1989 Mitsubishi Lancer GLX review from Philippines
"Our old but reliable transport"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
The car always overheated even though we had replaced the radiator of this car several times.
Ignition problems. The car always had a hard time starting. Sometimes we think battery is the problem, but it is not. The car was pushed several times because of this problem.
The aircon. We can only set the aircon on low. The reason why is that when you put it on high the engine will hard time picking up. But the aircon only broke once.
The paint of the car faded even though the car was not yet 10 years old.
The wiper has a very noisy sound. When it broke and had it replaced the sound was still there.
General comments?
This was our car in my preschool to my 4th Grade days. My parents would call this the "green car" even though the paint had faded.
We had so much memories with this car from being the grandpa's run when he had health emergency to being to our almost everyday car.
Even though this had frequent trips to the repair shop this car was very reliable.
When I talk about this car from time to time I sometimes call this "PLY".
I like cars the way I like beautiful girls, and I really love cars of the late 1980s and the early 1990s!
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| Economic runabout |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1989 |
| Year of manufacture | 1989 |
| First year of ownership | 1989 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2004 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.5 Manual |
| Performance marks | 9 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 10 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 8 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 9 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 0 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 175000 kilometres |
| Date of Entry | 25th June, 2009 |