125,000 miles. Needed to be replaced too. Cost around 250-300 miles.

Rotor and brake pads replaced at around 90,000 something miles. Cost about 300$. But I think it was my foul because I should have replaced it sooner (though not sure how many pads the other owner had put on it).

Alternator's gone bad at about 136,000. Replaced for 150 $.

Those are all the repairs for this car. Other than that, it was just maintainance costs: spark plugs, oil changes...

General Comments:

Despite all the repairs, I still like this car very much. I was pretty good on gas (I think it gets around 27-29 miles/gal). Pretty dependable car for the last three years I had it. It never turned me down (well, except for once, when the water pump broke).

Acceleration is amazingly fast. This car beat the V6 4runners of my uncle. Pretty roomy. Not bad looking, I think, of course, it's not like an Eclipse or anything.

If you know about car and care for it and handy enough to do some maintaince work yourself, this car is good for you.

The parts are pretty expensive and hard to find. Try to get them from junk yard if possible.

Overall is a pretty OK vehicle for first car buyer, teens...

Faults:

No faults found in the first 5000km of driving. The car has done a number of km's around town on the open road and up ski-field access roads without a problem! I would give it a 10/10 for reliability, but I don't want to jinx it.

General Comments:

I work in the Motor industry so have had experience with other turbo performance cars (Subaru GT's & WRX's, Mitsubishi VR4's & GSR's, Toyota GT-T's, Nissan Skyline & Silvia turbos) and find this to be one of the best.

It has fantastic performance and is great to drive.

These cars look very sporty and are just a little bit different to everything else.

I find the lift-back very handy as it gives you heaps of room, enough for a bicycle or two.

The GT SPORTS is a very thirsty car, but you can't expect to get performance out, if you don't put petrol in.

Here is an example of consumption..

43Litres 248km = 17L/100km,16.6mile/gal

30Litres 260km = 18L/100km,15.7mile/gal

52Litres 305km = 17L/100km,16.6mile/gal

54Litres 420km = 12L/100km,23.5mile/gal

27Litres 232km = 11L/100km,25.7mile/gal

54Litres 418km = 13L/100km,21.7mile/gal

28Litres 225km = 12L/100km,23.5mile/gal

23Litres 214km = 10L/100km,28.2mile/gal

54Litres 379km = 14L/100km,20.2mile/gal

51Litres 354km = 14L/100km,20.2mile/gal

AVERAGE CONSUMPTION

= 13.8L/100km,21.2mile/gal.

Do not buy one of these cars and then complain about the fuel consumption, you have been warned!

I am very happy with my car and do not regret the decision to buy a Mitsubishi Galant GT Sports at all.