Faults:

My front left strut went bad, but Mitsubishi dealer said the replacement would cost $200 + manual. I went KYB shocks replaced all four. Cost me $220. The handling of this car increased 2 fold. This car's cornering is so impressive I can't believe it.

Then my IAC and ECM blew. Again went the outside route. Got the rebuilt ones saved myself $800.

General Comments:

This car is a dream come true. Fast and awesome. Its '92 and it has seen so much snow, but even today the paint just shines. Sometimes I prefer to spend time with my car than my girlfriend. When I compare both this ride is much better ;)

But of course maintenance on this puppy is not cheap. Any thing goes and you are looking at a steep sticker price. And you mostly have to go to the dealer as they only have the scanner to analyze the computer. And thus you get ripped off.

Faults:

The timing belt jumped about a month after a bought the car.

I had to replace a few valves, a piston, and rebuild the crankshaft.

It was caused by someone replacing the timing belt and not putting it together right.

The overdrive in the transmission went out around 113,000 miles. I haven't got around to fixing it yet.

General Comments:

The car has a lot of power and is very comfortable. If I could afford to buy another 3000GT, but newer I would.

This car isn't for everyone though. They are very expensive to maintain, and hard to find someone the work on them. Unless you want to go to a Mitsubishi dealer.

Faults:

Every time I have had to fix my car (4) it has cost me $1000. after having it only 1 month I had to replace the tensioner $900. rebuilding my auto transmission wasn't cheap either.

General Comments:

The car is incredibly fast, and very comfortable. I love the body lines and the overall performance.

Faults:

I bought this car with 170,000 miles on it so I've just recently began finishing fixing it.

Timing belts, serpentine belts, spark plugs and wires all replaced in 60k tune up.

Broke shift linkage to transmission second day I owned it.

Stock clutch went out a month after I bought it. I replaced it with an XTD stage 3 racing clutch (for GTPro 357 turbos '17g')

Brakes had to be replaced, replaced them with drilled and slotted rotors.

Nothing else really, great car for the mileage.

General Comments:

I love this car. I race it late at night from stop light to stop light with whoever dares challenge me. I've only ever lost once and that was to a Mustang Saleen S281 the first night I got my car which, at the time, was missing in 3 cylinders, so it's quite amazing. Although mine is nowhere near a stock vr4, pushing 500hp@18psi, I would recommend a VR4 to anyone who can afford it.

They do require a lot of maintenance, and a driver who knows what he\she is doing, so they aren't for everyone. Serivce is very expensive, but if you do it yourself parts aren't that expensive.

Overall this car is great. 0-60 around 5 seconds and a 0-30 in 1.3 seconds, top speed around 170 and this is all just stock! These cars are wonderful and I will never part with mine.