Faults:

Whats gone wrong with the car? Nothing major, I had a voltage leak, causing the battery to die, but that's because of an amateur car radio installer who shall remain anonymous.

I've kept this car in good condition, serviced it every 5000k's, and I've only been putting premium unleaded fuel, and always checking fluid levels.

The CV joints were on they're way out a while ago, making a noise every time I turned a corner, but when I got mags put on the wheels were rebalanced and I haven't had any problems with the CV joints.

I had a problem with oil leaks, but that's just because the pipes had eroded, most probably due to lack of maintenance the previous owner should have done.

General Comments:

This car is a great first car. It's not fast, but it can still go if needed. It's not too great in cold weather, but after the engine warms up a bit its fine.

Handling in this car is great, I've been around corners fast enough to take a rear wheel drive car off the road and it's taken care of me.

The body work isn't in the best of condition, the previous owner rally drove her kids back and forth to soccer practice or something, there were chocolate milk stains on the ceiling of the car for god sakes! :)

I had a problem with water coming through the door seals, but since then I replaced the carpets with a nice Burgundy, to match the exterior paint (the paint on these cars are suprisingly good!)

I plan to upgrade the engine to a J-spec Lancer GSR, but until the engine comes into the market I'm going to work on the body, hopefully I'll be able to post a link to my car when it's done. Until then, I'd recommend looking into this car for yourself!

Faults:

Has a problem with the roof rusting on the underneath side around the rib supports.

I have seen four of this model with the same problem. The only way to fix it is to cut the roof off and replace it.

General Comments:

Mechanically sound.

Faults:

The bucket seats wear badly on the side where you get in and out.

C.V. joint boot split.

General Comments:

This car represents fantastic value for money, with a good, strong engine, comfortable seats, 4 wheel disk brakes, alloys, spoiler, skirts, and more.

It is quite quick, but would benefit tremendously with a 1.8 of the same technological standard.

The engine produces 90Kw, and 144 Nm, a nice design.

Faults:

The computer unit failed once which costs a lot of money.

This car sure rusts. When you want one be sure to check for rust in the places you least expect.

The car is expensive when something goes wrong with it.

General Comments:

Quite a comfortable ride for its age, but the interior bits rattle a bit when cornering.

It handles quite nice, but the major drawback is the lack of performance in combination with the automatic transmission...

The lack of power steering is not nice at all. My next car will have power steering.

The fuel consumption is good.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I bought it from an auto mechanic. He changed the thermostat and exhaust system before selling it to me.

I can complain only about too low suspension when driving with 4 people, and baggage in the back is too low.