1998 Mitsubishi Lancer GLXi from Singapore - Comments

Loud road noise heard in the cabin. Worst belting ever had, getting noisy and " gheet " sound from the belt especially during rainy days or early morning. Change the belt many times, but comes back again after a while.

Fuel consumption is not very good for urban drive (with reference of 1.3 liter engine)

When going on highway, it takes long time to reach 140 Km/h.

Never never drive fast on the wet surface, tends to float when going through a pool of water even if with a good tire.

After all not a bad choice for a 1.3 liter class.

I don't agree with this review. My car is also a Lancer (same model), and I would like to explain some of the comments shown.

1. Slow to reach 140 kph - It's a 1.3 engine, so in terms of engine strength, what would you expect? Even more, when you carry 5 people in it.

2. Gas consumption not good - City driving is different because of the traffic situation (stop and go situation, wherein your attained speed will stop soon because of traffic, thus wasting gas). Driving habits also play a part in consumption.Plus, if you carry heavy loads in a "weak" engine, you would get poor consumption.

3. Floating in water on road at great speeds - Its called "aquaplaning"...it's a natural thing to happen if you're going fast. Cars have a tendency to "float" when passing by a puddle of water at great speeds. Even good tires can be victims. Its not the car, but its more of a natural thing, like when no car no matter how great, can stop immediately, but because of the laws of physics.

It is not the sound insulation that is very bad, but the engine of the mitsubishi are wild 5500rpm till redlined, it is a normal behavior of the engine to roar loud enough...

And if you want to go fast in going 140kph, buy a 1.6 liter, then try again...

I brought this car, the 2 door CE GLXi with a 1.8L SOHC 4G93 which puts out 88kW, it's had some custom work and looks GREAT.

In regards to the road noise, mine has a sports exhaust which is rather loud, but the road noise isn't bad considering what the car IS, it's Japanese, not European.

As for sliding on water on the road. It's called aquaplaning, if you don't like it, buy a heavier car with narrower wheels, or don't drive in rain. Nothing wrong with this on my car, and my wheels are a bit worn. This is normal.

Now I'm not sure what model you have that's got a 1.3L engine, you may have a GLX or GLi. The GLXi's have 4G93 SOHC or 4G92 SOHC engines, which I don't think come in a 1.3L :-/

As for my car, its in good condition, drives well, the controls feel tight (not loose or sloppy), the usual plastics quality from cheapish Japanese cars (to be expected). Bit of body roll in the back, but nothing that too bad (sway bar shall completely fix that). Acceleration for me is more than adequate for the car, MORE than enough to be satisfactory, MORE than enough to get yourself in trouble with and have some fun. Speed is fine, Handling is fine.

Overall a good car if you get a good one, and make SURE its the right model with the extra horsepower from the 4G93/4G92 engines compared to the 4G13/4G15 engines in the lesser models.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Lancer

Also, on fuel consumption, I'm getting around 100kms per 1/4 tank in city driving. NOTE: I AM NOT DRIVING ECONOMICALLY AT ALL! So take this as the worst fuel consumption for this car.

And I strongly agree with the comment regarding 5500rpm, anything over that limit will be crazy. If I rev over 5000rpm, my engine just GOES. Redline is at 6500rpm and it will jump there VERY fast after 5000rpm. Shift at 5000rpm at the very latest unless you're being crazy.