Faults:

The front seats were fading in color.

The "mass air flow sensor" (whatever that is) blew out and caused the car to cut off while driving. This was almost $1000 to fix.

The electronically controlled suspension sensor was stuck in "sport" default mode the entire time that I owned the vehicle.

The CV joint had to be replaced along with other minor suspension parts (which was fairly inexpensive).

The brake pads wear out very frequently in high intensity/racing driving conditions.

The engine blew shorty after surpassing the 142,000 mile mark, and would have cost in excess of $6500 to replace. Needless to say that I don't own the car any longer... but with no love lost.

General Comments:

These cars are the sexiest things on the road, except for maybe a Ferrari Testarossa (which is inferior in technology and cost literally 10 times more to maintain).

I never had been into performance obsessively enough that I could do a honest comparison against the 3000GT's rivals. Even if it was the slowest and handled the worst, I'd take it over the 300ZX, RX-7, and Supra any day.

With a unique paint job and the right fit and finish, this car looks like it cost well over $100,000 (if not more). I seriously doubt anybody would ever mistake a Subaru WRX for an Italian exotic.

I now drive a Toyota Camry, which is the most reliable car I've ever owned by far, but just not the same to drive. The Mitsubishi 3000GT is the girl from High School that we've always dreamed of, who gives us the most incredible and passionate moments of our life, who decides to break our heart just as quickly as the took it. Thanks for reading.

Faults:

Bought this car with 65,000 miles. Only problem when purchased was the A/C didn't work.

68,000 miles I got the 60,000 mile maintenance done.

72,000 miles the Transmission died ($2600 replaced at Mitsubishi Dealer)

77,000 miles the engine died ($8000 at Mitsubishi dealer)

Now the most frustrating thing is that I never raced this car and never tried to modify it. Thinking the previous owner must have really hammered it I figured I was in good shape from here on out.

92,000 miles 2nd gear went for no reason at all, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was driving on a small town road at 25Mph shifting from 2nd to 3rd and I heard a quick noise between shifts. It seemed coincidental and I thought the noise might have been from someone in town doing something, but I downshifted to 2nd to make sure. Sure enough there was some noise coming from (my car) the Transmission so I shifted out of 2nd right away. Mitsubishi dealer charged me $80 to tell me 2nd gear was bad which I obviously knew. $2550 to replace a whole new Transmission again. I refused to go with it. I called the Headquarters of Mitsubishi and everything seeing what could be done for me, nothing. Went to cottmans transmission for $2400. They replaced 2nd gear and gave me a 3 year 36,000 mile warranty. Mitsubishi warranty on a new Transmission is only 12,000 miles. Kinda tells you that they know they sell garbage.

That was the last major problem I have had and I guess I should feel lucky at this point.

General Comments:

Overall I really do like this car, but I wouldn't buy one again. The Mitsubishi dealership didn't try to help me out with any of my problems. I truly believe they think I was someone who beat hell out of the car or they just cared about making money. I know I don't beat this car. In fact I have had this car for over 4 years and last week was the first time I ever had tire spin. It was very cold out. I have no reason to come on here and lie about anything. If you beat your car your going to get burned, but it is very frustrating when you do everything you can for your car inside and out and it still doesn't take care of you.